Saturday, January 21, 2012

Flint Postcards: The Vehicle City



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  1. I have a few of the different sets of those postcard if you need any shots out of them Gordy.

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  2. Hey Gerry, I'd love to post some if you have the time. I like how upbeat, if that's the word, this one is. It's a postcard for a city with a bright future.

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  3. Curious about the postage note - "without message"

    Did they actually charge more postage if you wrote a message on the back?

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  4. > Did they actually charge more postage if you wrote a message on the back?

    Postcards developed from two directions: as a popular communication means (before affordable long distance telephony), and as a business advertising means. A business advertising postcard ("without message") got a favorable rate (1/2 cent off in that era, I think) because they usually were mailed in bulk.

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Thanks for commenting. I moderate comments, so it may take a while for your comment to appear. You might enjoy my book about Flint called "Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City," a Michigan Notable Book for 2014 and a finalist for the 33rd Annual Northern California Book Award for Creative NonFiction. Filmmaker Michael Moore described Teardown as "a brilliant chronicle of the Mad Maxization of a once-great American city." More information about Teardown is available at www.teardownbook.com.