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A Short Entry About Postcards and Postcard Shows 

For those of you who have not yet been initiated into the world of antique postcards, these small, century-old objects offer a vast world of graphics, fine art, history, commerce, social history, and much more. For example, here is an image of an amazingly beautiful postcard found at the Wichita Postcard Club Show a few years ago. This card was produced by the Wiener Werkstätte Company in Vienna for the Emperor's Jubilee in 1908.

 

Wiener Werkstätte Company (1903-1932) was created with the goal of bringing good design and craft into all areas of life within the fields of ceramics, fashion, silver, furniture, and the graphic arts. The company was promoted as a declaration of modernity over the old order. The artist of this illustration was Remigius Geyling, a designer and artist who was later a professor of the School of Applied Arts in Vienna.

 

Postcard shows like the Wichita Postcard Club Show, Oct. 21-22, Wichita, Kansas attract collectors, dealers, historians, writers, artists and art lovers, designers, the intellectually curious, and treasure hunters to the rewarding world of antique postcards. So, here's one treasure found at Wichita a few years ago, and tomorrow I will post something from the realm of sports, social and political history. The subjects are endless. See you in Wichita!