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Postcards

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works both on cards sold by post offices with stamps already printed on them, usually mailable at rates lower than those for letters in envelopes, as well as on commercially printed cards, usually having a picture printed on one side, to which a stamp must be affixed for mailing.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs: View Books and Other Publications

 Collection
Identifier: RG 32-012
Scope and Contents

This photograph group includes five Oberlin College viewbooks dating from 1911 through 1922. In Series 1, this record group also includes College-published calendars, programs, and books ranging in date from about 1900 through 2015. In Series two, there are loose photogrpahs and books dating from 1888 through 1976.

Dates: 1888-2015; Majority of material found in 1888-1925

Postcard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 36
Scope and Contents The Oberlin College Archives postcard collection, Record Group 36, consists of approximately 5500 black and white and color cards, ca. 1890s (1900-30)-2004, and undated. The collection includes scenes from states and cities in the United States (arranged by state and cities within states), countries around the world, occasion cards (i.e., Thanksgiving, birthdays, World War I, and Easter), paintings in art galleries, and scenes from Oberlin, Ohio and the state of Ohio. The Oberlin College...
Dates: 1890 - 2004; Majority of material found in 1900-1930; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1967