Cheap, collectible, and easy to mail, postcards were a turn-of-the-20th-century sensation for correspondents hoping to show off their hometowns and environs. And since most major postcard publishers ...

The trip: Fort Gorges is in the harbor of Casco Bay just off Portland, Maine. The fort was built on Hog Island Ledge; construction began in 1857 and it was completed in 1865. The fort is on the ...

The mail poured in from across Maine, every state in the U.S., and 21 countries. The cards themselves were as diverse as the people who sent them. Some people followed the directions carefully ...

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Heading back to my old hometown for a day trip last week, I was armed with two books of first-class stamps because I knew I’d want to send a few postcards ... who lives in Maine in the US.