HISTORYinPOSTCARDS

Explore history through our curated expositions of vintage postcards:
Astronomer Karel Hujer (1902-1988)
Prewar Japan

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Karel Hujer saw his homeland break free of the shackles of the Habsburg monarchy only to be swallowed by the Third Reich a mere 20 years later. Discover his poignantly personal account of WWII as he pleads the case for Czechoslovakia over US radio waves.
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In our latest update, we bring you new postcards of Karel Hujer. A postcard sent the day after President Masaryk was re-elected tells us about the expansion of Štefánik's Observatory, for which the president himself donated a large sum
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@ahab20220905 一生作を火事で失っても憂鬱に落ち込まない人格にコメンスキーの偉大��を感じます。そして、教科書に絵を入れる子供思いのアイデアは素敵な性格を表しています。Orbis pictusの挿絵は今でも可愛いなと思います。さあ、猫はどこでしょうか？🐈

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In our latest update, we bring you new postcards of Karel Hujer. We learn of his first trip to England, on which he accompanied Hubert Slouka, another future astronomer, and we enjoy some peculiar choices of postcards' front sides.
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In our latest update, we bring you new postcards from prewar Japan. Following the Tama River's tributaries, we venture deeper into Okutama and learn more about the history behind local names. And we have new RSS feeds!
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@stampden My go: T. M**thy.
Murphy would be pushing it, but it could be Murthy (Indian origin). Or, filling in just a single letter, Mathy.

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In our latest update, we bring you new postcards from prewar Japan. We continue our stroll through Okutama, crossing the storied Mitake Bridge and taking a funicular up Mount Mitake, activities you can enjoy to this day! 🚠
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A lot of people are talking about the recently released ndlocr-lite and I have to concur it is impressive. Even at a relatively low resolution, it does not get tripped by the 新縁納涼 typo I posted recently. Of course, one should still not blindly copy&paste (り>6, repeat of 奇).

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奇岩怪石磊塊 ... Way to take the emphasis as far as you can, dear postcard publisher. There had better be some really cool rocks there! 🪨🪨🪨 Language is such a wonderful thing.

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In case you were wondering, it was indeed possible to mail "f) live bees in wooden boxes as samples" in Austria-Hungary (excerpt from an 1899 booklet). And to save you an embarrassing mistake when doing so: live bees are, of course, categorized as letter post, not parcel post!

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You might have noticed I am prone to using "author's we" when writing updates for HISTORYinPOSTCARDS. I have been forced to do so my entire professional career, and it is a difficult habit to shake. Hopefully it is not too distracting. I could sure use another pair of hands.👐

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I have been following this for a long time, hoping for any new developments. This year, maybe? Please, pretty please! 🙏🥺

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300 dpi is about what the human eye can resolve from a distance of 30 cm. Could you spot the 綠>緣 typo in the postcard label below? I don't think 300 dpi contains enough information to do so. My brain automatically corrects it to 新綠納涼. A 600 dpi scan included for comparison.

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@ahab20220905 Thank you for the kind words and your continued support.🙏Some people say I should just throw the postcards into an LLM and publish hundreds. I find that rather disheartening, to say the least. But then I remind myself those people would never read the website in the first place.

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To anyone who visits HISTORYinPOSTCARDS on occasion, would you prefer to see more postcards added each week, or should I keep pursuing more detailed write-ups?

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I wonder whether adjusting the rigor to shift the balance toward quantity would be desirable.

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To keep the project sustainable, I devote the same number of hours to it each week instead of publishing a set number of postcards. But with background tasks and differences between postcards, this leads to considerable variation in the latter.

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In our latest update, we bring you new postcards from prewar Japan. The publisher Tōkyō Shashinkōgeisha (東京寫眞工藝社) takes us on a trip to Okutama, where we shed our preconceived notions about Tōkyō's landscape.
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@stampden It is always a pleasure to read your work. Thank you for sharing the results of your research and all the insights. I truly think making such content available raises the profile of social philately. 🙏

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I just finished refactoring the code behind HISTORYinPOSTCARDS. It had to be done sooner or later, and I am happy with the result, which should translate to a smoother browsing experience. Let me know If you notice any rough edges. Anyway, new postcards are coming next week!

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In our weekly update, we bring you new postcards from prewar Japan (+ a new default font, Atkinson Hyperlegible Next!). Our stroll through Shionoe Onsen ends with a visit to Hanaya, an inn whose fortunes fell victim to the war effort.
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