Post Cards and Local History

" Having a good fine time, wish you were here..."
This is a New Hampshire Humanities program
Event Date: 
Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Post cards have many a story to tell about the built landscape, disastrous events such as fires or floods, daily folk customs and identity of place. During the golden age of the post card, before telephones, personal messages could contain anything

from the mundane, “ Having a fine time, wish you were here....” to more profound reflections on family life or colorful portraits of towns and cities from the perspective of newly-landed immigrents. Robert Perreault presents vintage post cards of Manchester that offer a lively, nostalgic adventure through a major

industrial center, home of people from around the world.

  This is a New Hampshire Humanities program