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| Type | Article |
| Author | Zócalo Public Square |
| Date | Feb 2, 2023 |
| URL | https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2023/02/02/in-praise-of-postcard/ideas/essay/?ref=refind |
| Note created | Feb 2, 2023 |
Postcards, as Leonard’s project suggests, are not only souvenirs of place, but also—and today, mostly—souvenirs of time.
The nature of that time has shifted since the postcard’s invention. The history of the postcard charts a poignant trajectory of the 20th century: embodying the utopic and futuristic promises of its first decades, it transformed into a relic of a slower and seemingly more stable world of connection by its close.