My husband and I collected old postcards whenever they contained something pertaining to the East Coast of Florida.
We learned that collecting postcards has been an incredibly popular hobby ever since they came into use. From 1901 until 1907 you could not write on the back of a postcard. The back was undivided and was only to be used for the address and the postage stamp.
Beginning in 1907 the backs were divided. The address went on the right hand side and the message was written on the left hand side. From then until 1915 was the “Golden Age of Postcards.”
This is an example a Florida Photographic Concern photograph used on a post card before 1907. The message had to be squeezed onto the front.
Other early postcards before 1907:
