The Chicago Postcard
Museum: Postcard Condition Statement
The Museum's collection of postcard vary in
condition from mint to fair. The Museum's founder, Dr. Neil Jan
Gale, collected Chicago postcards that he found
interesting in some way. Neil stated that he didn't concern
himself too much with the condition of the
card or whether it was used or
unused. in fact, he preferred a used postcard
and enjoyed the back of the card as much as the
front. Basically, Neil purchased cards he found personally interesting.
The Chicago
Postcard Museum has adopted the same philosophy
and procures postcards of interest and historic
image value. The Museum's interest is in the
image and correspondence of each postcard. We
believe that the "wear-and-tear" on a postcard
gives it character (see example below). Each
postcard is stored in a
Polypropylene Sleeve, a Mylar Sleeve, or a
15-gauge Rigid Plastic Sleeve depending upon the
value and/or the size of the postcard.
Preserving for future generations, the Museum
also protects every new and contemporary
postcard.
The Museum
presents postcards so you can
plainly see all 4 edges and corners of card. No
image has been cropped (akin to trimming a
postcards edges) or enhanced with Photoshop, with
the exception of the b/w level to compensate for
the scanner imaging.
Please, enjoy
your visit.
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Example:
Clark Street, North from Lake
Street, Chicago - "Elite" #
231
Suhling & Koehn Co., Pub.,
Chicago - <Germany> -
pm 1907
note
on postcard condition: This postcard may
look like it has been abused,
but in reality, it was a
treasure to the recipient who
placed it in an album. The
surface is dirty from people
handling the postcard while
looking at this awesome image. |
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