Here's a fun set of pictures from a Thanksgiving 1908 game between Marietta and Denison. Each image is an RPPC I acquired 110+ years after they went on sale. As a reminder, Real Photo Postcards (RPPCs) were the social media posts of the previous century's first decade or two. Local photographers snapped pictures of the games, the stands, individuals, or buildings and printed the images on postcard stock. Soon after the game, college students bought them at the bookstore or local shop to send a quick note to family and friends.
I remember as a little tyke, going down to the local drugstore, on my own! I had a coin in my sweaty little hand. Crushed when I was told that a penny postcard was now 2 cents!
I remember as a little tyke, going down to the local drugstore, on my own! I had a coin in my sweaty little hand. Crushed when I was told that a penny postcard was now 2 cents!