I found a couple of these in a large group I bought a while back. I thought the people that created them were very inventive. (Click on the picture for full size) I can't remember seeing others cards used in this way. Most or all were business related. Does anyone have some similar?
I have seen vintage novelty postcards similar to that on ebay. They had a cartoon-y picture and "Too Busy To Write", then the back had several checkboxes. I thought they were pretty cool.
ETA: They weren't reply cards, though. *That* is extra cool.
In the 1920s and 1930s, employers would supply their traveling salesmen with preprinted Reply Cards, which the salesman on the road would send to clients a few days in advance, addressed to him at General Delivery in a city where he would soon be. This was much simpler and cheaper than setting things up by long-distance telephone or telegraph.
Both the penny postal card and the penny reply card were workhorses of their day. Advertising, meeting reminders, family correspondence and almost any other use. In this age of the internet we forget how important both the written word and the US Post Office Dept. were in daily life.
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Posted 02/19/2013 12:31 pm
