Postcards - The Poor Man's Telephone

<p>A 12 x 8.5cm ‘Correspondenzkarte’, the earliest progenitor of the modern-day postcard, was created by the Austrian Post on 1st October, 1869.</p><br><p>Cheaper and more practical than sending long-form letters, the new medium was an instant sensation with the public - with three million postcards being sent in the first three months. But cultural conservatives felt it would lead to poor grammar, a capitulation of individuality, and a brash new form of self-expression...</p><br><p>In this episode, Arion, Olly and Rebecca reveal the indomitability of the Isle of Man’s postcard censorship committee; revisit the career of the ‘King of the Saucy Seaside’, Donald McGill; and </p><p>unearth the frustrated adventures of ‘the wronged true inventor of the postcard’, Dr. Heinrich Von Stephan.</p><br><p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p><p>• ‘The Story of the Postcard’ (Postimuseo Finland, 2020): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjFTxJi66e8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjFTxJi66e8</a></p><p>• ‘Tweeting by mail: The postcard's stormy birth’(LA Times, 2013): <a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2013-jun-22-la-oe-cure-postcards-twitter-20130623-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2013-jun-22-la-oe-cure-postcards-twitter-20130623-story.html</a></p><p>• ‘History of the Saucy Postcard’ (Donald McGill Museum, 2020): <a href="https://saucyseasidepostcards.com/?page_id=89" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://saucyseasidepostcards.com/?page_id=89</a></p><br><p><strong>We’ve released FIVE MINUTES MORE of bonus content about the history of postcards, which you can access by supporting us via Patreon* at </strong><a href="patreon.com/retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>patreon.com/retrospectors.</strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>By so doing, you get a bonus bit every single week*, and an ad-free feed, and you help us make the show. Thanks!</strong></p><p><em>* top two tiers only</em></p><br><p><em>The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.</em></p><p><em>Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.</em></p><p><em>Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.</em> </p><p><strong>We'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:</strong><a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/ca1f94a1-0921-446a-ae00-4d4bfd2ba3ef/podfollow.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> </strong></a><a href="http://podfollow.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>podfollow.com/Retrospectors</strong></a></p><br><p><em>#1800s #Inventions #Austria</em></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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