Postcards of Local Places of Interest
Since October is American Archives Month, its a good time to emphasize that archives typically contain a wealth of interesting materials, and not just sheets of paper with writing on them. Here in the Records & Archives Department we have items ranging from a photograph of a grand jury which indicted a murderer in 1956, to bricks from the Licking County Children's Home, to early-1800's court documents. Another interesting collection in our Department is a set of 20th-Century postcards, which show scenes in Licking County and nearby. Sadly, the pleasure of sending and receiving postcards seems to be dying out nowadays. In decades past one could find a wide variety of postcards for sale at small-town drug stores and restaurants. Postcards showed scenes of natural beauty or historical significance, and other places that were sources of pride or nostalgia in the community, such as streets, schools, churches, hospitals and businesses. Following are a few examples from our