Collecting postcards is typically centered on the interest of an individual collector. There is someone to collect probably every postcard that was ever printed.

So a list of categories can be as long as the population of the earth. This list here will restrict itself to generic categories. The importance of these categories will be evident to anyone attending a postcard show and sale. The postcards for sale are arranged in file boxes by these categories.

Some dealers who specialize in certain states may have a category for each town in that state. This list will not go into that detail.

But one likely result of looking over these categories will be that the one or ones you collect may not be included. Help me fix that.

In an effort to improve this list, please consider sending me categories which you collect which do not appear on this list. I will add them as time allows. Send your email to dularson@bellsouth.net

Happy Postcarding!

advertising
aerial views
airplanes
airports
alligator borders
aluminum
Amish
amusement parks
animals (could have separate)
antiques
appliances
architecture
art
artists
automobiles
babies
bands
banks
baseball
baskets
bathrooms
beaches
bears
bedrooms
birds
birth announcements
birthday
blacksmith
boats
books
bridges
buildings
business
butterflies
cable cars
cafe
calendar
cameras
canals
candles
candy
capitols
carpenter
carriages
cartoon
cats
cattle
ceramics
chess
chickens
children
china
Christmas
Christmas trees
churches
circus
cities
civil war
clocks
clothing
clouds
clowns
coca cola
coins
collectibles
colleges
Colonial America
comic
computer
copper
costume
countries
cowboys
cows
Danes
decorating
dentist
desert
disaster
Disney
doctor
dogs
dolls
donkey
downtown
dresses
drums
ducks
Dutch kids
Easter
Edison
eggs
Eiffel Tower
elephants
Empire State Building
ephemera
ethnic
exposition
factories
famous people
farming
ferries
fire engines
fireplaces
fish
fishing
flags
flat iron building
flowers
foreign (each country)
forest
food
Ford
fruit
furniture
gas stations
gems
general store
glass
glasses
golf
greetings
greetings from
Gruss aus
hair
Halloween
harbors
hats
heat sensitive
historic homes
historic places
hold to light
holiday (each will have separate)
horse drawn vehicles
horses
hotels
Indians
inns
insects
jewelry
July 4th
jungle
kitchens
Labor Day
lady bugs
lakes
lamps
lanterns
large letter
libraries
library interiors
light houses
living rooms
logging
map
marbles
maximum
mechanicals
medical
military
mills
minerals
money
monuments
most
motels
motorcycles
mountains
movies
movie stars
museums
music
musical instruments
musicals
National parks
navy
neon
New Year
nurses
occupations
office interiors
ornamental iron
ostrich
paintings
parade
parks
patriotic
peat
pelicans
pewter
photography
pianos
pigs
pioneer
plants
police
postal
post office
pottery
prehistoric
presidents
pretty ladies
puzzles
pyramids
QSL
quilting
quotations
rabbits
racetracks
radio
radio stations
railroad
real photo
recipes
record
religious
restaurant interiors
restaurants
rivers
roadside
Rockwell
rodents
romance
Route 66
sailing
Saint Patrick's Day
Santa
schools
seagulls
shell borders
ship interiors
ships
shoes
sidewalk cafe
signed artist
signs
silver
skiing
snakes
snow
snowmen
soldiers
space
spiritual
sports
spring
stadiums
stained glass
stamps
states
statues
steamers
stork
stoves
street cars
street scenes
swans
swimming
teachers
teddy bears
telephone
television
tennis
textiles
Thanksgiving
theater
tools
toys
tractors
trains
trees
trolleys
trucks
tunnels
turkeys
typewriters
umbrellas
Valentine
view (could be many)
volcanoes
war
waterfalls
water skiing
water wheel
weather
western
wind
windows
winter
witch
women
women's occupations
workshops
zebra
zeppelin
zoo