From Africa to the State Bank: where Nizhny Novgorod residents sent New Year postcards in the 20th century
About this publication
В городе N publishes “From Africa to the State Bank: where Nizhny Novgorod residents sent New Year postcards in the 20th century”, a material about old postcards and their value for studying history and everyday life. The publication is directly relevant to the research and educational themes of the Pochtovoe project.
In “From Africa to the State Bank: where Nizhny Novgorod residents sent New Year postcards in the 20th century”, В городе N considers the postcard as a source on the past, urban history, everyday life and communication culture. The focus is on historical postcards and ways of reading and interpreting them.
The material is connected with the Pochtovoe project, which uses postcards in research and public education and shows how private correspondence helps us understand the experience of people in the past.