National Trust Library Historic Postcards Collection

From a "colorized" view of Luna Park, a great Coney Island amusement park that burned in 1944, to surf riding in Hawaii, the National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection preserves unique and engaging images of people and places in early twentieth century America. Portraying locations across the United States, the collection offers perspectives into the society which produced these cards and reveals important insights about cultural attitudes of the time. These postcards also provide unique evidence of the evolution in American architecture, with rare glimpses of buildings or places that may no longer exist or have dramatically altered over time.