Disasters and accidents postcards
Written by admin on 17 November, 2009 – 8:15 pm -Humans have it seems always taken malicious delight in the misfortune of others. The Germans have a word for this - Schadenfreude. Many of the disasters to befall humankind in the early part of the twentieth century, from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent damage from fires through the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic to erupting volcanoes and the Paris flood of 1910, all were recorded on postcard by the larger publishing firms. Whether this is Schadenfreude or just morbid curiosity is a moot point, but such postcards are fascinating documents.
Of course these are major internationally recognised catastrophes, other disasters have also been recorded on postcards, but by smaller, local publishers. These may therefore, be more rare and accordingly more expensive.
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| GERMANY to DENMARK MICHAELISKIRCHE FIRE HAMBURG 10stamp | ![]() |
0 Bid | £1.99 | 3h 47m |
| DISASTER UNUSED RP POSTCARD 1907 TRAM CRASH BRADFORD | ![]() |
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£52.49 | 4h 28m |
| DISASTER USED RP POSTCARD 1905 TRAM CRASH HUDDERSFIELD | ![]() |
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£59.99 | 4h 48m |
| DISASTER USED RP POSTCARD 1905 TRAM CRASH RAMSGATE | ![]() |
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£52.49 | 4h 51m |
| DISASTER UNUSED POSTCARD 1915 TRAMCRASH DEWSBURY MARKET | ![]() |
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£18.74 | 4h 59m |
| DISASTER USED POSTCARD RAILWAY CRASH GRANTHAM MAIL VAN | ![]() |
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£18.74 | 5h 17m |
| DISASTER USED POSTCARD 1912 RAILWAY CRASH HEBDEN BRIDGE | ![]() |
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£18.74 | 5h 18m |
| DISASTER UNUSED POSTCARD 1907 SHIP WRECK SS BERLIN | ![]() |
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£18.74 | 5h 28m |
| DISASTER UNUSED POSTCARD 1925 CYCLONE HOLLAND BORCULO | ![]() |
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£7.49 | 5h 53m |
| HARRINGAY 1907 FLOODS Colina Bay Real Photo postcard | 0 Bid | £7.85 | 11h 22m |
| FLEETWOOD 1927 Floods Real Photo Boating postcard | 0 Bid | £12.00 | 11h 25m |
| BIRLING GAP Shipwreck Submarine Vintage Real Photo | 0 Bid | £18.00 | 11h 26m |
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