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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| ABERFAN SCHOOL DISASTER 1966 GARDEN MINT POSTCARD | ![]() |
0 Bid | £.99 | 8h 9m |
| Art Deco 25 Pierrot premeditates suicide 1905 | ![]() |
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£12.50 | 12h 6m |
| Disaster Explosion Portagas Ltd Desford Postcard R6063 | ![]() |
0 Bid | £.99 | 1d 11h 44m |
| Dont go down the Mine postcard by Bamforth Co | ![]() |
0 Bid | £1.99 | 1d 12h 6m |
| Postcard Vesuvio | ![]() |
0 Bid | £.29 | 1d 21h 9m |
| EDWARDIAN P C LA GRANDE GUERRE 1914 RUINES BELGIQUE | ![]() |
0 Bid | £.99 | 2d |
| HEMSLEY shipwreck St Merryn Padstow Cornwall 1969 | ![]() |
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£7.00 | 2d 18h 33m |
| REAL PHOTO NOT PC SHIP RUN AGROUND SEE READ UP BENWICH | ![]() |
0 Bid | £.99 | 2d 20h 43m |
| TITANIC DISASTER LIFEBOATS POSTCARD | ![]() |
1 Bid | £.99 | 3d 12h |
| HMS MONTAGU ON THE ROCKS AT LUNDY POSTCARD 1906 | ![]() |
0 Bid | £4.50 | 4d 9h 12m |
| tram accident sowerby bridge oct 15th 1907 lion series | ![]() |
4 Bids | £2.81 | 4d 16h 18m |
| Postcard Floods in the Soar Valley Midlands R6464 | ![]() |
0 Bid | £.99 | 4d 17h 28m |
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