>The vast majority of postcard
>prints therefore had a very limited circulation. A good example would be the
>postcard prints i have of my Grandad in his First World War uniform.
>Although the back of the card is set out like a postcard most have never
>been posted.
>Although they might have been produced commercially it is worth considering
>that many mining images may have been produced for a very limited audience
>e.g to send to customers as a form of advertising. I would suggest that
>mining images, with perhaps the exception of cards comemorating disasters,
>were unlikely to be to be sold in large numbers like for example seaside
>prints.
>
>Martin Roe
I am very interested in the scale of circulation of coal mining
postcards. Do you mean to say that this kind of cards (except
disaster and advertising cards) was circulated only in the
mining communities or among miners' friends or relatives, or
are you talking about the scale of edition itself?
Since most original photographs of mining cards were taken
by local photographers who were engaged in their small business,
so the number of postcards they could produce was quite small.
However, it must be difficult to judge what kind of people
consumed the postcards. For example, by looking at the messages
on the back of postcards of Wigan women workers, I can find people
from outside Wigan, outside mining communities (can be tourists?)
used the cards.
If you have ever come across any reference on the consumption
of mining postcards, please let me know. I would appreciate it
very much.
Thank you.
Yukiko
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