Postcard paper was used from 1899 enabling people to send portrait
photographs to friends, family or loved ones. 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
Conservation Officer NAMHO
National Association of Mining History Organisations http://www.namho.org
Lead Mining in the Yorkshire Dales
http://www.mroe.freeserve.co.uk
The Industrial Heritage of Calderdale
http://www.halifaxcouriertoday.co.uk/ftpinc/calderheritage
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