Postcards, the email of their day, came about because the United States public was looking for an easy way to send quick notes. The USPS began to issue pre-stamped postal cards in 1873 and held that monopoly until 1898. That year Congress passed the Private Mailing Card Act which allowed private publishers and printers to produce postcards. The term "Private Mailing Card," printed on the backs of cards, distinguishes these privately printed postcards from those of the USPS. Postcards went through many phases, and even if a postcard is not dated or was never mailed, it may be possible to determine an approximate printing period based on specific characteristics of the card.
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Suffolk Resolves House
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Milton Public Library
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Second Congregational Church
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Old Milton Town Hall
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Milton Convalescent Home
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Milton High School and
the Central Fire Station
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Children's Church
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Vose School / High School
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Central Avenue Depot
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Milton Yacht Club
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Transfer Station
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Hendrie's
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Blue Hills Observatory
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Milton Hospital
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Kidder Branch, Milton Public Library
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Leopold Morse Home
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Jeanne d'Arc Academy
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Hose #2 Fire House
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Glover-Adams-Gardner House
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St. Agatha's Church
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Cunningham Park Pool
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Crehore House
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Belcher School
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Thacher School
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Harriet Ware Hall, Milton Academy
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Webb Mill
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East Milton Baptist Church
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Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House
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Blue Hills Police Station
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Milton Hill House
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St. Michael's Church
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Smith School
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The Church of Our Saviour
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1431 Brush Hill Road
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Rising Sun Inn
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Old Blue Bell Inn
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Junction of Blue Hills Parkway & Avenue
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Milton Savings Bank
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Rev. Nathan Hunt
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St. Agatha's parochial residence
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Lincoln Cabin
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Hughes House
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Draper House
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Milton Club
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Old Ruggles House
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Charles Eliot Bridge
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Crossman House
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Fontbonne Academy
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East Milton Square
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Granite Railway Frog and Marker
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Curry College
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Trailside Museum
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