The twice-annual Greater Chicago Postcard Show, attracting some 40 dealers and typically hundreds more buyers and curiosity seekers, will be held over two days this weekend in Countryside.
Show promoter Susan Nicholson, a well-known show organizer and collector over the past 25 years, will host the show from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Operating Engineer's Union Hall, 6200 Joliet Road, just one block west of La Grange Road and across Joliet from the William Tell/Holiday Inn.
Admission is $3 per person with early 8:30 a.m. entry on both days of the show $20 per person.
Nicholson, a Lisle author who has written four books and columns in numerous trade publications on postcard collecting over the years, said many people don't know postcards were a primary means of communication 100 years ago or more.
"Since 1896, people used postcards to wage political campaigns and (the) Women's Suffrage (Movement) was a battle fought and won on postcards," she said. "When a disaster occurred in a small town, it was put on postcards." Those remain some of the most highly sought-after cards, say collectors.
Nicholson, who collects Japanese art cards from the vintage postcard era (1898-1918), said others look for specific images such as firetrucks or ice cream or cards from specific towns, states and historic or eclectic sites.
The offer free appraisals of any postcard collectible or collection all day long on both days offer refreshments, seating at dealer tables and attract dealers from as far away as the Netherlands, Arizona and California. She said it is considered the largest show in the Midwest.
Further information is available by calling Susan at (630) 964-5240.
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