Postcards

Chinatown, Los Angeles, California

There are about one million postcards in the Department of Archives and Special Collections. The collection is open by appointment to all interested researchers. Photographic or digital prints of some cards are available. Call or write for the current fee schedule. For information on making an appointment, please refer to the hours and rules of the Department. The core of the collection is the Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection.

A selection of the department's postcard collection concerning Southern California has been digitized to document our region's history. To view this digital collection, select this link: The Changing Face of Southern California: A History in Postcards.

Other postcard collections include:

012 Eliza R. Barchus Postcard Collection

017 Needles Postcard Scrapbook

018 Postcard Albums

053 Emma Wilhelmi Postcard Collection

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