(Various Ham Radio Enthusiasts)
QSL Photo-Postcards , 1920s-40s
Silver prints (7) on carte postale paper
Each 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches
Some with manuscript notations verso.
Some with manuscript notations verso.
Used as a way to confirm communication between amateur radio enthusiasts, QSL cards were popular during the Ham radio craze of the 1930s-50s. Some were simply typed, some hand-drawn or...
Used as a way to confirm communication between amateur radio enthusiasts, QSL cards were popular during the Ham radio craze of the 1930s-50s. Some were simply typed, some hand-drawn or illustrated and some, like these, were produced photographically (and printed on postcard paper). QSL cards were a tangible, personalized way of relaying to someone on the other side of the country or the world that they had indeed made a connection through the frequency.