Ephemera is fun. Check out the Penny Postcards over at the USGenWeb Archives. I suppose the fancy photo-sharing sites make our life better, but I miss the old days. (Gads, am I that old?)
These postcards cost 1¢ to mail. Postage was temporarily raised to 2¢ from 1917 to 1919 to cover the cost of World War I & from 1925 to 1928 (not sure the reason for the latter).
Here are some of my Adirondack and Lake Champlain favorites:
Here are links to our Adirondack Counties:
Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, St Lawrence, Warren.