| Between the latter part of the 19th century right up to the second world war Postcard collecting was all the rage | |
printing technology was improving at a rapid rate bringing with it some novel and exciting cards |
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| Home photography was in its infancy available only to the fairly well off. | |
| more and more people were now going on holidays to the seaside, Postcards were a way of remembering them and also a cheap way of writing to family and friends at home | |
| As soon as the first Golliwogg book was published Golliwogg postcards began to appear on the shelves. | |
| Longman and green even issued their own sets depicting the Golliwogg book illustrations | |
| Even though the demand has declined you can still obtain postcards depicting Golly | |
| but now they are mostly reprints of earlier cards or just Photographs and the skill and artistry has been lost | |
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