This talk is open to annual pass holders only and explores the Royal Danish Library's extensive collection of historic postcards showing Danish towns, villages and landscapes from the twentieth century.
Research Librarian Mette Colding Dahl from the Special Collections department leads the session, discussing the golden age of the postcard, its role in everyday communication, and the origins of the library's collection.
At its peak in 1919/1920, more than 41.8 million postcards were sent within Denmark and abroad. The library holds over 312,000 digitised historic postcards, with more than 251,000 currently accessible online through its Digital Collections portal.
The talk will cover the history of the postcard format, the process of digitising the collection, and how these images can shed new light on local history.