Denver Postcard Club

Previous Programs

Upcoming Programs

Programs

Presentations for club meetings are prepared for a general audience and do not require specialized knowledge of postcards. Community and club presenters focus on some aspect of postcards and postcarding.

  • Vanishing Landmarks in Denver
  • Denver's Historic Homes through Photos and Postcards
  • From Ideas to Creative Postcards
  • Quilts in Everyday Life, 1855-1955: Photos and Postcards
  • Road Tripping with Gene McConnell
  • Touring Denver Historic Hotels
  • What to Do with a Postcard Collection when Collecting Days Are Over
  • A Postcard Tour of Colorado
  • Circle Tour of Then and Now: Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Postcard Club Dealers' Panel: Where the Hobby is Going
  • Life of Buffalo Bill Cody
  • Stamp Montage Postcards
  • Women Photographers of the Pikes Peak Region
  • History of the Northern Pacific Railroad through Postcards
  • D.C. Oaks: Family, Friends, and Foes
  • Northwest Denver: Photos and Postcards
  • Elk Creek Chronicles
  • The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad
  • Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park
  • Brief History of Adolf Coors
  • Saving Yellowstone: The President Arthur Expedition of 1883
  • History of Colorado Show Biz
  • History of Denver's City Park and the Whittier Neighborhoods
  • GOOGIE Architecture and GOOGIE Postcards
  • Historic Views of Trinidad, Colorado
  • A Celebration of State Capitols
  • Geology along Colorado's Front Range

A few titles from programs hosted by the club through 2014 include:

Date:  Thursday, November 13th, 2014 Place:  Rocky Mountain Philatelic Library Presenter: Lon Abbott, instructor at Colorado University, Boulder (Department of Geological Sciences) and co-author of the book Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range
Topic: Geology along Colorado’s Front Range Background: Scenic Colorado postcards have shown named and unnamed geological feature(s) of the landscape over the past century, including Red Rocks Amphitheater, Garden of the Gods park, and other peaks and canyons that have existed for millions of years. Bring any unique scenic postcard that depicts a piece of Colorado geology to the meeting for “Show-and-Learn” to find out more about the geologic features and their history.