the bark of a tree

[joerookery]

Okay sports fans, I'm pretty happy with this one. The Germans sent some postcards that were made from tree bark. I am not sure what kind of tree. These were pretty brittle and not that many survived. They were self designed, and not entirely rectangular. This one is nothing special, but it is one! This is from RJR 83.

 

[Wyliecoyote]

Joe

How about birch bark?

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Geo

 

[joerookery]

I have gotten a great deal of information that this is indeed birchbark. Pretty amazing to me that it has survived as brittle as it is-- and it went through the mail! My mailman certainly did not handle it. I have also been told that these were not uncommon in the first decade of the 20th century. I just have never owned one before, nor seen one. I had heard of them so I thought I would share.