Instructor: Dr. Walt Kubilius has worked as a geologist in Alaska, New Mexico, Arkansas, and Nova Scotia before coming to Aiken in 1992. He is retired from SRS, where he specialized in radiochemistry and hydrology. He has been collecting postcards of South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico for thirty years. Description: The postcard has been a staple of pop American culture for more than a century. Close to a billion cards and their messages were saved in collections between 1900 and 1930; these give a fascinating glimpse into the look, the feel, and the culture of the time. Session 1 will be a historical sketch of postcards’ development of postcards since 1870. Session 2 will focus on Aiken postcards and their senders’ messages from the Winter Colony era, and how Aiken was experienced by middle-class vacationers.