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RobertSThanks for the plug, Scott. However, I'll bet Jim and Dan know a lot more than I do about postcards.
I've really only been into them since the late 1990s. I found my first few PCs in the 1980s but only as an afterthought to baseball cards. As type card prices escalated, I found postcards to be more affordable and almost as interesting!
These three books helped me learn much about the history of baseball postcards and postcard processes (along with a bunch of Internet sites and asking lots of questions from old time PC dealers):
Sports Postcard Price Guide: A Comprehensive Reference
by Mashburn
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1885940041/qid=1120859929/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/103-5817764-5685468?v=glance&s=books
Tuff Stuff's Baseball Postcard Collection
by Ron Menchine
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0930625536/qid=1120859889/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-5817764-5685468?v=glance&s=books
A Picture Postcard History of Baseball
by Ron Menchine
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0930256212/qid=1120859889/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/103-5817764-5685468?v=glance&s=books
These two books that I've had since the early 1980s also contain some good info on PCs:
The Sports Collectors Bible
by Bert Randolph Sugar
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0672527413/qid=1120860661/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-5817764-5685468?v=glance&s=books
Sport American Baseball Memorabilia
by James Beckett
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0937424315/qid=1120860503/sr=1-105/ref=sr_1_105/103-5817764-5685468?v=glance&s=books
Of course, I have some info and a bunch of pre-war player and stadium postcard images on my site, VintageBall.com, with the photos contributed by different collectors (thanks to all those who submitted. In fact, I have a lot more info and images that need to be posted soon (many people have sent in new info on some of the more obscure issues).
The VintageBall.com postcard page can be found here: http://www.vintageball.com/postcards.html