St. Pete Museum Showcases City’s Rich History Through Postcards

The St. Petersburg Museum of History proudly preserves the city’s rich past with an archive library boasting over 40,000 pieces that chronicle the evolution of the community.

A common donation, often arriving right in the mailbox, is postcards. “The item donated the most is postcards because people will just send them in the mail,” explains Jessy Breckenridge, the museum’s Archives and Collections Manager. “It’s easy to put a postcard in an envelope and say, ‘hey, I found this in my mother’s things, do you want it?'” Breckenridge estimates that the museum has an impressive collection of 15,000-20,000 postcards.