picture postcard

noun

Origin of picture postcard

First recorded in 1905–10

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Her shots of these horses are lovely, but come too close to picture-postcard animal aesthetics for my liking.
Sleeping Titans
Blake Gopnik
February 27, 2013

I've been in the foc'sle and there ain't so much as a photo nor a picture-postcard nailed up.
Captain Calamity
Rolf Bennett
It was painfully amusing to him to see Matildas face in the picture-postcard shops.
Old Mole
Gilbert Cannan
Mr. Burrowes with growing excitement felt in his breast-pocket and produced a picture-postcard, which he thrust into her hand.
The Adventures of Sally
P. G. Wodehouse
Not so very long afterwards Adela and I had a honeymoon, followed by a picture-postcard from Herbert.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 24, 1917
Various
The picture-postcard, as an educative and refining influence, has left an abiding mark upon the youth of the present day.
The Lighter Side of School Life
Ian Hay