Picture postcard

Postcards have always symbolised more than just a holiday greeting: they have documented much of the history of the 20th Century. Now the Bodleian Library has published two books of postcards- one of images from World War I and one of the Russian Revolution. More information at www.bodleianbookshop.co.uk

Sanatorium stay

This postcard shows Lenin, his wife and older sister taken in 1922, when Lenin was in the sanitorium at Gorki.