Postcards – postcards have been an important part of communication since the very beginning, continuing to be so up to the present day. Although the advent of the internet caused a sharp decline in postal traffic with postcards, they still remain a significant part of the collection for enthusiasts who engage in this kind of collecting.
We present this gallery as a gift to our dear visitors of the website vremeplov.ba. It reflects on the history of our culture and the origins of railway transportation in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. From this rich collection of postcards, you will see a unique imprint of that era, drawn from the sources of many travelers, artists, and other curious souls who, traveling through our lands, record authentic events from the development of feudal Bosnia and Herzegovina at that time.
Thanks to the businessmen and bookstore owners of that era, along with refined reproduction techniques, these postcards reached many larger cities of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and across Europe. Besides the illustration containing an original testimony of space and time, the postcards also serve the documentary value of material and spiritual life, as well as the history of specific regions and cities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In the displayed gallery, you can see the development of the railway in Bosnia and Herzegovina captured in panoramic views and the structures of railway infrastructure, most of which still exist today. Considering the forty-year presence of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an important historical mark has been left in this gallery through the construction of railway facilities and narrow-gauge lines built for the benefit of the residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Your Srećko Ignjatović
