Fifteen years ago Bill Schaal, a friend of John Lawson, gave him his first postcard. The card was of an old scene from Hampton, where Lawson grew up. At that moment, Lawson fell in love with ...
Since 1979, the Half Moon Postcard Club has held its annual show and sale as a fundraiser for local food pantries, charitable organizations and area historical societies. "We don't keep anything," ...
It started for Peter Keyes the same way it does for many postcard collectors: with just one._ The Newbury resident, a retired high school history and economics teacher from Massachusetts, was ...
Robert Drew has never met a postcard he didn't like. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Perhaps that's why he owns more than 250,000 postcards, believed to be one of the largest private ...
It all started innocently enough, with a $1 purchase at a regional antique show about 20 years ago. The acquisition: an early-1900s postcard depicting the summer theater at Pueblo's Lake Minnequa ...
Postcards are the third most-collected item in America, behind stamps (No. 1) and coins (No. 2), according to one expert. Baseball cards are falling out of favor because of questionable practices by ...
From the early 1900s through the start of World War I, illustrated postcards became a primary means of sharing a holiday greeting or short correspondence. The 3 ½ x 5 ½ cards often bore friendly ...
ONEIDA - A window into the past will be opened for viewers of the thousands of vintage postcards on display Saturday at the 28th annual spring Postcard Show and Sale at St. Paul's United Methodist ...
For decades, John High’s collection of rare postcards–valued at more than $1 million–sat in his cluttered New York City apartment on desks, shelves and bookcases. But at 79, High felt it was time to ...
What columnist Ann Lander`s recent survey disclosed about female sexual attitudes is really nothing new at all. In the past also, women apparently thought that cuddling was very important. One bit of ...