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A collector was 'bitten by the postcard bug' 80 years ago; see some of his favorites

Hundreds of thousands of postcards from all over the world have found a home in 92-year-old Donald Brown's personal collection in Myerstown, Pa.
Donald Brown organizes postcards inside his home in Myerstown, Pa., on June 24, 2022.

It's been nearly 150 years since the postcard first came on the scene. The great-grandparent to tweets, profiles, feeds and other social media, postcards were once the most efficient and cheapest form of correspondence for decades and, though technology played a part in their diminished popularity, one man is making sure his collection of postcards leaves a mark on our world.

Sitting just off the main street through Myerstown, Pa., a town of little more than 3,000 residents, Donald Brown has spent

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