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.
by Evelyn Freja
Jan 09, 2023
3 minutes
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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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