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 ...

Joe Vella of Decatur has spent a lifetime collecting postcards and has perhaps the world’s most extensive collection. His collection of more than 52,000 postcards dwarfs the Guinness World Record ...

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 ...

Members of the Hampton Roads Postcard Club celebrate the area’s heritage with rare collectibles. The members of the Hampton Roads Postcard Club believe that you don’t need a big frame to show someone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week’s column mentioned postcards in passing. I love postcards and have mentioned them in various contexts several times over ...

When Karen Martin started collecting postcards, her mother was surprised that anyone would consider these cards — which sold for a penny or two in their heyday — worth saving, much less studying and ...

OAKLAND -- — Sheryl Oring sat on a folding chair on a downtown street corner, her fingers poised over the keyboard of her classic Rheinmetall typewriter. Sitting across from her, Maria Theren dictated ...

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 ...

NORTH ST PAUL, Minnesota — Inside the 7th Avenue Antique Mall in downtown North St. Paul, the past is preserved. "I'm a nostalgic old fool, I suppose," said Jerry Peterson, who has owned the shop ...