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<p>[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 840918, member: 1262"]For posterity: Postcards from huge collection donated to university</p><p><a href="https://www.sharonherald.com/community/for-posterity-postcards-from-huge-collection-donated-to-university/article_181aa982-f964-5d3a-8f86-33dbf7d9ec9b.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sharonherald.com/community/for-posterity-postcards-from-huge-collection-donated-to-university/article_181aa982-f964-5d3a-8f86-33dbf7d9ec9b.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.sharonherald.com/community/for-posterity-postcards-from-huge-collection-donated-to-university/article_181aa982-f964-5d3a-8f86-33dbf7d9ec9b.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>An uplifting story of a collector who is going to help future generations by providing them with a treasure trove of historic images.</p><p><br /></p><p>A university about an hour from me has a massive collection of about 4 million cards and it is a huge draw for researchers. From the late 19th century to the 1970's there was little that didn't find itself on the face of a postcard. Postcards preserve a snapshot in time and although the physical buildings/landscape may no longer exist, the postcards can tell the story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joe2007, post: 840918, member: 1262"]For posterity: Postcards from huge collection donated to university [URL]https://www.sharonherald.com/community/for-posterity-postcards-from-huge-collection-donated-to-university/article_181aa982-f964-5d3a-8f86-33dbf7d9ec9b.html[/URL] An uplifting story of a collector who is going to help future generations by providing them with a treasure trove of historic images. A university about an hour from me has a massive collection of about 4 million cards and it is a huge draw for researchers. From the late 19th century to the 1970's there was little that didn't find itself on the face of a postcard. Postcards preserve a snapshot in time and although the physical buildings/landscape may no longer exist, the postcards can tell the story.[/QUOTE]
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