FROM OUR READERS

Dear Antique Trader,

I have just read and enjoyed Leonard Lauder’s story in this week’s copy of AT.

I, too, have been a long-standing member of the Metropolitan Postcard Collectors Club, though not as long as Leonard. I joined in 1970. After losing both of my parents in one year, 1968 and 1969, as an only child I had the task of clearing out their home. Needless to say, it was heartbreaking work while having to also take care of my very young children. Among my father’s things, I found a postcard that was sent to him by a friend that was a radio operator on the Lusitania. That started my interest in postcards because of the historical events about this card.

I have collected many different things during my life, as I love anything that is old and has either been in my for many years and they had a very good Postcard section, which I took interest in. I also collect trade cards, belong to the National Button Society, NY State Button Society, costume jewelry and a little of this and that, too.