Postcard History

March 23, 2025

Bill Burton

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Published on

May 9, 2019

Mahlon Locke was a physician in Williamsburg, Ontario who, in the 1920s and 1930s, had an enormous following for his therapeutic skills in treating rheumatism. Denounced by some in the medical community, he attracted thousands of suffers and was heralded as a miracle worker.

Bill Burton began collecting Ossining, New York postcards when he lived in that Hudson Valley town. His collection expanded, of course, to include his college, the neighboring towns, and places where he and his wife traveled. In retirement, he’s refocused on Delaware and the DelMarVa peninsula towns, but he’s just as likely to be found parked in front of the 25¢ boxes at shows.