Postcard History

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Bill Burton

Galerie Chevalier Postcard

Published on

May 17, 2019

Perhaps one of the most aged and storied ‘carpet shops” in Europe, Galerie Chevalier is known not only for their fine rugs and tapestries, but also for an age old adherence to saving lint and detritus from the cleaning of the floors. This dust has been used to mask new wines as old during the German occupation of France.

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.