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Robert Stumm
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The term, “Insurance Map” may be unknown to postcard collectors, nevertheless, the connection of how insurance maps relate to postcards is a topic presented in this article by Robert J. Stumm, Postcard History’s newest contributor. His method of identifying buildings in bird’s eye view postcards encourages the curious to head to your local historical society.

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Postcard History is a free online magazine dedicated to vintage and historic picture postcards and the many stories associated with them. We feature richly illustrated articles designed to both inform and entertain postcard collectors and history buffs. We also provide the most comprehensive listing of forthcoming shows around. And there’s a rich trove of links to institutional and personal online postcard collections. There’s also a comprehensive, verified listing of active postcard clubs in the U. S. and Canada, which we’re working on expanding worldwide.