Since the 1930's Leonard A. Lauder, the billionaire son of the famous Estée, has been collecting postcards. He started this life's passion by spending his 5 cent allowance at Woolworths, buying up postcards of New York buildings.
Now at the age of 79 his vast collection has been captured in a book, The Postcard Age, which has a corresponding show at the MFA.
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The MFA's Ben Weiss joins us today to talk about the history of the postcard and how it became one of the smallest canvases for so many artists.
