Darlene Haynes Thorne -- Deltiologist

Deltiologist -- what's that?  You might guess if you know Darlene's email address, which is "postcardgirl."  A deltiologist is a postcard collector.  I thought of Darlene when I read one of the many obits of Phyllis Diller, who died recently.  It seems Phyllis collected postcards, too.

But Darlene has an amazing collection, belongs to several postcard societies, and uses her extensive collection to give frequent talks on historical subjects.  She was recently written up in the Mercury News announcing her talk on Santa Clara County, one of her favorite subjects.  Her cards were used extensively in the publication of the San Francisco Bay Area Post Card Club, Facing Disaster:  A Centennial Postcard Album of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire April 1906, as well as being credited in The Mineral Springs of Santa Clara County, by Ian Sanders, of Morgan Hill.  Other subject areas include the Centennial of Women's Suffrage in California, and Esperanto, one of her latest interests.