Library card collection
This 15 year old has formed a collection of over 3000 library cards, and now he’s starting to put it online.
My collection started in the summer of 1999, when I was 6 years old. I was visiting my grandparents, who live in Washington State. I had always liked to go to libraries and ask to look at their library cards, just to see what the design looked like. When I went to the Anacortes Public Library, in Anacortes, Washington, I asked to look at their library card, and they said I could have it. This started me on a journey that would involve long hours on the computer, addressing envelopes (can you believe the cost of stamps!) and believe it or not, traveling across the country. Since I started collecting library cards 8 years ago, I have accumulated over 3,000 library cards from all 50 states and 74 countries.
Thanks to Fine Books for first seeing this