A Few Scratches – Petaluma, California (1905)
November 18, 2022
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Miss Sarah Kelley lived in Spring Forge (now Spring Grove), a borough on the Codorus Creek in York County – between Hanover and York. This
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“When your heels hit hard, and your head feels queer” – Comic Postcard (1905)
November 18, 2022
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This comic postcard was copyrighted in 1905 and published by J. Murray Jordan of Philadelphia. We met the publisher and the same three figures (photograph
The Hen-Pecked Husband – West Chester, PA (1909)
November 18, 2022
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This comic postcard was intended for Valentine’s Day – which suggests that the celebration of Romance and Love was not free of tension related to
The Death of Odd Fellows – Lewiston, Maine (1887)
November 18, 2022
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It may be hard for us to imagine the financial insecurity that underlay most lives of the 19th century. Disease and accidental death could be
The Champion Diver of Catalina Island -circa 1915
November 18, 2022
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Ed Harrison was born in Ireland in 1886, but was working in California by the early 20th century. His ability to sustain long dives made
Paying Taxes in Hanover, PA – 1916
November 18, 2022
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I found this tax notice at a postcard exhibit, and noted immediately that the amount paid was 57 cents. Having just paid (early) my 2020
The Marketing of Margarine – Swift & Company (1914)
November 18, 2022
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This is the second (and last) of the advertising postcards celebrating margarine that I acquired this year. In the earlier postcard story, we considered how
“Loving Greetings” from the Publisher – Springfield, Ohio (circa 1910)
November 18, 2022
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I am an episodic consumer of magazines and journals; have been an erstwhile subscriber to “The Atlantic Monthly”, the “New Yorker”, “Harper’s”, “National Geographic”, “The
The Telephone Exchange “Family” -Tyler, Texas (1910)
November 18, 2022
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Miss Emma Smith lived in McGregor, a small city in central Texas, southwest of Waco. In December of 1910, Emma received a Christmas postcard from
