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Sister Camille is Grateful – College of Saint Theresa (1943)

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Miss Helen L. Droessler lived in Bancroft, a small city in Kossuth County of north-central Iowa. Bancroft was platted in 1881 and named for George

Frank Receives a Postcard Receipt – Orrtanna, PA (1905)

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Mr. Frank Beesecker lived in Orrtanna, now a census-designated place in Adams County of south-central Pennsylvania. Once the home to a tannery, Orrtanna was a

“A Beautiful Sale of Insurance” – Orefield, PA (circa 1909)

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Master John Schuler was a boy growing up in Orefield, PA. Orefield is a small, unincorporated community that was named for iron deposits that were

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