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“Peaches and Marmalade …and Revolution” – Washington, DC (1909)

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Mrs. Mollie H. Wilson lived in Amberson Valley, an unincorporated community of Franklin County in south-central Pennsylvania. Located in a narrow valley of the Appalachian

“Pauline and the French Empire” – Quebec, Canada (1912)

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Miss Emelie Motz lived in Baltimore, the large port and commercial center on the Chesapeake Bay in central Maryland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore In August of 1912, Emelie

“Borrowed Grandeur” – Newark, New Jersey (circa 1935)

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Newark is the largest city in New Jersey and was, in the first had of the 20th century, a thriving center of industry, commerce, and

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