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“Monica Walks to the Lighthouse” – Norfolk, Virginia (1907)

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Miss E. Murray lived in Oakmont, a borough of Allegheny County, PA – about 15 miles northeast of Pittsburgh on the Allegheny River. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakmont,_Pennsylvania In

“Grandma is Watching the Yachts” – Port Huron, Michigan (1907)

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Master John Siebert was growing up in Columbus, the capital city and center of commerce and education in central Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio In August of 1907,

“Festival of States” – St. Petersburg, Florida (1941)

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Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Oberholtzer lived in Bird-in-Hand, an unincorporated community in eastern Lancaster County of southeast Pennsylvania. The first European settlers in this

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