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“The Barnard Statues” – Harrisburg, PA (1923)

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Mr. S. J. Angleberger lived in Lewistown, a census-designated place in Frederick County of north-central Maryland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewistown,_Maryland (In the Research Note (below) we learn that

“Margie Cannot Visit Elmer on Sunday” – Elizabethtown, PA (1910)

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Mr. Elmer Dohner lived in Rexmont, a neighborhood within Cornwall Borough of Lebanon County, in central Pennsylvania. https://www.cornwall-pa.com/community/page/history This community is rich in the history

“Approaching Schellsburg” – circa 1925

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This postcard was neither addressed nor mailed, so there is no personal story connected to it. A printed title identifies the scene: “Lincoln Highway Approaching

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“The Barnard Statues” – Harrisburg, PA (1923)

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