Miss F.L. Schade lived in Toledo, the port city at the western tip of Lake Erie in northwest Ohio.In 1918, Toledo was already an important
Miss Witwer’s School – Lancaster, PA Miss Humphreville, who lived on West Vine Street, taught singing at Miss Witwer’s School. (We met Miss Margie Humphreville
Clara Smith was in Buffalo, NY where she was “having a good time this winter” with “snow two feet deep”. Clara’s friend, Frances Stover, lived
Young Ralph Ludrick lived in Hummelstown, a borough (founded by two German brothers named Hummel in 1742) along the Swatara Creek in Dauphin County. This
Mrs. Philip Bard lived on a rural delivery route near Columbia, the lovely town above the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania. In February of 1921
What is the Matter with Edith? Edith Yoder lived at 507 West Walnut Street in Lancaster, PA. (The tidy, two-story brick home, built in 1900,
Miss Caroline Powell lived in Paradise, an unincorporated community in the “Pennsylvania Dutch” country of eastern Lancaster County, PA. On February 14, 1906, Miss Powell
Miss Esther Martin lived at 360 East Chestnut Street in Lancaster. (At this address is a large, handsome building, built in 1895, that now contains
Last year, I posted recollections of my childhood years during which we celebrated a separate birthday for Lincoln and for Washington. In Elementary School, ,
Mrs. Alice E. Frey lived in Dover, PA, a borough a few miles northwest of the city of York. In November of 1909, she received
A hundred years ago, Mrs. M. Emma Dunn lived in Reading. (Her address is 1510 Hawk Street; I cannot find that the house is still
One of the delights of reading vintage postcards is reading the frequent expression of friendship and affection. It is not uncommon to find references to
Beatrice Kennedy Receives St. Patrick’s Day Greeting from Grandma – 1912 Grandma was in Toronto, Canada when she mailed a St. Patrick’s Day postcard to
The Valentine Skater -1926 On February 12, 1926, Vera Wenzel sent a postcard valentine to her teacher, Miss Verna Graybill. Miss Graybill had been ill,
Clementine Wisner in the New Year – 1907 Miss Clementine Wisner lived in the first block of North Mulberry Street, not far from the famous
Lincoln’s Birthday – circa 1910 I did not know, until looking it up, that Lincoln’s Birthday was never made a federal holiday. Commemoration of the
On February 13, 1926, Martha Gill sent a valentine postcard to her cousin, Miss Martha Oberholtzer of Manheim, PA. The postcard, featuring an illustration of
Daisy Stumph Sends a Postcard to Her Teacher – July 4, 1911 Daisy Stumph was fond of her teacher, Birdie Bricker. During July of 1911,
February 22 I am engaged in a solitary crusade to restore separate birthday celebrations for Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Here is a postcard, circa
Birthday of Abraham Lincoln Many of us can recall celebrating a separate birthday for Lincoln and for Washington in my childhood. In Elementary School, we
Wilford Sends a Thanksgiving Postcard to Grandma Olsen -circa 1915 Sometime around 1915, Grandma Olsen received a Thanksgiving postcard from her grandson, Wilford Nash. On
A “Peaceful Thanksgiving” in Florin – 1915 On November 25, 1915, Miss Miriam Guhl of Florin received a Thanksgiving postcard from N.L.V. The postcard, mailed