Miss Leeanna Truxell lived in Mount Pleasant, a borough 45 miles southwest of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania. Between 1910 and 1920, the area was a center of glass-making, and dotted with coke furnaces.   Today, the borough has fewer citizens than it boasted in 1916. In December of 1916, Leeanna received a colorful postcard from her … Continue reading “Meet Me Downtown on Saturday Night” – Mount Pleasant, PA (1916)