We met Emma Hankel in an earlier postcard story; Emma collected postcard photographs of churches sent by her many fellow-collectors. Emma lived in Galion, a
Today, Manhattan’s primary shopping district lies in midtown; in 1900, however, shopping destinationswere further downtown, near 23rd street.The area bounded by lower Fifth Avenue, Sixth
From York to Reading, A Scene of Old London (1907) I thought it fitting that this old London scene was mailed between the Pennsylvania cities
Mr. Richard Cook had moved or traveled from Richmond, Virginia in July of 1907. A comic postcard that was mailed to him at a Richmond
Sara lived in Lebanon, a city in the Lebanon Valley of south central, Pennsylvania – 26 miles east ofHarrisburg and 28 miles west of Reading.
Flooding during the Construction of the Holtwood Dam On March 15, 1907, flood waters from ice jams on the Susquehanna topped a portion of the
Explosion in Washington Boro – 1907 Beginning in the 1890’s, some homes and businesses were lit by acetylene lamps. Before home electrification was common, acetylene
Annie Sends Greetings from Attleboro, Mass. (1907) Annie Jette lived in Attleboro, a city in southern Massachusetts, closer to Providence, Rhode Island then to Boston.(Attleboro,
Clementine Wisner in the New Year – 1907 Miss Clementine Wisner lived in the first block of North Mulberry Street, not far from the famous
Ride A Burro at the Seaside – England (1907) This English postcard was mailed to Miss Mary Hall in Marlboro, Connecticut on March 26, 1907.
“I Want to be a Farmer” – York, PA (1906) In 1900, almost 40 per cent of the people in the US lived on farms.
Market Street in Elizabethtown – 1907 On January 8, 1907, Ed sent a postcard to Miss Annie L. Landis at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Lancaster.
In February of 1907, John Herr received a postcard from an unknown correspondent in Lancaster, PA. The postcard displays a bouquet of roses and is
Grandfather Sends a Birthday Greeting to Ralph in Terre Hill – 1907 On February 19, 1907, Master Ralph Myers received a birthday greeting from his
In March of 1907, John Smeltzer was staying at the Hotel Calvert in Snow Hill, Maryland. (Snow Hill, a community of about 1800 persons in
Highland House on Neversink Mountain – 1907 The city of Reading, PA once had a railroad that wound up Neversink Mountain to the hotels, dance
The Woodpecker – 1907 Mr. Frank Wilson was living in Albia, Iowa in 1907. (Albia is a small city in south central Iowa, the seat
Courtship of Shepherds – Art Postcards to Blanche Copeland – 1907 Several months ago, I posted an example of postcard art – original works (many
Tellings stories from the past.