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“Nellie Is Invited on Sunday” – Madisonville, Ohio (circa 1913)

March 30, 2025 No Comments

Mrs. Nellie Kain lived in Madisonville, once a frontier settlement on a trail of the indigenous people through southwest Ohio. Established in 1809 as settlers

A Proper Courtship – Fall River, Massachusetts (1907)

December 10, 2023 No Comments

Mr. Joseph Labreche lived in Fall River, a busy commercial and transportation center at the mouth of the Taunton River in southeast Massachusetts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts In

The Baby and the Anthracite Mine – Wilmington, Delaware (1911)

August 25, 2022 No Comments

Mrs. Richard Webb lived in Wilmington, Delaware and she had a baby. In May of 1911, Mrs. Webb received a postcard from Alma in Scranton,

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