“Sam Will Swim Like a Duck” – Pocono Pines, PA (1911)
January 19, 2026
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Sam C. Jones was at the Pocono Pines Inn, which (in the context of the message) seems to be a summer camp or resort. The
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“Aunt Martha Will Send a Surprise” – Carbondale, PA (1907)
November 18, 2024
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Charles Hook was in Columbia, the charming city overlooking the Susquehanna River in south-central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Pennsylvania (I am not confident that the surname is “Hook”
“Ed Replies to the Ugly Card” – Delaware, Ohio (1907)
June 30, 2024
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Mrs. T. B. Singrey lived in Lancaster, a charming city of south-central Ohio. Older than the state of Ohio, the city on the Hocking River
Bess Sends Greetings from Odebolt – circa 1908
August 21, 2023
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Miss Minnie Petersen (possibly, Pedersen) lived in Rapidan, a community in Blue Earth County of south-central Minnesota. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapidan_Township,_Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota Sometime near 1908 (the postmark is obliterated),
Miss Douglas Must Cancel Her Lessons – Southern Pines, North Carolina (1907)
June 26, 2023
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This postcard communication may reflect a serious family concern. In November of 1907, Miss Douglas was in Southern Pines, a town in north-central North Carolina
The Terrible Battle of September 11
October 11, 2021
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The Terrible Battle of September 11 – Chadd’s Ford, PA At the time of the American Revolution, Philadelphia was the largest and most prosperous city