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“A Birthday Rose for Roxie” – Neffs Mills, PA (circa 1910)

March 27, 2025 No Comments

Miss Roxie Johnston lived in Neffs Mills, a populated place in Huntingdon County of central Pennsylvania. This sparsely-populated area, between ridges of the Appalachian Mountains,

Aunt Anna Receives Doves for Her Birthday – circa 1910

November 9, 2022 No Comments

Elwood was a conscientious nephew who remembered the birthday of Aunt Anna. For the occasion, Elwood selected an exceptionally well-made postcard, beautifully colored and gilded.

Aunt Anna with Buddy & Lucille – circa 1910

August 25, 2022 No Comments

This postcard photograph was not mailed, so we cannot determine the location of this mother and her children. Sometime around 1910, a photograph was taken

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