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Eulalia Will Bring the Music – Shullsburg, Wisconsin (1909)

November 22, 2023 No Comments

Miss Eulalia Hendershot lived in Platteville, a city amid the ravines and groves of the “driftless region” of southwest Wisconsin. The city grew up along

Ella’s Horse is “Too Wild” – Lockport, Illinois (1913)

October 26, 2023 No Comments

Miss Glen. Schwabe lived in Plainfield, a village in northeast Illinois. Plainfield is between the cities of Naperville and Joliet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainfield,_Illinois (The name of our

Flora Sends Autumn Beauty to Herman – Arlington, New Jersey (1906)

October 29, 2022 No Comments

Rifling through a box of old paper memorabilia, I was attracted to the brilliant colors of this postcard. I was surprised to find that the