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Bessie Sends New Year Finches – Clover Creek, PA (circa 1910)

December 22, 2024 No Comments

Miss Edna Royer lived in Clover Creek, a small community that took its name from the 25-mile stream that flows between ridges of the Allegheny

“In Pastures Green” – Camden, New Jersey (1907)

August 25, 2022 No Comments

Miss H. Davies lived at 10th and Locust Street in Philadelphia, “in care of Shannons”. According to an on-line list of druggists in 1911, Shannons

Morning in Pennsylvania

July 21, 2021 No Comments

Morning in Pennsylvania – 1935 On a bright morning like today, this postcard seemed appropriate. The postcard is interesting both for the pleasant view of

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