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“Every Good Wish for Lulu” – Juniata, PA (1905)

December 29, 2025 No Comments

Miss Lulu McNeel lived in Juniata, a sparsely-populated township of about 26 square miles, in Blair County of central Pennsylvania. From Google: “Juniata Township is

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

Elda Loves the Radio – Toledo, Ohio (1929)

September 18, 2023 No Comments

In early October of 1929, Elda reached Toledo “safe and sound”. Toledo is an industrial center at the western tip of Lake Erie in northwest