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“Flora Sends Tulips for Easter” -Vicksburg, Mississippi (1910)

April 30, 2025 No Comments

Miss Addie Luster lived in Vicksburg, the historic city on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the west-central portion of the State of Mississippi.

Spring in the Tyrol -circa 1930

May 11, 2023 No Comments

The Tyrol, a region of the Alps in Central Europe, has been inhabited since the end of the last Glacial period, about 12,000 years ago.

Aunt Lou Sends a Picture of Spring – Strasburg, PA (1909)

May 7, 2023 No Comments

Mr. Frank Sides lived in Strasburg, the historic borough southeast of Lancaster that is home to a famous train museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasburg,_Pennsylvania In July of 1909,

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