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Bessie Has Another “Social” – St. Louis, Missouri (1909)

August 25, 2022 No Comments

Miss Bessie Ruden lived in Jefferson Barracks, the historic military outpost on the Mississippi River, south of St. Louis. In April of 1909, Bessie received

Singing and Yelling for the “Scrap” – West Lafayette, Indiana (circa 1920)

August 14, 2022 No Comments

Ethel Bradshaw lived in Oxford, a small town in western Indiana, northwest of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. Ethel received a postcard greeting from her

A Christmas Card of Daisy Holzworth

November 14, 2021 No Comments

A Christmas Card of Daisy Holzworth – 1909 In the early 20th century, Daisy Holzworth lived at 435 West Orange Street in Lancaster, PA. She

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