“Yankee Doodle from a Soldier” – Petersburg, Virginia (1917)
Mrs. Alice Farrington lived in Spartansburg, a small borough in Crawford County of northwest Pennsylvania. (The population in 1920 was almost twice that of the
Mrs. Alice Farrington lived in Spartansburg, a small borough in Crawford County of northwest Pennsylvania. (The population in 1920 was almost twice that of the
Bessie Miller lived in Lancaster, the historic city in a rich agricultural area of southeast Pennsylvania. Bessie resided at 555 West King Street; I do
Miss Virginia Bugbee lived in Perry, a town on the St. Croix River in east-central Maine. Although the community began as a trading post in
Last year, I found and posted a photographic portrait of a young man that was made by the Fritz Studio in Reading, PA. In 1910,
Miss Ada Cobb was living in Brooklyn, the most populous borough of New York City. (Because Brooklyn had been an independent city, the use of
There is a story of great sadness behind this postcard featuring the drawing of a mischievous kitten. Tillie was elsewhere in Minnesota when she wrote
The Adventures of Art and Katie (circa 1910) Sometime in the early twentieth century, young Art and Katie were photographed outdoors. I assume the two
It was the birthday of Ralph Thomas who lived in Cochranville (Chester County), PA. Ralph’s friend, Clarence McCarter, sent him a postcard greeting. Mailed from
Tellings stories from the past.