“Grandma is Ninety-One” – Weldon, Iowa (1909)
June 30, 2024
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On Christmas Day of 1909, Mrs. Westfall was celebrating her 91st birthday. Mrs. Westfall lived in Weldon, a small city on a railroad line in
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“I Proved Thee False” – Lebanon, PA (1907)
April 21, 2024
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Harvey Dohner lived in Lebanon, a center of steel mills and agricultural production in central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon,_Pennsylvania We saw recently a postcard photograph of young
Peace and Goodwill Today – Lafayette, Indiana (1911)
December 19, 2023
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Mrs. Frank Perrett lived in Fayetteville, a village of Onondaga County of central New York State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayetteville,_New_York The village was named in honor of the Marquis
Bertha Sends a Christmas Bluebird – North Brook, PA (1920)
December 19, 2023
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Mrs. Watson Ryan lived in North Brook, a neighborhood that is now a National Historic District in Chester County of southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbrook_Historic_District North Brook never
“Frohlich Weihnachten” – Staten Island, NY (circa 1910)
November 1, 2023
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Before World War I, there were large German-speaking communities throughout the United States. German-language newspapers and periodicals connected this ethnic community, the largest in the
Pearl Sends a Brilliant Poinsettia – Elsie, Michigan (1911)
November 1, 2023
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Miss Luella Muffly lived in North Star, an unincorporated community along the Bad River in the central part of lower Michigan (middle of the “mitten”).
A Winter Sunset for Inez – Plattsmouth, Nebraska (circa 1910)
September 30, 2023
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Mrs. Inez Thompson lived in Plattsmouth, the county seat of Cass County in east-central Nebraska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plattsmouth,_Nebraska Sometime near Christmas, in a year near 1910, Mrs. Thompson
Christmas Light from Aunt Alice – Lacona, NY (1919)
September 2, 2023
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Mr. and Mrs. Bainbridge lived in Lacona, a village of Oswego County in west-central New York. The village is close to the mouth of the
Violets for Christmas – Holly, Colorado (1909)
September 2, 2023
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Mrs. A. L. Hare lived in Holly, a small community in southeast Colorado -at the border with Kansas. Holly began as a ranching town, but
Christmas Wrens – West Farmington, Ohio (1908)
September 2, 2023
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Miss Clara Jamison lived in West Farmington, a village in Trumbull County of northeast Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Farmington,_Ohio In December of 1908, Clara received a Christmas postcard
A Christmas Bell for Grandma – Perth Amboy, NJ (1915)
September 2, 2023
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Mrs. Eliza Bartholomew lived in Malaga, an unincorporated community in Gloucester County of southwest New Jersey. Malaga is about 32 miles southeast of Philadelphia, PA.
The Maiden’s Prayer – Chickies, PA (1909)
July 14, 2023
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Upon first glance at the title on the face, I thought that this might be a comic postcard – there are many postcard variations on
Christmas on the Rocks – circa 1914
December 29, 2022
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Maude and Will spent “part of our Xmas” with friends outdoors; the group seems to be bathing or swimming. The occasion was memorialized with a
“Merry Christmas” to Tomahawk – Tomahawk, Wisconsin (1914)
August 21, 2022
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Sadie, Mrs. Harry Tiffany, lived in Tomahawk – a small city in northern Wisconsin, in an area that was still hunted by Ojibwe peoples until
Christmas Wishes from Grace – Lancaster, PA (circa 1920)
August 19, 2022
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This postcard was not mailed, so we cannot know certainly when it was presented. But the design is similar to many other Christmas postcards that
“Christmas Birds for Ada Diehm” – Lititz, PA (1908)
November 14, 2021
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Ada Diehm lived in Lititz, the hsitoric and handsome community of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lititz,_Pennsylvania I have posted other correspondence with Ada Diehm (and with
Lydia Receives a Late Christmas Card – Talmage, PA (1907)
July 9, 2021
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I was happy to find a Christmas postcard mailed, belatedly, on December 26. “A Friend” mailed a Christmas postcard to Lynda Zook on December 26,
The Seaside Shanty for Christmas
June 24, 2021
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The Seaside Shanty for Christmas – 1908 My Robert Hamilton lived in Port Jervis, New York. Port Jervis lies at the confluence of the Neversink
The Nativity to Washington Boro, Pennsylvania (1924)
June 24, 2021
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In December of 1924, Mr. Jack Schock was preparing for Christmas in Washington Boro, PA. Washington Boro is a community in Manor Township, along the
