Miss Viola Weeks lived in Camden, the bustling city across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, PA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey In a year around 1908, Viola was celebrating
This postcard photograph was not mailed and lacks any indication of the studio that printed the charming picture. An inscription on the reverse contains a
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
This amusing and suggestive postcard was not mailed. Consequently, we lack information about the sender, or the location of the woman to whom it was
Attempts to cultivate rice as a cash crop have a long history in the United States. beginning with the English settlement at Jamestown. Until the
Miss Minnie Petersen (possibly, Pedersen) lived in Rapidan, a community in Blue Earth County of south-central Minnesota. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapidan_Township,_Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota Sometime near 1908 (the postmark is obliterated),
Miss Grace Rhodes lived in Long Island, a very small city in northern Kansas – not far from the border of Nebraska. A thriving agricultural
Miss Ritta Nickles lived in Rowlandsville, a community that grew up around iron works in the 19th century. (This may be “Rita Nichols”. Spelling is
Sometime about 1908, two women had a photographic portrait printed on postcards. The two seem to have agreed to contrast one anther – one is
Mr. Edwin Eberly lived in Stevens, the unincorporated community of northern Lancaster County – named for Thaddeus Stevens. Stevens was also known in the early
Ruby Baker lived in Winchester, a village in southwest Ohio. Winchester was built on a trail to Cincinnati, 13 miles to the east. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester,_Adams_County,_Ohio Sometime
Elva (age 13) and her sister, Cecile, (age 6) lived in Clinton, Iowa. Clinton is a city on the Mississippi River in east central Iowa.
Oklahoma was admitted to the Union in November of 1907. Sometime thereafter, this postcard was printed in celebration of that milestone. Unfortunately, the card lacks
Mrs. R.S. Giles lived in New London, a village in north central Ohio. (The name reflects the Connecticut roots of the early settlers, and the
Ernest Receives Puppies from His Uncle – Christiana, PA (1908) Yesterday, according to Facebook, was National Dog Day. In October of 1908, young Ernest Chambers
A Brace of Setters – Cresswell, PA (1908) Cresswell, Pennsylvania is a small, unincorporated community in western Lancaster County. It lies east of the high
Tellings stories from the past.