Master John Schuler was a boy growing up in Orefield, PA. Orefield is a small, unincorporated community that was named for iron deposits that were
“Labor Day” was championed by trade unions and labor organizations since the 1880’s. After Federal troops intervened to crush the Pullman Strike of 1894, the
This colorful postcard may have been presented as a Valentine, although there is no printed greeting on the face and the postcard was not mailed
Mrs. Inez E. Bickford lived in East Dixmont, one of the communities comprising Dixmont, Maine This area of steep hills in south-central Maine was once
Marshall Skelton lived in Burlington, a small city in northeast Massachusetts. In 1909, this area had been by-passed by the railroad and the local businesses
Miss Addie Hamilton was working at Smith & McNells – the hotel restaurant that pioneered 24-hour, high-volume, dining since the mid-19th century. Smith & McNells
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the American Civil War, and the largest military engagement that has ever occurred in Pennsylvania. One
Last year, I posted recollections of my childhood years during which we celebrated a separate birthday for Lincoln and for Washington. In Elementary School, ,
Bertha Sends Love to Grandma – Walden, NY (circa 1910) Mrs. J. Hardy lived in Walden, NY, a village in southern New York State, northwest
Birthday of Abraham Lincoln Many of us can recall celebrating a separate birthday for Lincoln and for Washington in my childhood. In Elementary School, we
Tellings stories from the past.
