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Cowboys in Chicago – circa 1910

Sometime around 1910, three young men posed for a photograph at the studio of Gianakis & Svolos on State Street in Chicago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_(Chicago) The three

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Vernon And Reba -circa 1910

Sometime around 1910, two smiling children sat for a photographic portrait. Although the photograph was printed on a postcard, there is no indication of a

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A Mission to Coeur d’Alene – Circa 1910

Miss Stella Dunlap lived in Coatesville, the steel-making city along the Brandywine River in Chester County of southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coatesville,_Pennsylvania Miss Dunlap was an avid

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The Railroad Station in Scranton, PA (1910)

Scranton, the largest city in northeast Pennsylvania, became an important center of the coal-mining and steel-making industries in the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania Vast quantities of

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The Welcome Stream

John Henry Sends “Welcome Stream” – December 27, 1912 In 1912, Miss Anna Weidman lived on Spruce Street in Lititz. On December 27, Anna received

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