“The Expulsion from Eden” – circa 1914
July 25, 2025
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This religious postcard was not mailed, and has no personal story attached to it. It was published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
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“Viola and Her Brother” – circa 1914
August 19, 2024
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This postcard photograph lacks a studio mark, and it was not mailed. (The Genealogical Note, below, identifies the children’s birthplace as Richmond, California.) Richmond is
Shakespeare’s Parish Church – Niagara, North Dakota (1914)
October 24, 2023
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Mr. R. D. English lived in Niagara, a very small city in the rural area of northeast North Dakota – not far from Grand Forks.
Mame is Cross at Charles – Hazel Hurst, PA (circa 1914)
August 21, 2023
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Miss Mame Shuman lived in Carlisle, the colonial city that remains a center of education and commerce in south-central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania Something unfortunate had occurred
“Our Organ Is Not Finished” – Kearny, Nebraska (circa 1914)
April 30, 2023
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Mrs. Mary Hopkins lived in Kearney, Nebraska. Kearney is a city in south-central Nebraska; the city developed as the first transcontinental railroad crossed the plains
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
Huldah is Busy at School – Sparta, Michigan (circa 1914)
December 9, 2022
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Huldah was beginning a new school year in Sparta, a village about ten miles north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She wrote to her friend, Elsie,
A Ford Can’t Vote
July 9, 2021
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She Can’t Vote! – Circa 1916 The reliable, easily-adaptable Ford was a marvel to many auto owners of the early 20th century. One can find