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“The Miniature Train at Hershey Park” – Hershey, PA (circa 1950)

November 18, 2024 No Comments

The town of Hershey was developed between 1903 and 1905 in Dauphin County of central Pennsylvania. This “company town” was built amid rich pastureland that

The Swannanoa River

October 11, 2021 No Comments

The Swannanoa River – North Carolina (circa 1935) The Swannanoa River arises near Black Mountain, NC and flows westward through a picturesque valley to Asheville,

The Sorbonne

August 23, 2021 No Comments

View of the Sorbonne For Bastille Day, a vintage postcard scene from France. The sepia-toned photograph of Paris, with an ornamental fountain and distant view

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