We met the McCleary family in earlier postcard stories: “Plan Your Work” (1907) and “Political Possums for Elizabeth” (1909). Herbert McCleary worked for the railroad
We met Bessie Douglass in earlier postcard stories – she received and preserved a large number of postcards during her lifetime. Bessie lived in Anselma,
This humorous postcard was copyrighted in 1905 by the prolific Philadelphia publisher, J. Murray Jordan. We have seen other postcard stories related to postcards from
Mr. Martin Funk lived in Safe Harbor, the community on the Susquehanna River in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_Harbor,_Pennsylvania We do not know if Martin
We met Mayme Pulcher in several postcard stories; Mayme received many postcards from “Tom” who sent her postcard views from various places in the upper
Mr. Aaron Fry lived in Millersville, the college town about four miles southwest of Lancaster in southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millersville,_Pennsylvania (I have another postcard addressed to
One can find many postcards of the early 20th century with the theme of “too busy to write”. Some of these postcards, like this one,
Mr. Harry Kreamer lived in the community of Kreamer, a census-designated place in Snyder County of central Pennsylvania. Until 2019, the community had been the
Mr. Charles A. Dedrick lived in Williamsburg, a borough in Blair County of central Pennsylvania. In the 19th century, this community on the Juniata River
This comic postcard was not mailed. P. Sander, a New York illustrator of many humorous postcards, copyrighted the drawing in 1905. The postcard was published,
This postcard is a vintage wedding invitation – one of the few I have ever found. Miss Edith Lesher lived in Steelton, an industrial borough
Mrs. C. J. Sykes lived in Scranton, the bustling industrial city of northeast Pennsylvania. At the turn of the 20th century, Scranton was a prosperous
This comic postcard was made and published by our old friend, J. Murray Jordan, the prolific postcard publisher of Philadelphia. On this site, I have
Tom was devoted to Miss Mayme Pulcher. Almost every day, Tom mailed a postcard to Mayme. (An antique dealer has about a hundred examples of
In 1905, the Ullman Manufacturing Company of New York published this charming drawing of a young girl holding a dog. The girl holds a basket
Miss Hattie Dale lived in Grand Rapids, a center of industry and commerce – and of the Dutch Reformed Church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan In August of 1909,
Miss Virginia Bugbee lived in Perry, a town on the St. Croix River in east-central Maine. Although the community began as a trading post in
Miss Edna Marquette lived in Douglasville, the oldest settlement of Europeans in Berks County, Pennsylvania. (A very long time ago, we looked at postcard stories
This comic postcard, showing the stages of life identified by the articles of clothing on a clothesline, was copyrighted in 1905 by the Bicknell Manufacturing
This comic postcard was copyrighted in 1905 and published by J. Murray Jordan of Philadelphia. We met the publisher and the same three figures (photograph
For Sunday, a reflection on saying Grace. The custom of giving thanks before meals, whether by invocation of the Deity or a general acknowledgement of
In an earlier postcard story, we met the prolific photographer and publisher, J. Murray Jordan. (“Let’s Live in Clover”) Based in Philadelphia, Jordan published in
J. Murray Jordan was a prolific photographer and publisher in Philadelphia. Murray’s work included a wide range of subjects – from the comic and frivolous
Mrs. D. A Long lived in Shippensburg, a borough on the border of Franklin and Cumberland Counties in south-central Pennsylvania. In the early 20th century,
Put-in-Bay is a small village on South Bass island in Lake Erie, about 35 miles east of Toledo and 15 miles northwest of Sandusky. The
Almost everyone, at some time, meets people for whom affectation and “drama” is a constant companion. Self-conscious actors and actresses may be especially prone to