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An Historic Mission for “Sugarfoot” – Glendale Arizona (1939)

May 19, 2026 No Comments

Miss Meta Jo McAllister was growing up in Glendale, the city abutting Phoenix in Maricopa County of southwest Arizona. Glendale was created in the desert

Sheep in York County – circa 1940

October 9, 2024 No Comments

This lovely rural scene is identified as York County, Pennsylvania. York County, in south-central Pennsylvania remains a significant agricultural center. I identified this postcard as

Valley Forge and the Struggle to Endure- Postcard Photograph (circa 1945)

August 10, 2022 No Comments

On the Fourth of July, a pause to remember the hardship of the War of Independence. Valley Forge was not the site of an important