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Drinking with the Scarecrow – New Castle, Indiana (1911)

February 4, 2023 No Comments

In December of 1911, Amos was working in New Castle – a city in central Indiana, about 44 miles northeast of Indianapolis on the Big

“When your heels hit hard, and your head feels queer” – Comic Postcard (1905)

November 18, 2022 No Comments

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

“Be Not Drunk with Wine” – Reformed Sunday School (1903)

November 9, 2022 No Comments

This Sunday School card was published by the Sunday School Board of the Reformed Church which was located on Arch Street in Philadelphia. The illustrations

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