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A Very Large Bonnet for Annabell – Martinsburg, West Virginia (1909)

February 27, 2025 No Comments

Miss Annabelle Deatrick lived in Martinsburg, the largest city in the West Virginia panhandle that extends eastward toward Hagerstown, Maryland. This gateway to the Shenandoah

Daisy Has Moved – Orth, Texas (1913)

January 11, 2023 No Comments

This is a confusing postcard; the face proclaims, “Greetings from Vale, Oregon”, but the postmark is from Orth, Texas. The message on the reverse helps

Margie Sends a Fashion Plate to her Sister – Salunga, PA (1915)

October 31, 2022 No Comments

In May of 1915, Mrs. Harrison Baker (Ellie?) lived in Salunga, a community west of Lancaster, PA. Mrs. Baker received a postcard from her sister,

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