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Courtly Love for Ella – Sellersburg, Indiana (1911)
Miss Ella White lived in Sellersburg, a town in southeast Indiana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellersburg,_Indiana In February of 1911, Ella received a lovely Valentine postcard from Rossie (I
Miss Ella White lived in Sellersburg, a town in southeast Indiana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellersburg,_Indiana In February of 1911, Ella received a lovely Valentine postcard from Rossie (I
Mr. William Shaw lived in Utahville, a populated place in Clearfield County of central Pennsylvania. Utahville, founded as Mount Pleasant, no longer has a post office
Master Henry Stager lived on College Avenue, a handsome street that borders the campus of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. The brick townhouse
Mrs. M. Rettig lived on West 40th Street in Manhattan, now a gentrifying neighborhood once known a “Hell’s Kitchen”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Kitchen,_Manhattan In February of 1911, Mrs.
Miss Lavinia Briggs lived in Minneapolis, the city on the upper Mississippi River that was an industrial powerhouse for agricultural milling and food production. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis
Mr. Oscar Johnson lived in Cushing, an unincorporated community in central Minnesota. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushing,_Minnesota In February of 1911, Oscar received a beautiful Valentine postcard. The postcard
Robert was in New York City, and he seems to have an important job that required him to be “on duty”. We do not know
Fred Boardman lived in Utica, a city on the Mohawk River at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains in central New York. Utica became a
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