“Charles Writes to His Dearest Wife” (1914)
May 22, 2025
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Charles found that he must be away on his wife’s birthday, so he selected for her a postcard of exceptional quality. The face of the
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The Happy Marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Fitzcharles – circa 1910
February 27, 2025
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This affectionate postcard was not mailed, so we cannot learn much about the happy couple. Sometime around 1910, Mr. S. W. Fitzcharles was given a
“Lena Loves Her New House” – Trumbauersville, PA (1910)
January 31, 2025
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Miss Lena Norris lived in Trumbauersville, a small borough in Bucks County of southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumbauersville,_Pennsylvania In June of 1910, Lena received a postcard from
“Norman Writes to Aunt Edna” – Cape May Courthouse, NJ (1908)
July 17, 2024
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Edna Mead lived in Camden, the busting city on the Delaware River in southwest New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey In January of 1908, Edna received a postcard
A Valentine Verse for Matilda – Lancaster, PA (1910)
February 7, 2024
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Miss Matilda Reiser lived at 915 East Orange Street in Lancaster, the charming and historic city in southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania Matilda’s home was erected in
A Roadster with Violets – Brooklyn, NY (1911)
December 29, 2023
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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.
A Floral Frame for Mrs. Kelley – Roslyn, Maryland (1908)
October 11, 2023
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Mrs. Thomas Kelley lived in Roslyn, a populated place (near Pikesville) in Baltimore County, Maryland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikesville,_Maryland In September of 1908, Mrs. Kelley was celebrating a
Christmas Wrens – West Farmington, Ohio (1908)
September 2, 2023
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Miss Clara Jamison lived in West Farmington, a village in Trumbull County of northeast Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Farmington,_Ohio In December of 1908, Clara received a Christmas postcard
“I Once Had a Friend” – Warren, N.Y. (1910)
August 10, 2022
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Mr. John Parker and his family lived in Westfield, a town in Chautauqua County, in the southwestern tip of New York Stare. Westfield borders Lake