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“Peaches and Marmalade …and Revolution” – Washington, DC (1909)

May 18, 2025 No Comments

Mrs. Mollie H. Wilson lived in Amberson Valley, an unincorporated community of Franklin County in south-central Pennsylvania. Located in a narrow valley of the Appalachian

“Making Hay in the British Isles” – circa 1909

September 18, 2024 No Comments

“Labor Day” was championed by trade unions and labor organizations since the 1880’s. After Federal troops intervened to crush the Pullman Strike of 1894, the

“The Judge is Tardy” – Lemasters, PA (1921)

June 23, 2024 No Comments

Lemasters is an unincorporated community in Franklin County of south-central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemasters,_Pennsylvania The community today is much smaller than it was at the turn of

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