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“Sledding With a Friend” – Pittstown, NJ (1907)

February 20, 2025 No Comments

Nellie Fisher lived on a rural delivery route outside Pittstown, New Jersey. Pittstown is an historic village in Hunterdon County of west-central New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittstown,_New_Jersey

Nellie is Invited to the Pie Social – Barnesville, Ohio (1912)

January 29, 2024 No Comments

Miss Nellie Butler lived in Barnesville, a village in Belmont County of east-central Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnesville,_Ohio In April of 1912, Nellie received a postcard from her

The Stevens House – Lancaster, PA (1933)

February 9, 2023 No Comments

The Stevens House was a landmark tavern, hotel, and dining establishment on the first paved roads running through the city of Lancaster, PA. When the

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