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“Collecting Eggs for Easter” – circa 1910

April 23, 2025 No Comments

This delightful postcard was not mailed, so there is no personal story attached to it. Here, we see a fashionably-attired young lady standing among chickens

Drinks in the Garden – Lowell, Michigan (circa 1910)

August 9, 2023 No Comments

We met Miss L. C. Hyde in earlier postcard stories; she received a postcard from her friend who wrote to her from Belding, Michigan. Miss

Grandma Alger

October 11, 2021 No Comments

Grandma Alger – circa 1910 There is a trace of a smile on the face of Grandma Alger as she sits with her children and

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