Grandmother Archives - History In The Mail | Postcards and Historic Papers

“A Christmas Funeral” – Oskaloosa, Iowa (1911)

December 28, 2025 No Comments

Mrs. Louisa Hinkle lived in Oskaloosa, a city and county seat of Mahaska County in central Iowa. Oskaloosa is built on a high ridge between

Grandmother Sends the Moravian Church – Greensboro, North Carolina (1931)

June 13, 2024 No Comments

Miss Beverly Scott lived in Baltimore, the large commercial city on the Chesapeake Bay in central Maryland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore In April of 1931, Beverly received a

Grandmother Tours the Mountains – Selma, Alabama (1949)

April 23, 2024 No Comments

Vernon Copeland lived in Selma, the city on the Alabama River in central Alabama. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma,_Alabama In July of 1949, Vernon received a postcard from his

Camilla Will Be a Good Girl – Morris Cove, Connecticut (1905)

December 4, 2023 No Comments

We have seen several postcard stories related to the towns and resorts on the Long Island Sound of southern Connecticut. Morris Cove is a rounded

Grandmother Sends a Boy on Skates – Atglen, PA (1932)

October 11, 2023 No Comments

Elam Kennel lived in Atglen, a borough of Chester County in southeast Pennsylvania. Before the first European settlers arrived in 1717, the place was a crossing

The Three Generations of Women – circa 1915

June 16, 2023 No Comments

Young Valerie Payne may have been celebrating a special occasion- she looks radiant in her bonnet, small neck-piece of fur, and a furry muff. Beside

Thelma is Louder Than the Preacher – Stevens, PA (1912)

February 18, 2023 No Comments

We met Mrs. Adam Borry in an earlier postcard story; she received a postcard from her young grandson, Russell, thanking her for the tie she

“Today You are 35 Years Old” – Mifflinburg, PA (1916)

October 26, 2022 No Comments

Mother & Grandmother Send a Birthday Gift This postcard-sized greeting accompanied a gift to an unnamed son and grandson on his 35th birthday. The card