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“Grandpa Has a Birthday” – Orestes, Indiana (1910)

February 27, 2025 No Comments

Mr. Lewis Himes lived in Orestes, a small town in Madison County of central Indiana. The town was founded when the railroad reached this agricultural

Grandpa Sends Best Wishes to Harold – Middletown, PA, circa 1905

January 11, 2022 No Comments

It may have been the birthday of Harold Strayer when he received a postcard from Grandpa. Harold lived outside Middletown, PA (Rural Delivery Route #3),

Grandpa Climbs Into the “Room Tree”

July 9, 2021 No Comments

Grandpa Climbs Into the “Room Tree” – circa 1938 There were many natural attractions at Sequoia National Park and vintage postcards captured a few of

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