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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

Russell Thanks His Grandmother – 1916

January 11, 2022 No Comments

Mrs. Harriet Borry of Stevens, Pa was fond of her grandson, Russell, who lived in Reading. For Russell’s birthday, Mrs. Borry sent him a new

William Sends a Christmas Postcard to “Grandpaw”

November 14, 2021 No Comments

William Sends a Christmas Postcard to “Grandpaw” – 1914 Mr. William Gardner lived in Bridgeton, near Woodbine, in south- central York County. On December 15,

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