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“Darn Tootin” – Haddonfield, NJ (1911)

June 26, 2025 No Comments

We have seen other postcard stories related to the uneasy relationships that sometimes existed between horse-powered vehicles and the “new” automobile. This postcard image is

“Planting Trees for Future Generations” – Haddonfield, New Jersey (circa 1905)

June 30, 2024 No Comments

Haddonfield is a picturesque and historic borough of Camden County in southwest New Jersey. The first European settler in the area was Francis Collins, an

“I Want to Come Home” – Asheville, North Carolina (1911)

November 1, 2023 No Comments

There is a note of desperation in this postcard story, but we have no background to the tale. In January of 1911, Mr. Frank Wayne