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“A Lady In Pink for Glen” – Alexandria, Ohio (1911)

January 22, 2025 No Comments

Mr. Glen Cox lived in Alexandria, a village in Licking County of central Ohio. Alexandria, once an important stop of the Underground Railroad to Canada,

A Gilded Toadstool for Herbert – Martins Creek, PA (circa 1910)

October 29, 2023 No Comments

Mr. Herbert Fisher lived near Martins Creek, a census-designated place in the Lehigh Valley of east-central Pennsylvania. Through the first half of the 20th century,

“Happy New Year” from Hattie – 1910

May 25, 2022 No Comments

On January 1, 1910, Mrs. Charley Klinger received a New Year postcard from Philadelphia. Sent by her friend, Hattie, the postcard reached Mrs. Klinger with

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