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“Helen Is Having a Very Good Time” – Old Orchard, Maine (1929)

November 16, 2025 No Comments

Miss Lois Haskall was in Greenfield, a city and the county seat of Franklin County in north-central Massachusetts. The first European settlements in this area

“The New City Hotel” – Frederick, Maryland (circa 1918)

December 29, 2024 No Comments

Mrs. Eliza Hoffacker lived in Millers Station, the name of a small, unincorporated community that grew up around a railroad depot in Carrol County of

“Helen Sends Beautiful Birches” – Providence, Rhode Island (1909)

August 26, 2024 No Comments

Miss Elizabeth Remster lived in Alloway, a census-designated place within Alloway Township of southwest New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloway_Township,_New_Jersey (I am not certain of the spelling of