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Glittering Irises from Aaron – Morrisville. PA (circa 1910)

August 14, 2024 No Comments

Mr. C. H. Humphreys lived in Morrisville, a borough in Bucks County of southeast Pennsylvania. Interestingly, Morrisville was first established as a trading post of

Mrs. Moffat is Ninety – Limerick, NY (1923)

April 18, 2024 No Comments

Mrs. James Moffat lived in Limerick, a hamlet near the northern end of Lake Ontario in northwest New York State. The Post Office in Limerick

A Second Centenary Greeting for “Auntie Smith” – Wilmington, Delaware (1907)

February 14, 2023 No Comments

We met “Auntie Smith” in another postcard story. Mrs. Margaret Smith lived on Madison Street in Wilmington. In 1907, she reached her 100th birthday, and

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