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“Grace and the Gravity Railroad” – Womelsdorf, PA (1906)

July 30, 2025 No Comments

Miss Grace Matthews live in Womelsdorf, a borough of Berks County in southeast Pennsylvania. The first settlement of Europeans was made by John Womelsdorf and

Fannie Receives a Postcard from Naples – Philadelphia, PA (1906)

February 13, 2023 No Comments

In the summer of 1906, Miss Fannie Clevenger was In Philadelphia. There, she received a postcard greeting from her friend, Ell, who had visited Pompeii

“Everybody Having a Hot Old Time” – Albany, New York (1906)

September 8, 2022 No Comments

Miss Stevie Moxley lived in Kingston, Canada. Kingston, the first capital city of Canada, lies at the eastern end of Lake Erie- at the mouth