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Remembering the “Nice Eats” at Your House – Philadelphia, PA (1913)

April 28, 2026 No Comments

Miss Ella Falk lived in Lancaster, the historic city of southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania Miss Falk’s home at 343 Nevin Street remains a lovely single-family home

“Going to Camp Meeting” – Old Orchard, Maine (1911)

September 26, 2024 No Comments

Miss Belle Alcorn lived in Thompsonville, a census-designated place within the town of Enfield in Hartford County of north-central Connecticut. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompsonville,_Connecticut Thompsonville grew up around

The Almshouse of York – 1912

June 17, 2022 No Comments

On-line, one can find other photographs of this imposing building along with other York County structures that exist no longer. Beginning in the Middle Ages,