March 1908 Archives - History In The Mail | Postcards and Historic Papers

“A Hard Landing” – Safe Harbor, PA (1908)

January 27, 2025 No Comments

Martin Funk lived in Safe Harbor, the community that grew up around the shallow bay where the Conestoga River flows into the Susquehanna River in

“The Lacy Blouse” – Tracy Creek, NY (1908)

August 26, 2024 No Comments

Miss Ella Bunts lived in Tracy Creek, once a lumbering and farming community that is now included within the town of Vestal – a western

The Boy and the Gilded Bugs – Lancaster, PA (1908)

March 31, 2024 No Comments

We met Benjamin Stauffer in earlier postcard stories – he was born in 1900 and grew up on the family farm on the Millersville Pike

Work Together for Good – East Andover, New Hampshire (1908)

March 24, 2024 No Comments

Mrs. Guy Hersey was having a tough time in the late winter of 1908. Mrs. Hersey lived in East Andover, an unincorporated community along Highland

“A Postcard for Your Album” – Vintage, PA (1908)

April 30, 2023 No Comments

Master Walter Denlinger lived in the household of Christ Denlinger – presumably, the father of Walter. The Denlinger family lived in Vintage, a village on

Eight Kisses from Rory – Detroit, Michigan (1908)

March 30, 2023 No Comments

Miss Mayme Pulcher lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan Mayme had a devoted suitor, Tom, who traveled through the upper Midwest for his business. Every

“Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread” – 1908

November 4, 2022 No Comments

Over the past few years, I have found at various antique stands several cards illustrating phrases of the “Lord’s Prayer”. Convinced that I could assemble