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Margie Plans to Crochet – Lancaster, PA (circa 1908)

March 24, 2024 No Comments

Bessie Miller lived in Lancaster, the historic city in a rich agricultural area of southeast Pennsylvania. Bessie resided at 555 West King Street; I do

“Snowed In” with the Measles – Monticello, New York (1910)

July 3, 2023 No Comments

Miss Pearl Washington lived in Monticello, the village in the Catskills of south-central New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello,_New_York In February of 1910, Pearl was celebrating a birthday.

“All That’s True and Fine” – Brainerd, Minnesota (1923)

December 17, 2022 No Comments

Celia, Mrs. L. Reinhart, lived in Rudolph, Wisconsin. The Village and Town of Rudolph, located in central Wisconsin, have become a center of cheese-making. In