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Begging for a Kiss – Bedford City, Virginia (1907)

January 5, 2024 No Comments

Miss Ruth Oppenheim (possibly, Offenheim) lived in Bedford City, now the town of Bedford. Bedford lies south of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and east of

The Mountains of Mexico – A Sunday in 1939

November 9, 2022 No Comments

On Sunday, January 22, 1939, visitors (probably from Nogales, Arizona) mailed a postcard from Nogales, Mexico to celebrate their visit. (The reverse of the postcard

A Sunday Visit to Mexico

July 19, 2021 No Comments

A Sunday Visit to Mexico – 1938 On January 28, 1938, a friend of Virginia McAllister was again in Nogales, Mexico. I posted another postcard

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