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“Every Good Wish for Lulu” – Juniata, PA (1905)

December 29, 2025 No Comments

Miss Lulu McNeel lived in Juniata, a sparsely-populated township of about 26 square miles, in Blair County of central Pennsylvania. From Google: “Juniata Township is

“Helen Is Having a Very Good Time” – Old Orchard, Maine (1929)

November 16, 2025 No Comments

Miss Lois Haskall was in Greenfield, a city and the county seat of Franklin County in north-central Massachusetts. The first European settlements in this area

A Kiss at Midnight – Berkeley Springs, WV (circa 1910)

August 9, 2023 No Comments

A Kiss at Midnight – Berkeley Springs, WV (circa 1910) We met Miss Odessa Mendenhall in earlier postcard stories – we recently looked at the