
“Mr. Springsteen’s Birthday” – Hambletville, N. Y. (1912)
Mr. R. G. Springsteen lived in Hambletville, a hamlet on Cold Spring Creek in Delaware County of south-central New York. Hambletville had a Post Office
Mr. R. G. Springsteen lived in Hambletville, a hamlet on Cold Spring Creek in Delaware County of south-central New York. Hambletville had a Post Office
Miss Roxie Johnston lived in Neffs Mills, a populated place in Huntingdon County of central Pennsylvania. This sparsely-populated area, between ridges of the Appalachian Mountains,
Anna T. Campbell lived in Fairfield, a picturesque town of rolling hills and maple forests in Franklin County of northwest Vermont. The hillsides are well-suited
Miss Josephine Palmer lived in Buckingham, an unincorporated community in Buckingham Township of Bucks County, PA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Township,_Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania This small community near the Delaware River in
Mr. Henry Badley lived in Newberg, a city on the Willamette River in northwest Oregon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberg,_Oregon The city, first settled in the 1840’s and incorporated
Mr. Stephen Briel (Breyel) lived in Morrilton, a city in Conway County of central Arkansas – about 50 miles northwest of Little Rock. Morrilton began
Mrs. L. E. McCauley was in Atlantic City, New Jersey – staying at the Eastbourne Hotel. The Eastbourne was a motor inn, one of many
Mrs. J. B. Ellis lived in Little Falls, a city on the Mohawk River in Herkimer County of central New York State. At this place,
Mrs. Julia McLaughlin lived in Rhinelander, a small city in the North Woods of northeast Wisconsin. The building of a railroad spur in 1882 enabled
Mrs. Hannah Shultz was in Willow Street, a small community a few miles south of Lancaster, PA. The unincorporated settlement was named for the willow
Mrs. M. Rettig lived on West 40th Street in Manhattan, now a gentrifying neighborhood once known a “Hell’s Kitchen”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Kitchen,_Manhattan In February of 1911, Mrs.
Ida May Bard lived in Columbia, the beautiful town sitting above the Susquehanna River in southern Pennsylvania. Since the early 19th century, the Pennsylvania Canal
Mrs. Charles Geary lived in Rogers Park, now the northernmost part of Chicago, facing Lake Michigan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Park,_Chicago In December of 1908, Mrs. Geary received a
Mr. Frank Zinkie lived in Aurora, a city in northeast Illinois, now within the Chicago Metropolitan District. In August of 1912, Frank received a postcard
Miss Susanna Ramsey lived near Gap, a community in eastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.in Gap was named for a pass through the Nickel Mountain ridge. The
Mrs. Anna Abernathy lived in Neoga, Illinois – a small city in central Illinois. Neoga developed as a center of the railroad in the state.
Aunt Carlotta Receives a Postcard from Italy – New Providence, PA (1924) Mrs. Carlotta Stager lived in New Providence, Pennsylvania, a village in southern Lancaster
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