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“Willard Sends a Purple Rose” – Smithville, Ohio (1910)

September 23, 2024 No Comments

Mr. George C. Fike lived in Smithville, a village along the Sugar Creek in Wayne County of northeast Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithville,_Ohio In September of 1910, George

“Harry Sees No End of Corn” – Orrville, Ohio (1912)

August 31, 2024 No Comments

Elmer Oberholtzer lived in Ephrata, a charming city in Lancaster County of southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephrata,_Pennsylvania In June of 1912, Elmer received a postcard from his

“I Saw Your Sweetheart on Sunday Night” – Ephrata, PA (1910)

January 19, 2023 No Comments

Mr. Elmer Oberholtzer was working in Orrville, Ohio in the Spring of 1910. (I have published another postcard from the Oberholtzer family collection of postcards.)

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