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“While Auntie Snoozes” – Lebanon, PA (circa 1905)

May 26, 2025 No Comments

This comic postcard, featuring a secret romantic tryst, was not mailed. The postcard was presented to Miss Bessie Beckley who lived on a rural delivery

“Mother is Safe and Well” – Albion, PA (1908)

September 27, 2024 No Comments

Mrs. W. G. Wetherall lived in Albion, a borough in Erie County of northwest Pennsylvania – 28 miles southwest of the city of Erie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion,_Pennsylvania

A Pastoral Scene for Mr. Nyce – Vernfield, PA (1907)

July 14, 2022 No Comments

Several months ago, I posted a comic postcard (the “Big Squeeze”) that had been printed by the NYCE Manufacturing Company of Vernfield, PA. (The Nyce

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