“George Sends an Autumn Rose” – Suedberg, PA (1909)
Miss Minnie Wagner lived in Suedberg, an unincorporated community on the Swatara Creek in Schuylkill County of central Pennsylvania. A spur of the Reading Railroad
Miss Minnie Wagner lived in Suedberg, an unincorporated community on the Swatara Creek in Schuylkill County of central Pennsylvania. A spur of the Reading Railroad
Charles Diehm was boy growing up in Lititz, the charming borough founded by Moravian immigrants in Lancaster County of southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lititz,_Pennsylvania In September of
Mr. Will Parker lived on a rural delivery route outside Urbana, a city (41 miles west of Columbus) in west-central Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbana,_Ohio It seems that
Clinton Naugle lived in Hooversville, a small borough of Somerset County in southwest Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooversville,_Pennsylvania In January of 1911, Clinton received a postcard from Chester.
Miss Viola Weeks lived in Camden, the bustling city across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, PA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey In a year around 1908, Viola was celebrating
We met Benjamin Stauffer in earlier postcard stories – he was born in 1900 and grew up on the family farm on the Millersville Pike
We met Bessie Douglas in earlier postcard stories. Bessie was growing up in Anselma, a small community that grew up around a mill on the
Master Vernne Brant lived in Penbrook, a borough near the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County of central Pennsylvania. Penbrook is adjacent to the capital city
Mrs. Elmer Huyett lived in Birdsboro, a borough on the Schuylkill River in Berks County of southeast Pennsylvania. Until the mid-20th century, Birdsboro boasted foundries
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
Mr. Joseph Labreche lived in Fall River, a busy commercial and transportation center at the mouth of the Taunton River in southeast Massachusetts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts In
Miss Stella Kinsey lived in Telford, a borough that straddles the border of Bucks County and Montgomery County in southeast Pennsylvania. The area was settled
Mr. Bruce Bingaman lived in Millmont, an unincorporated community in Union County of central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millmont,_Pennsylvania In November of 1907, Bruce received a Thanksgiving postcard
Miss Ritta Nickles lived in Rowlandsville, a community that grew up around iron works in the 19th century. (This may be “Rita Nichols”. Spelling is
Miss Helen Mueller lived in Plattville, a city in the Platte River Valley of the hilly, “driftless” region of southwest Wisconsin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platteville,_Wisconsin The “Driftless Area”
Laura Sangrey lived in Millersville, the college town in Lancaster County of southeast Pennsylvania. Millersville was the site of Pennsyvania’s first “Normal School” -which became
Mr. C. Zimmerman lived in Spring Grove, a community that was not served by a local Post Office since 1895. Based on business names that
Elizabeth Receives a Rose from her Mother – circa 1910 Sometime around 1910, Elizabeth Karr was living in Mount Nebo, Pa. Mt. Nebo is a
Mr. Hampton Pullis was in Andover, a small borough near the northern-most tip of New Jersey. Andover once boasted an iron forge, but the industry
Miss Carrie Pfoutz lived in Brunnerville, PA, a populated place a few miles northeast of the town of Lititz, in Lancaster County. In the Spring
In October of 1908, Edith Hess of New Holland received a postcard from her cousin in Paradise, Pa. The face of the postcard is illustrated
Mrs. Emmer Stanley lived in Pomeroy, a small community of Chester County in southeast Pennsylvania. In the golden age of railroads, Pomeroy was the terminus
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