Miss Carolyn Worst lived in Gap, an unincorporated community in eastern Lancaster County of southeast Pennsylvania. Gap was named for a pass through Mine Ridge,
Mr. Emerson Kane lived in Washington Boro, the pleasant community overlooking the Susquehanna River in western Lancaster County. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Boro,_Pennsylvania On Valentine’s Day in 1907, Emerson
Mrs. Truman Grant lived in Fulton, a flourishing industrial city on the Oswego River in central New York State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton,_Oswego_County,_New_York In December of 1908, Mrs.
Mrs. Wil Trapp lived in Dodge Center, a city in the center of Dodge County – about 15 miles west of Rochester in southeast Minnesota.
Miss Mary Johnson lived in Morristown, the historic center of north-central New Jersey and county seat of Morris County. Morristown was the site of numerous
Mr. John Rodkey was living in Columbia, the lovely borough above the Susquehanna River in south-central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Pennsylvania (We have seen another postcard related to
Master Jay Charles Musser lived in Elizabethtown, a rural college town in Lancaster County of southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Pennsylvania In November of 1930, the boy received
Miss Ethel L. Healy lived in Concord, the capital city on the Merrimack River in central New Hampshire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire In October of 1905, Ethel received
We met Bessie Douglas in earlier postcard stories (“Girl with a Broom” and “Boys on the Pier”). Bessie was growing up in Anselma, a small
Mrs. Charles H. Wakeman lived in Lestershire, a village of Broome County in south-central New York State – that no longer exists. In 1916, Lestershire
In November of 1910, Mrs. Ella Foster was at home in Hopewell. PA. Hopewell is a small borough located on a branch of the Juniata
This charming postcard has several mysteries related to it. The original art on the face is printed in the “oilette” style by the publisher, Raphael
Chester E. Piell lived in Pittstown, an unincorporated community in west-central New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittstown,_New_Jersey At Easter in a year near 1910, Chester received a postcard
Miss Polly Pembridge lived in Spring Brook, an unincorporated community of Lackawanna County in northeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Brook,_Pennsylvania In April of 1909, Polly received an Easter
We met Daisy Pickel in earlier postcard stories. When she received this postcard, Daisy was living on a rural delivery route near Safe Harbor, a
In other postcard stories related to travel or road trips of the early 20th century, we have often noted that the majority of roads in
This example of postcard art is part of a series entitled, “A Gretna Green Elopement”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretna_Green “Gretna Green”, a village in Scotland, was the destination
Mrs. Truman Grant lived near Fulton, a town on the Oswego River near Lake Ontario in central New York. The post office in Fulton was
Mrs. Morris Luther lived in Gray, a populated place near the boundary of the Adirondack Park in Herkimer County of central New York State. https://newyork.hometownlocator.com/ny/herkimer/gray.cfm
Miss Mary Singer lived in Columbia, the borough that became center of transportation and commerce on the Susquehanna River in south-central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Pennsylvania In July
Master Leslie Caton was growing up in Rochester, the prosperous manufacturing center on the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York
Mr. C. E. Spofford lived in Malden, a city in the hilly region along the Mystic River – near Boston, Massachusetts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malden,_Massachusetts On the last
Mrs. Richard Webb lived in Wilmington, the manufacturing, commercial, and transportation center of the State of Delaware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware In November of 1907, Mrs. Webb received
Miss Grace Rhodes lived in Long Island, a very small city in northern Kansas – not far from the border of Nebraska. A thriving agricultural
Easter came early in 1913; the holiday fell on March 23. On March 21, Elizabeth mailed an Easter postcard from Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City,
Master Aaron Frey lived in Millersville, the college town in Lancaster County of southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millersville,_Pennsylvania Sometime around 1906, the boy was given a Valentine
Miss Ella Fuller lived in Catskill, the lovely village in the Hudson River Valley of south-eastern New York State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catskill_(town),_New_York In November of 1911, Ella
Miss Irene Heilman lived in Cleona, a pleasant borough of Lebanon County in south-east Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleona,_Pennsylvania In November of 1907, Irene received a Thanksgiving postcard
Miss Maudie Swartzlander lived in Globe Mills, a center of flour manufacturing in Snyder County of central Pennsylvania. (A grist mill for grinding local grain
This patriotic postcard featuring a battle of the Revolutionary War was presented to a schoolchild in Lancaster County, PA. (We met the student, Benjamin Stauffer,
Miss Clara Greer lived in Battle Creek, the city in south-central Michigan that had been a center of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and then the
Miss Emma Smith lived in McGregor, a small city in central Texas, southwest of Waco. In December of 1910, Emma received a Christmas postcard from
The only good thing that emerged from the Great Fire of London (September of 1666) was the improvement of streets and the erection of magnificent
Jerusalem, the city sacred to three monotheistic faiths, is pictured here in a postcard circa 1910. It is a sad indictment of human nature that
Emma (Mrs. F. S. Davis) lived in Winthrop, a city at the entrance to Boston Harbor, just east of the city of Boston. In November
Mrs. Sarah Eldridge lived in Plainfield, a village on the DuPage River in northeastern Illinois. In the 19th century, the village supplied lumber and other
Ruth Yocum lived in Temple, which was once a borough in Berks County, PA, but was disincorporated in the 1990’s. The small community is now
Today is Mardi Gras: “Fat Tuesday”, or Carnival – literally, “farewell to meat”.For centuries in Christendom, this was a day of feasting and celebration as
From York to Reading, A Scene of Old London (1907) I thought it fitting that this old London scene was mailed between the Pennsylvania cities
Lincoln’s Birthday – circa 1910 I did not know, until looking it up, that Lincoln’s Birthday was never made a federal holiday. Commemoration of the
Ride A Burro at the Seaside – England (1907) This English postcard was mailed to Miss Mary Hall in Marlboro, Connecticut on March 26, 1907.
Tellings stories from the past.
