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“George Sends an Autumn Rose” – Suedberg, PA (1909)

October 18, 2024 No Comments

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

Sister Edith Will Do Better – Riders Mills, New York (1910)

May 30, 2024 No Comments

Mrs. Elmer Kipp lived in Riders Mills, a small village in Columbia County of east-central New York. This community, built around mills on the Kinderhook

Elizabeth Receives a Rose from her Mother – Mount Nebo, PA (circa 1910)

September 19, 2022 No Comments

Elizabeth Receives a Rose from her Mother – circa 1910 Sometime around 1910, Elizabeth Karr was living in Mount Nebo, Pa. Mt. Nebo is a

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