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A Christmas Train for the Signalman – Rogers Park, Illinois (1908)

January 10, 2024 No Comments

We met Charles Geary in earlier postcard stories – he worked as a telegraph operator and Signalman for the Pennsylvania Railroad in southeast Pennsylvania, as

Lucy Paints a Postcard for Aunt Mamie – Lafayette, Illinois (1908)

July 17, 2023 No Comments

Mrs. Charles Geary lived in Rogers Park, now the northernmost part of Chicago, facing Lake Michigan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Park,_Chicago In December of 1908, Mrs. Geary received a

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