Mr. A. Dunmire lived in Kittanning, a borough on the Allegheny River in Armstrong County of western Pennsylvania. In the early 20th century, Kittanning had
Miss Grace Rhodes lived in Long Island, a very small city in northern Kansas – not far from the border of Nebraska. A thriving agricultural
We have seen a variety of romantic postcards – some are earnest, some declarative, many are humorous, some bear a warning. This postcard shows the
Miss Clara McElroy lived in East Liverpool, a city on the Ohio River in eastern Ohio – near the intersection of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West
Miss Kathryn Zinn lived in Oxford Mills, an unincorporated community in east-central Iowa. The community grew up around a grist mill established in 1857. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Mills,_Iowa In
Mr. Gilbert Grandy lived in Rochester, the booming industrial city in western New York State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York In August of 1911, Gilbert received a postcard from
Mr. Harry Rumsey lived in Rochester, the thriving industrial city on the Genesee River near Lake Ontario in western New York. The Erie Canal connected
This romantic postcard was published by the Bamforth Company, which had offices in England and in New York. The postcard was printed in England. We
Miss Mattie E. Beers lived in Bradley Beach, a borough on the Atlantic coast – south of Asbury Park in east-central New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Beach,_New_Jersey On
The early twentieth century saw larger numbers of women working outside the home. The growth of industry and commerce required clerks, typists, and other office
Mr. Jesse VanScoy lived in Norwalk, a city in Fairfield County of southwest Connecticut. Norwalk is on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwalk,_Connecticut
Miss Mae Adams lived in Macon, a city on the Ocmulgee River in central Georgia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon,_Georgia In November of 1907, Mae received a postcard from
Mr. Gilbert Grandy lived in Dundee, a village in west-central New York State. Seneca Lake, one of the Finger Lakes, is four miles east of
Mr. H. C. Stolzenbach lived in Baltimore, the busy port city and transportation hub for central Maryland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore In February of 1909, Mr. Stolzenbach received
We met Estella Dunlap (“Stella”) in other postcard stories. Postcards that were mailed to her are addressed to Coatesville, PA. In the early 20th century,
Miss Ruby Kroff, possibly Kropp, lived in Oneida – a city in Madison County of central New York State. Oneida grew up as the Erie
Miss Nellie Brauff lived in Allegheny, a city on the Allegheny River of western Pennsylvania that was later incorporated into the city of Pittsburgh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny,_Pennsylvania
One can find many postcards of the early 20th century with the theme of “too busy to write”. Some of these postcards, like this one,
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 Anna Wallner lived in New Bedford, the port city in south-east Massachusetts that had once been a whaling center for the nation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts In
Miss Irean Roche lived in Kings Mills, a census-designated place on the west bank of the Little Miami River in southwest Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Mills,_Ohio In January
This comic postcard recalls the time when many homes had servants. An elderly woman calls from the stairs to her maid who is in an
Miss Millicent Fellows lived in Kinzua, now a “ghost township” in Warren County of northwest Pennsylvania. The community was a prosperous center of the lumber
Miss Velma Magley lived in Hillsdale, a town in the hills of Columbia County in southeast New York. Hillsdale is close to the border of
Miss Zilpha Hyde lied in Lowell, a city on the Grand River, about 15 miles east of Grand Rapids, Michigan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell,_Michigan Zilpha resided in the
Mr. Bernard Fessler lived in Milmont, an unincorporated community of Union County in central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millmont,_Pennsylvania In November of 1906, Bernard received a comic postcard
Miss Leila M. Howard lived in Belfast, a city on Belfast Bay and Penobscot Bay in southeastern Maine. The city was burned by the British during
Miss Maude Pettit lived in Tonawanda, a city that grew up near the terminus of the Erie Canal – north of Buffalo, NY. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonawanda,_New_York In
Miss Elsia Hyde lived in Lowell, a city on the Grand River about 15 miles east of the much larger city of Grand Rapids. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell,_Michigan
Mr. Norman Swartz lived in Topeka, the capital city on the Kansas River in the State of Kansas. Originally, Topeka was a ferry point for
We met Miss L. C. Hyde in earlier postcard stories; she received a postcard from her friend who wrote to her from Belding, Michigan. Miss
Miss Lavinia Briggs lived in Minneapolis, the city on the upper Mississippi River that was an industrial powerhouse for agricultural milling and food production. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis
A Kiss at Midnight – Berkeley Springs, WV (circa 1910) We met Miss Odessa Mendenhall in earlier postcard stories – we recently looked at the
Miss Audie Beninger lived in Greenwood, West Virginia. Alas, there are three unincorporated communities by that name in West Virginia. There is also an abandoned
Christmas was over, and Elmer was bored. “We don’t do much but sit in the house”, he reports. Elmer anticipated that he will “be here
We met Annie Robidou in an earlier postcard which bore the illustration of a maiden carried piggyback at the lake. I mentioned that I had
Tellings stories from the past.