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“The Girls Have Enjoyed the Beach” – Mansfield, Ohio (1938)

October 22, 2025 No Comments

Mrs. Francis Gage lived in Mansfield, a prosperous center of industry on the Mohican River in Rockland County of central Ohio. Mansfield was built on

“Ed Is Lonesome for the Fellows” – Chicago, Illinois (1917)

July 28, 2024 No Comments

Mr. Benjamin Peters lived in Lancaster, the beautiful and historic city in southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania Benjamin lived at 708 Beaver Street, a small and tidy

“Norman Writes to Aunt Edna” – Cape May Courthouse, NJ (1908)

July 17, 2024 No Comments

Edna Mead lived in Camden, the busting city on the Delaware River in southwest New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey In January of 1908, Edna received a postcard