Mrs. C. J. Sykes lived in Scranton, the bustling industrial city of northeast Pennsylvania. At the turn of the 20th century, Scranton was a prosperous
Scranton, the largest city in northeast Pennsylvania, became an important center of the coal-mining and steel-making industries in the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scranton,_Pennsylvania Vast quantities of
The Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad company in the United States and operated hundreds of named trains. (The budget for the Pennsylvania Railroad was
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
It is an unfortunate fact that the congregations of many Churches in the early 20th century reflected specific socio-economic or racial subsets of the population.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Files (amended, “Filer”) were thrilled by the birth of their 8-pound daughter. The happy parents prepared birth announcements to share
Summering in Mount Gretna – 1910 I have posted several postcard stories related to the beautiful town of Mount Gretna. This postcard photograph of the
Tellings stories from the past.