“Man Is a Sausage” – Olathe, Kansas (1909)
May 22, 2025
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This is a comic postcard from the first decade of the 20th century, but the image has features that often appear in anti-Semitic depictions (think
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“Peaches and Marmalade …and Revolution” – Washington, DC (1909)
May 18, 2025
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Mrs. Mollie H. Wilson lived in Amberson Valley, an unincorporated community of Franklin County in south-central Pennsylvania. Located in a narrow valley of the Appalachian
“Reminder of the Falls at Home” – Lowell, Massachusetts (1909)
March 24, 2025
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Miss Helen Jeanne lived in Wappingers Falls, a village within the adjoining city of Poughkeepsie and the town of Wappinger in Duchess County of southeast
The Dance in Osterburg – Schellsburg, PA (1909)
May 3, 2024
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E. G. Kerr lived in Schellsburg, a small borough in Bedford County of south-central Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schellsburg,_Pennsylvania In September of 1909, E. G. wrote to Miss
“The Girls Are Pretty, The Boys Are Fine” – Anaconda, Montana (1909)
April 18, 2024
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Miss Iva Botsford lived in Livingston, a small city in south central Montana. Livingston was a railroad town, developed with the coming of the Northern
A “Handkerchief Surprise” for Ethel – Lancaster, PA (1909)
February 27, 2024
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Miss Margie Humphreville was living on West Vine Street in Lancaster, the lovely and historic city in southeast Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania We have seen another postcard
An Order for Rivets – Rock Falls. Illinois (1909)
July 14, 2023
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In the early 2oth century, an enormous amount of business was conducted by postcards. Business correspondence is not a favorite category for postcard collectors, but
Meet Aunty at the Train! Phillipsburg, PA (1909)
August 29, 2022
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In September of 1909, young Mac Fryberger was living in Phillipsburg, PA, a borough in Centre County – not far from State College. Mac received
A Train Derailment on Thanksgiving Day – 1907
August 17, 2022
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I found recently this postcard photograph of a train wreck at New Providence, Pa. Searching a database of Pennsylvania railway accidents, I was unable to