Mrs. S.C. Wilcox lived with her daughter in Alfred, a town in Allegany County of south-central New York. The first European settlers in this area
In an earlier postcard story related to Shreveport, reference was made to the history of the oil industry in this northwest corner of Louisiana. Near
Miss Mabel Schutretter lived in Pottsville, a small city and county seat of Schuylkill County in east-central Pennsylvania. Until the mid-20th century, Pottsville was a
Miss Carrie Sterling lived in Oneida, the city in Madison County of central New York. Due to its connection to the Erie Canal, and then
Mrs. Alice Farrington lived in Spartansburg, a small borough in Crawford County of northwest Pennsylvania. (The population in 1920 was almost twice that of the
Mr. H. A. Carpenter lived in Glen Cove, now a city on the north shore of Long Island. In the early 20th century, Glen Cove
Based entirely on the number of postcard stories that mention these events, it appears that Christmas Dances were a common attraction in towns and cities
Miss Stella Kinsey lived in Telford, a borough that straddles the border of Bucks County and Montgomery County in southeast Pennsylvania. The area was settled
Mrs. J. C. Waldren lived in Hamilton, a village within a town, in central New York State. The village is the home of Colgate University,
Mrs. George Furman lived in Great Bend, a town on the Susquehanna River in northeast Pennsylvania. Great Bend, named for a feature of the river,
Miss Edna Bender lived in Wyoming, a small city in east-central Iowa, not far from Cedar Rapids. Sometime around 1911 (the postmark is badly-applied), Edna
Mrs. Emmer Stanley lived in Pomeroy, a small community of Chester County in southeast Pennsylvania. In the golden age of railroads, Pomeroy was the terminus
Martin K. Brubaker was a prosperous farmer, business owner, and local official in Mount Joy. (See, “Annals of Lancaster County”) His two brothers had died,
Tellings stories from the past.