“An Artist’s Model for Raymond” – Dunkirk, NY (1910)
May 31, 2026
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Mr. Raymond Glatz lived in Dunkirk, a city in Chautauqua County of southwest New York State. Located on Lake Erie, Dunkirk was a rail hub
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“A Christmas Pansy for Uncle Henry” – Newberg, Oregon (circa 1910)
October 22, 2024
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Mr. Henry Badley lived in Newberg, a city on the Willamette River in northwest Oregon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberg,_Oregon The city, first settled in the 1840’s and incorporated
“Charlotte Sends a New Year Pheasant” – Buffalo, New York (1919)
July 20, 2024
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Miss Grace Dayton lived in Buffalo, the transportation hub and manufacturing center at the head of Lake Erie in western New York State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York I
Girl With a Broom – circa 1910
March 24, 2024
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We met Bessie Douglas in earlier postcard stories. Bessie was growing up in Anselma, a small community that grew up around a mill on the
Shares of Love & Stocks of Cheer -Dixmont, Maine (1920)
October 11, 2023
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Because they were plentiful and ubiquitous, postcards illustrate the changes in culture and the popular enthusiasms of the early 20th century. In other postcard stories
“Snowed In” with the Measles – Monticello, New York (1910)
July 3, 2023
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Miss Pearl Washington lived in Monticello, the village in the Catskills of south-central New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monticello,_New_York In February of 1910, Pearl was celebrating a birthday.
A Rabbit for Mrs. Eaton – Monroe, Wisconsin (1914)
April 4, 2023
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Mrs. George Eaton lived near Monroe, a city or town in Wisconsin. (One city and two towns in Wisconsin are named “Monroe”.) The city of
Sheep from the “School-Ma’am” – Spring Valley, Minnesota (1912)
December 29, 2022
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Florence Rumsey was the “school-ma’am” for a school in Minnesota. (I cannot decipher the postmark.) In January of 1912, she sent a postcard to Mr.
Ada Sends a Winter Scene – Lititz, PA (1906)
December 29, 2022
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This postcard photograph was mailed between two communities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Miss F. Grace Bear lived in East Petersburg, and she was celebrating a
A Christmas Bicycle to Benjamin – Lancaster, PA (circa 1900)
November 13, 2022
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Benjamin Stauffer was born in 1900, so he was about 10 years old when he received the Christmas postcard from his cousin, Anna. We may