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“Mabel Sends the Mountain” – Springfield, Massachusetts (1907)

June 15, 2026 No Comments

Miss Effie K. Stevens lived in Somerville, a city north of Cambridge and northwest of Boston in east-central Massachusetts. Archeological sites demonstrate that this area

“Bess Announces the Baby Boy” – Somerville, Massachusetts (1912)

March 30, 2026 No Comments

There is a tragic backstory to this postcard greeting – the recipient had died in childbirth before this announcement of another birth reached her. Mrs.

The Wind Whistles in March – Nashville, Tennessee (1914)

November 1, 2023 No Comments

Miss Cora E. Hayden lived in West Somerville, now the city of Somerville – northwest of Boston and the home of Tufts University. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts In