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Aunt Nellie Sends a Cat in a Sunbonnet – Gardiner, Montana (1909)

July 27, 2024 No Comments

Young Winfred Carlson lived in Frontenac, now an unincorporated community on the Mississippi River – about 65 miles southeast of the Twin Cities. Established as

Saying Grace – Manheim, PA (1908)

November 4, 2022 No Comments

For Sunday, a reflection on saying Grace. The custom of giving thanks before meals, whether by invocation of the Deity or a general acknowledgement of

Breakfast at 7:00 – Cleveland, Ohio (1907)

September 27, 2022 No Comments

I found recently this “Sunbonnet” illustration from the series, “Hours of the Day”. On the face of the postcard is an illustration of a boy

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