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“An Historic Home for Your Birthday” – Columbia, PA (1907)

April 28, 2026 No Comments

Miss Mary L. Terry lived in East Prospect, a small borough in York County of south-central Pennsylvania. East Prospect is on the west bank of

“Susie Visits the Palace” – Vienna, Austria (1928)

January 18, 2026 No Comments

Mrs. Wien Ensminger (Ida) lived in Manheim, the pretty town in Lancaster County of southeast Pennsylvania. In the Colonial Era, a German immigrant (styled “Baron

Susie Stops on the Way to Portland – Hingham, Massachusetts (1936)

June 13, 2024 No Comments

In September of 1936, Susie was on her way to Portland, Maine. Portland, the largest city in Maine, remains an important port on the Atlantic