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“A Pair of Suspenders” – Brockton, MA (1911)

September 23, 2026 No Comments

Miss Mildred Dahlquist lived in Brockton, a city in Plymouth County of east-central Massachusetts. Now a commercial hub of the southern Boston Metro Region, Brockton

“Enter Into Country Joys” – Baraboo, Wisconsin (1911)

January 25, 2023 No Comments

Mrs. Cynthia Holmes lived in Baraboo, a city on the Baraboo River in south-central Wisconsin. Proximity to the Baraboo and Wisconsin Rivers, and the Chicago

Let Us Be Sweethearts – Madison Run, Virginia (1909)

June 28, 2022 No Comments

Mr. Morris was in Washington D.C. when he sent a flirty postcard greeting to Miss Lelia Hicks. Miss Lelia lived in the small community (“populated