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“Taking the Day Off” – Plainwell, Michigan (1909)

January 30, 2026 No Comments

Sadie Freeman lived in Marion, a center of transportation and industry in an agricultural area of central Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion,_Ohio In 1909, future US President Warren

“Fun in the Breakers” – Dover, Delaware (1909)

June 28, 2024 No Comments

Mr. Jeb Hopkins lived in Dover, the small (and charming) city that is the capital of Delaware. Dover is “downstate”, outside the more populous and

Taking a New Position – Rochester, NY (1911)

June 19, 2024 No Comments

Mr. Gilbert Grandy lived in Rochester, the booming industrial city in western New York State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York In August of 1911, Gilbert received a postcard from