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“Two Sisters Write to Two Sisters” – Nampa, Idaho (1931)

April 24, 2026 No Comments

Misses Katherine and M. Augusta Williams lived in Cincinnati, the busy port and center of industry on the Ohio River in southwest Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati Katherine

“Dick Sends a Postcard to Stan” – Crater Lake, Oregon (circa 1940)

September 30, 2025 No Comments

Mr. Stanley Poe lived in Tempe, a city in the East Valley region of Maricopa County in central Arizona. Today, Tempe lies within the metropolitan

“We left California on Monday” – Corvallis, Oregon (1935)

January 6, 2023 No Comments

From the beginning of the automobile age, Americans also embraced the “road trip”. Early automobile associations were founded to promote “Good Roads” – indeed, the