Miss Mabel Burchill lived in Port Carbon, now a small borough in Schuylkill County of east-central Pennsylvania. (Port Carbon had more residents in 1910-1920 than it does today.) Once a lock on the Schuylkill Canal, Port Carbon shipped coal to Philadelphia in the mid- 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Carbon,_Pennsylvania In December of 1911, Mabel received a postcard … Continue reading “The Boy with a Brace” – Brooklyn, NY (1911)