Tag: 1911
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January 02, 2010 09:44 AM EST --
The remains of a single propeller Vickers plane was found at Cape Denison where an expedition led by Douglas Mawson, abandoned the plane in an expedition to to Antarctica during 1911-1914. The Australians . . .
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June 26, 2008 06:57 PM EDT --
In 1911 the US Miitary faced crazed Islamic Terrorists that rushed to their death to become Martyrs. General John "Black Jack" Pershing had an answer. His men captured twenty of the terrorists . . .
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November 09, 2008 08:33 AM EST --
Mr. and Mrs. William Southerland had moved to Reno, Nevada.
They were eger to make friends, and enjoyed having folks visit their home for meals and conversation.
Many folks grew to appreciate . . .
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September 30, 2009 07:54 AM EDT --
On many occasions, I have made references in Gather articles to my life-long hobby of collecting prints and engravings. But, in my enthusiasm for postcard stories, I have shared very little about . . .
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June 29, 2008 06:54 AM EDT --
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It was Groundhog Day in 1911, and Fred Boardman was feeling the need to get out of the burrow and to welcome Spring.
" I really need to cut loose a little", Fred muttered . . .
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November 27, 2009 09:02 AM EST --
This postcard for the day after Thanksgiving Day is not postmarked; it was hand-delivered to Miss Myrtle Randolph.
The illustration on the card is of an Indian maiden holding a turkey – outlined . . .
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October 18, 2008 06:54 AM EDT --
It was cold and grey in February of 1911.
Nora Dunn was getting tired of the wintry weather, and wished she could spend more time enjoying Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
She wrote a letter to her friend, . . .
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November 22, 2008 06:54 AM EST --
Very recently, I posted the story of Mrs. Jennie Sweigart and her mysterious correspondent, "guess".
"Nothing Can Beat the Fivepointville Girls" - 1922
Shortly thereafter, . . .
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May 09, 2008 08:43 AM EDT --
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Edward Peregoy received a postcard from his mother in March of 1911.
Mother wrote faintly, with a pencil, so it is hard to read exactly what she told her son.
But, we . . .
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March 25, 2007 08:55 PM EDT --
Today marks the 96th anniversary of one of the worst industrial accidents in America. 146 young immigrants, mostly women, lost their lives in a fire that should not have happened. Their senseless . . .
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October 21, 2009 10:24 PM EDT --
Airsoft guns are the newest rage in the military and police simulation game world. Every one is uniquely designed with numerous parts and the more pricey models can be as complicated as a real rifle or . . .
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April 28, 2008 08:05 AM EDT --
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Mr. Elmer Miller attended Sunday School almost every week.
His Sunday School teacher was Grace Schuster, a nice woman, and very concerned about her pupils.
Each fall, the congregation . . .
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December 23, 2008 08:15 AM EST --
Mrs. Muder lived in Greenville, Pennsylvania, a town in western Pennsylvania, northwest of Pittsburgh, but south of Erie.
Mrs. Muder had a friend, Mrs. Little, who lived in Center____.
(Pennsylvania . . .
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November 12, 2007 08:57 AM EST --
An explanatory note related to my acquisition of this paper hoard is found at the beginning of the companion article:
Reading Other People's Mail After 90 Years
Gather friends . . .
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July 08, 2008 11:39 PM EDT --
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Elder Sam Fyock had reached a milestone in October of 1911.
Another year had passed, this one devoted to the cause of "the better life".
Sam was feeling good about the past year, but he . . .
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September 07, 2008 10:03 AM EDT --
It was September, and Nathan Turk was busy at work in the Syracuse Savings Bank Building.
His friend, S.H., was at Lake Placid, still enjoying the lovely weather of late summer in the Adirondack . . .
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June 18, 2009 06:08 PM EDT --
Edward Scholl was a steel worker who lived with his sister (possibly, mother) in Bridgewater, Pennsylvania in 1911.
Bridgewater is an industrial town northwest of Pittsburgh on the Ohio River.
He . . .
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January 24, 2008 08:25 AM EST --
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Ina has a birthday on Sunday.
In the days leading to this great day, I am publishing Birthday Greetings in her honor.
Here is the first in the sequence:
Images For Ina's Birthday
The Second . . .
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January 10, 2009 09:46 AM EST --
Pap had gone to Oregon; his "little girlie" was still in Ashtabula, Ohio.
It was the middle of winter in 1911, and the Portland area was cold.
Pap sent a postcard to his little girl, Miss . . .
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February 22, 2008 09:15 AM EST --
Postcards of the early twentieth century feature a variety of subjects and artistic styles.
In addition to seasonal and holiday themes, patriotic displays, personal photographs, and . . .
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