Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Christian Science Church building - Springfield, Massachusetts

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The Christian Science Church of Springfield, Massachusetts, stood on State Street in this 1930s-era colored postcard.  The postcard was publ...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

The small town of big practical jokes - MEET ME IN NUTHATCH

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Here's a bit about my novel, Meet Me in Nuthatch : A whimsical, poignant tale about a practical joke-turned publicity stunt that fires u...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Four aerial views of Springfield, Massachusetts in the 1920s

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Here are four aerial views of Springfield, Massachusetts, all probably taken at the same time around the mid-to-late 1920s.  They are from a...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Northampton, Mass.: the setting for By Your Leave, Sir - The Story of a Wave

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  Smith College - Capen School Faunce House, 1914 postcard During World War II, Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, was a training ...
Monday, March 6, 2023

Wesson's Home Becomes a Hospital

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  The home in the foreground of this postcard belonged to inventor and firearms designer Daniel Baird Wesson of Springfield, Massachusetts. ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

President Calvin Coolidge's homes in Northampton, Massachusetts

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Calvin Coolidge lived in Northampton through much of his political career, and here we have in postcard images his two homes. First, the dup...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

First anniversary - Slava Ukraini

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Approaching one year since the start of World War III (whether we acknowledge it or not).   Invasion and atrocities. Putin's Russia has ...