July 20, 2026
Author: Sydney Longellow
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Cowboys in Repose
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American is still in love with cowboys. Television follows a different path since The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and Have Gun, Will Travel, and having and owning guns is now much different. It may not be as frequent as it once was, but there are still lots of nine-year-old boys who want to be cowboys, unknowingly…
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August 26, 2019 1 Comment
About ten years ago, I sat down next to a lady at a postcard show in New York. She recognized me, although I don’t know why. She was aware that I often research many of the cards I buy and she asked if I would research a postcard she had purchased just an hour ago. I asked her to show me the card and her response was as quick as a blink. She fumbled in her purse and pulled two identical cards, “I bought them both,” she said. The caption read, Dr. S. F. Smith House, Newton Center, Mass. “Here,” she said. “I think it may be my, I’m not sure how many greats; my great-great-great grandfather’s house.”