July 18, 2025
Tag: Benjamin Purnell
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The House of David
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The Israelite House of David is a Christian communal community founded in 1903 by Benjamin and Mary Purnell in Benton Harbor, Michigan. In its heyday it was an economic powerhouse with a famous barnstorming baseball team, an amusement park, and numerous commercial businesses.
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October 4, 2021 4 Comments
She was lionized as the “First Lady of Postcard Publishing,” “a wonderful energetic lady with so many ideas that she’s revolutionizing modern day postcard publishing.” “She is not only the most important postcard publishing personality today but is likely to be one of the most important ever.” Her name was Coral-Lee Sparre and she published millions of postcards that documented the 1970s and 1980s.