October 10, 2024
Tag: Chippewa Falls Postcards
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Tragedy on the Chippewa River
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There is no debate: Logging in early 20th century America was a dangerous job. At hundreds of logging sites, thousands of men worked during hot summers and cold winters. Those men were in perpetual peril. This is one story; there are many.
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January 30, 2020 7 Comments
Nathaniel Sener mailed a Jewish Welfare Board postcard home to his mother in 1919. He was not alone; it could be that as many as 800,000 soldiers and sailors, members of the US Army and Navy, did the same. Nat, as his family called him, lived on a western Maryland farm and most of his life was a mirror of the early 20th century. Learn about this interesting set of postcards and Nat Sener, too. Our newest feature will show just how much history a postcard can teach.