February 13, 2026
Tag: Dust Bowl
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“Black Sunday” and the 1935 Dust Storm
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The comparison of historic eras is an extreme chore. We read history and think, how terrible that must have been. Maybe in 2080 or 2140 historians will look back and say the same about our pandemic. The great dust storms of the 1930s may have been hard to endure, but other events since then cause…
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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.