October 23, 2026
Tag: Flu 1918
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The Lost Summer with Sandra Cobb
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In the early spring of 1950 signs like this one started to appear in the front windows or on the front doors of homes across America. This one from Connecticut and ones like it appeared as warnings that a quarantine was in affect designed to prevent the spread of polio. Postcard History’s guest contributor, Sandy…
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September 15, 2026 5 Comments
Haven’t you wondered, at least once, that an ancestor of yours is in a postcard crowd? I have, but then you remember that those in the picture are all permanent residents in some cemetery and only history knows their names.