April 12, 2026
Tag: Geneology and postcards
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Radicals in Michigan
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The hunt for postcards is a big part of collecting, but many postcard collectors gather as much entertainment in researching the events, people, and the times of their collectibles as they do in hunting for them. Here is a well-researched postcard that posed many questions. Most of them are successfully answered.
Past Article
August 26, 2019 No Comments
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.”