February 17, 2026
Tag: Hermitress
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Sarah Bishop
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One of the “Strangest” Postcards Ever! The postcard here is truly unique. A guess would date the card from the 1930s. It tells the story of Sarah Bishop of North Salem, New York. (North Salem and South Salem, New York are in the Taconic Valley, near the boundary line with the state of Connecticut.) Together…
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October 2, 2025 2 Comments
Biographies of criminals have ranked high on the list of America’s reading interests, but where they slept is a new twist on hotel (and prison) history. Al Capone slept in hotels and prisons. Postcards record several such sites.