July 11, 2025
Tag: Jewish Welfare Board Ship Postcards
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Jewish Welfare Board Ship Postcards
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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…
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June 20, 2023 5 Comments
A collection of postcards that brings a century-old conversation back to life is precious. This bit of World War One history – correspondence between Jack and Margaret that never mentions the war or the enemy – makes the weather and a cricket game hot topics.