January 19, 2025
Tag: Kansas Postcards
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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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Three Famous Kansans
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Famous people often live in huge and glorious houses that can be found on postcards. Found in cities and states across the country, homes of the famous are always curious attractions. Here is a glance at the homes of three famous Kansans.
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October 24, 2023 2 Comments
This letter* from “Little Larry” to his Grams, who is back home in Kentucky, assures her that he is safe, doing his duty as a good soldier, and staying true to his family values is enlightening in many ways. The personal histories of the “Greatest Generation” still tug at America’s heartstrings.
* Part of a militaria collection in a Virginia historical society.