September 22, 2026
Tag: Lizzie Borden
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Three Tragic Lives
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Three women of extraordinary beauty, talent, and wealth whose lives could be the outline for an anthology of tragic short stories are portrayed in this remembrance. Two were dead before age 50, the other shunned by the world. Helene Held, Nance O’Neil, and Gaynor Rowlands are forgotten today but postcard collectors know their faces and…
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May 28, 2023 1 Comment
In Miami, the face of that beautiful city is changing. The water level is rising, and the landscape is very different from the linen postcard era. The card publishers of the last six or seven decades have helped us remember the trees, vines, and shrubs of that time.