August 12, 2026
Tag: philly
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Carpenters’ Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Carpenters’ Hall has so much history associated with it that dozens of books could be filled with its stories. The oldest trade guild in America, the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia, has owned and operated the hall since 1771. The Hall has been home to a host of firsts including the First Continental Congress, Benjamin Franklin’s
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June 4, 2024 5 Comments
In Part I of “Wish You Were Here” it was suggested that prison postcards would not make good change of address notices. That is still true and so is it that finding “prison” postcards and collecting them is not easy. This Part II article reminds us of what a diverse world we explore by collecting postcards.