Wild Postcards

Here’s an embossed postcard from Great-Grandpa Phil’s collection. The front of the card has a notice reading “Design Copyright 1908, by M.W. Taggart, N.Y.” Note how this design incorporates a farm that apparently sits directly on a beach, complete with seagulls. The card was mailed to Phil from Dunbar, Pennsylvania on November 22, 1910 (Thanksgiving [...]

“Champion Four Horse Hitch of Belgian horses and imported Bavarian beer wagon owned and used by The Leisy Brewing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, brewers of Leisy’s Light and Leisy’s Dortmunder type beers.” They would close for good by 1958, saying that they were taxed out of existence. While probably true, I think that their other problem [...]