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About Pat Shaul

Genealogist / Family Historian; Blog started as a record of my Grandfather's post card collection which ran for 15 months. Then, in June, 2017, I changed over to reporting and commenting on notifications from the ANCESTRY app "We're Related" I then started to provide snippets into ancestor biographies on the dates that were significant anniversaries.

Masonic Temple, Columbus, Ohio

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Pat Shaul

Masonic Temple, Columbus, Ohio.  13907. No post mark.  No address. Another of the unused post cards in the collection.  Based on the postage requirement (1 ¢) and the vintage of the automobile parked on the street, this card dates from … Continue reading →

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City Water Works, Ligonier, Ind. – 1918

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Pat Shaul

City Water Works, Ligonier, Ind.   33203-R Post marked Ligonier, Ind.  Aug. 26, 1918.  Addressed to Mrs. Lee [Florence Koontz] Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich. “Can’t you drive down next Sunday?  Russel is coming there Sunday.  asw Henry [Allen … Continue reading →

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Powers Beach, Mullet Lake

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Pat Shaul

Powers Beach, Mullet Lake, Near Cheboygan, Mich.  120687.  Made by Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, U.S.A. No post mark, no address. Another of the unused cards in Grandpa Lee’s collection.   This one really looks like a view of … Continue reading →

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Goodrich Rubber Co, Akron, Ohio – 1913

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Pat Shaul

Goodrich Rubber Co. Buildings, Akron, Ohio.  A-17260 No post mark.  No address. Grandpa Lee [Weaver] was working at the Goodrich Rubber Co., in Akron in 1913.   This would explain the post card of the company buildings and that he … Continue reading →

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Ottawa Hotel, Cheboygan, Mich.

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Pat Shaul

Ottawa Hotel, Cheboygan, Mich.  1A279.  Made by Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, U.S.A. No post mark, no address. Another in the unused post card collection from the 1919 – 1951 era.   The Ottawa has since been torn down. … Continue reading →

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Aerial View of Cheboygan, Mich.

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Pat Shaul

Aerial View of Cheboygan, Mich.   © Johnson Studio  2A938.  Made by Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, U.S.A. No post mark, no address. Another of Grandpa Lee’s unused post cards.  Again, from the 1919-1951 time frame due to the … Continue reading →

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Sullivan Trail

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Pat Shaul

Sullivan Trail between Wilkes-Barre, PA. and Watkins Glen, N.Y.   View from Twin Cuts on Sullivan Trail between Wyalusing and Towanda, PA.  122661.    Photographer and publisher, Ace Hoffman, Wilkes-Barre, PA.     C.T. American Art Colored No post mark. … Continue reading →

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Old Block House, Marietta, Ohio

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Pat Shaul

Old Block House.  Used in time of Indians.  Marietta, Ohio.  531.   Published by I. Robbins, Pittsburgh, PA.  A-2986.     C.T. American Art. Not post mark, No Address. Another in the unused post cards in the collection.  Also of … Continue reading →

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Oldest House in Ohio –

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Pat Shaul

Oldest House in Ohio, Formerly Land Office of Ohio Company, Marietta, Ohio.  Published by J. Robbins & Son, Pittsburgh, PA.  525.   C T American Art.  A-2989. No post mark, no address. Another of the unused post cards in the … Continue reading →

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Twin Cuts, Wyalusing, PA

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Pat Shaul

View from the Twin Cuts, Roosevelt Highway, Near Wyalusing, PA..   Made in the U.S.A.  By E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee.  2772 N. No post mark, not address.  Card never used. Another in the series of Grandpa’s collection of unused … Continue reading →

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