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I_L_S: Did you ever look up the name of the addressee of that Larry's Creek, PA postcard?

It seems the addressee, Mrs. W.B. Riddell, was Mrs. William B. Riddell. Now Mr. William B. Riddell (b. 1867) was (earlier than the date of the postcard) affiliated with a tannery in Gaines, Tioga Co., PA and later moved to Chattanooga, TN. While in Chattanooga, William B. Riddell was General Superintendent of Tanneries for Chattanooga through at least 1904 and later affiliated with the United States Leather Company in 1906.

The connection with Larry's Creek seems to be with William B. Riddell's mother (?), Mrs. Charles B. Riddell (Mary Elizabeth (Marshall) Riddell, b. 1845) of Larry's Creek, Lycoming Co., PA. Incidentally, it seems Charles B. Riddell (William B.'s father (?)) was postmaster at Larry's Creek, PA in 1886 and for some years following.

It would also seem to "fit" that the initials "M.R." on the front of the postcard would be that of Mrs. Charles B. Riddell (a/k/a Mary Riddell or "M.R.")

Here's a period "bleep" from a newspaper article of 1910:




I'm not sure if I got the generations of the Riddell's quite right, but if you want to research it further, advance to the bottom of this genealogy record that references the names:

https://sites.google.com/site/navar...nson-riddell

WOW I certainly do! I used to know a barber named riddell who had his barber shop on S.Main Street in Jersey Shore, Pa., and I believe he was from Larry's Creek also? My Great Grandfather (born in 1908 Clarence H. Hillyard) worked at a tannery up that way for years when he was a "pup" (no real child labor laws at that point) so just maybe I could tie this to to my family in a very loosely type of way? Thank you so much Bill you made my day. I just got home from chemo and feel crappy and that gave me something to do (other than watching Sanford & Son's re-runs...lol) -Jeff

EDIT:

NOVEMBER 8th, 1897 Scott #279Bg Color- Pink

Possible EKU - Earliest Date Usage- 12/1/1897 (Mine's Earlier by almost a full month!) Here is why I think it's a possible EDU/EKU http://www.1847usa.com/1894identifier.htm

More on this cover here: (PLEASE DO A SITE SEARCH) for information on this cover.

"Dear Sirs,
I have collected all but
W.D.Lisenring{?} $1.00 James Morrow $6.00
E.J. McConnell $1.50 W.N. Grove $10.00
E.E. Stafla $175.{1.75?} Mr. Grove was in Philadelphia when I called the rest will pay
in all except James Morrow he
claims 1 rose bush short and his trees are broken where they were turned to
her in the bot {boat?}
Hoping this allright
I am yours respectfully,
H.P. Bodine"

I_L_S: I think I found the answer to the above posted cover. First, the name of the addressee is Mark Balderston and the community is Westtown, PA (two T's). In fact, I believe the "W.B.S" reference at the left side of the cover is probably referencing "Westtown Boys School".

The school is still in operation today, in West Chester, PA, and according to their website: "Westtown is believed to be the oldest, continuously operating coeducational boarding school in the country. Westtown School first welcomed students in May 1799."

In any case, if you refer to the bottom of page 144 at this link, the Class of 1907 had a graduate in one "Mark Balderston" of Colora, Maryland. Therefore, it's a reasonable guess that the CDS on the cover is that from Colora, Maryland!

http://books.google.com/books?id=Yw...ge&q&f=false

wt1, that is some truly impressive sleuthing.

November 11th
Lafayette, IND 1938 advertisement tag for firemans uniforms/ties (Was my Great Grandfathers)

Front:


Reverse:




NOVEMBER 11TH
3¢ postage due and small Boston paid hand-stamp. Red dial from Boston. Wears a Scott #65 & quite nicely too!



NOVEMBER 11TH{?}
1922, Mechanicsburg, Pa. From a John Robertson Notary Public addressed to an E.C. Beetem & Son in Carlisle, Pa.
(This sort of reminds me of the 3 stooges episode when they was at the Lawyers "Dewy, Cheetam & Howe") lol

E.C. Beetem and Company was a carpet manufacturer. Here's a photo of the founder, Edward C. Beetem:



More here:

http://socialarchive.iath.virginia....166/w6nw5wf5

Wow thank you for both of those bits on the two cover you recently looked into! I been scratching my head over the last posts' cover for almost 3 years. That Balerston cover about the Boys School...fantastic! Thank you so much! I just needed a smile today. -Jeff

DARN IT! Here I was, waiting and waiting for yesterday to finally get here so that I could post this cover on the proper date, and Dr.s appointments yesterday got me distracted enough to forget it, almost! A day late, but a nice Hotel corner card from Mendocino, Cal and with a town and county CDS to boot!

NOVEMBER 23rd 1929 Hillsboro, New Hampshire with the colloquially called "tri-plex"; just a Duplex cancel with an added year slug between the dial & killer. From a J.C. Parker at Hillsboro, New Hampshire addressed to an {can't understand that first letter/figure can you?} Edward DeMund Interlaken, New York. I had to google that town/village because I never heard of it before. If you want a bit more on the little village go here: www.villageofinterlaken.org/