Category Archives: Postcards

Shohola-Barryville Suspension Bridge

by Louise Smith Posted on July 16, 2022

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More Yulan Boarding Houses

by Louise Smith Posted on August 10, 2019

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Yulan Boarding Houses, 1920

by Louise Smith Posted on August 4, 2019

Yulan Boarding Houses Bodine’s Cottages, Henry and  Blanche Bodine Grand Vue, Bornstein Park Hotel, Atwell Bradley Cold Spring Farm, Crandall Washington Beach Hotel, Henri Darriensecq Laurel Cottage, Abel Hazen Lakeview Farm, Kaese Highland Cottage, Edith V. Kalbfus Minisink Lodge, M.A. … Continue reading →

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Eldred Boarding Houses, 1920–1921

by Louise Smith Posted on July 28, 2019

Eldred, 1920–1921 Bradley House, Avery Echo Hill Farm House, Leavenworth Fred and Mary Myers Ferncliff Lodge, Jackson Myers Seven Oaks, Beck Greig’s House Straub Hotel/Bar, Juliana Straub Parker Hotel, Emily Parker Mountain Grove House, C.M. Austin Rooms in Farmhouse to … Continue reading →

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Barryville Boarding Houses, 1920

by Louise Smith Posted on July 21, 2019

Barryville Boarding Houses, 1920–1921 Torwood Farm: Kerr Rose McQuirk Spring House: Christian Meyer Woodland Cottage: Colville Handsome Eddy: Agnes Schwab Maple Grove Farm: Anne Toaspern Cordes Delaware View Inn (Side Hill): Eggers and Rothenback Riverside Cottage: Louis and Mildred Warshauer

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The Summer Season

by Louise Smith Posted on July 14, 2019

I always looked forward to the time when school would be out, for I never was too fond of studying and, besides, my parents ran a small summer boarding house to which a few families brought their children year after … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 1907–1937

by Louise Smith Posted on January 1, 2019

This is a repost of a collection of Austin New Year’s Postcards first on the Halfway Brook site starting in 2011. In 1937 Aida Austin sent this card to her brother Ell Austin. On the back she wrote the first … Continue reading →

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December 1941

by Louise Smith Posted on November 25, 2018

December 1941 is the only month I have not posted. Here are the links to the previous months of 1941. January 1941; February 1941; Aida and Lon, March 1941; The Village and the A&P, April 1941;May and June 1941; Clambake … Continue reading →

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