June 2, 2003
6/2/03 Columbia County, NY Staying
Staying up late one night on eBay, I started rummaging through the ancient postcards section, and landed upon one from 1908 - of our very own town here in Columbia County. I won it, and today I got a chance to scan it into the computer:
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Route 23 (then called the Columbia Turnpike) and the old Harlem Valley train run across the middle of the picture
It is sent from here, addressed to an M. Burke on Tompkins Street in Brooklyn, not far from where we also live. The writing on the back says "Love, Uncle Dudley 8/13/08."
After scanning it at 300%, I noticed that our own farm is included in the picture, the last bit on the right. I blew it up and found this:
See that red arrow? That's where I am lying in bed right now, 95 years later.
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