Postcard caption: "Pump—Landisville Camp Grounds."

Printed on the other side: "Landisville Vigil Print."

A little boy stands next to a pump at the Landisville Camp Meeting, located in Landisville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The religious camp meeting sill exists today and includes 27 acres with 54 cottages and a tabernacle that seats about a thousand. I don't know, however, whether the pump is still there.

See also Dorwart Cottage, Landisville Camp Meeting Grounds, Landisville, Pa., 1916

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Caption: "Justice Poodle."

This is a postcard addressed on the other side to Russell Kroncke, Poynette, Wis., R.F.D. no. 2, c/o H. J. Kronicke.

Handwritten message: "Dear Russell, how do you like this poodle? When are you coming to Poynette? I will send you a nicer one. Your Aunt Annie."

There's no stamp, postmark, or date on this copy of the postcard, but the Justice Poodle appeared on a real photo postcard as early as 1907. This printed version has a divided back and likely dates to the 1910s.

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A nineteenth-century abstinence pledge card. For another card, see Touch Not, Taste Not, Handle Not.

With Malice Toward None,
With Charity for All

I, the undersigned, do pledge myself, God helping me, to abstain from all intoxicating liquors, as a beverage.

Feb. 22, 1881

Mrs. R. Best

Typefaces: Antique Extended ("With Malice Toward None"),
Bulletin Script ("With Charity for All"), Title Text No. 3 ("I, the undersigned, do pledge myself, God helping me, to abstain from all intoxicating liquors, as a beverage. 188_.") Thanks to Florian Hardwig for identifying these typefaces and providing the links to Fonts In Use.

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Caption: "Neptune Fire Engine No. 1, Richland, Pa."

Printed on the other side: "Harpel's Art Store, Publisher, Lebanon, Pa. Made in Germany."

This postcard appears in Lebanon County: A Post Card History (1992), p. 161, with the following description: "Members of Richland's Neptune Fire Company are seen here about 1908 along North Park Street near the John L. Zug Feed Mill with the original fire fighting engine drawn by horses. The Neptune Company was organized in 1907 and built its present fire house on East Main Street in 1922 as a town hall and theatre as well."

Harpel's Art Store published many other postcards of fire companies in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. For other examples, see Union Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company, No. 1, Lebanon, Pa., 1912 and Liberty Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company, No. 3, Lebanon, Pa., 1912.

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A faded photo with an eerie image of a ghostly motorcyclist.

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