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Pic of the Week (#143) - "The Doctor Says: You Need Some Change" (Postcard, 1916)

Pic of the Week (#143) - "The Doctor Says: You Need Some Change" (Postcard, 1916)

A quirky 1916 postcard written between cousins from Minnesota.. Can you help us find and tell their stories?

Bank of Montreal Hockey Team Reimagined in Full Color (1895)

Bank of Montreal Hockey Team Reimagined in Full Color (1895)

Colorized by Okkama Colorizations at The Psychogenealogist (2019). The 1895 Bank of Montreal Hockey Team is reimagined in full, glorious color! Can you help us find their stories?

Pic of the Week (#142) - Unknown Woman From Peru, Indiana

Pic of the Week (#142) - Unknown Woman From Peru, Indiana

This photograph is of an unidentified woman in my personal family collection. It was in the photo album of my great grandmother, Ida Rhoads Sears (1900-2002). Can you help me find and tell her story?

Pic of the Week (#141) - "Colorado's Pine and Silent Peak" (Postcard, 1918)

Pic of the Week (#141) - "Colorado's Pine and Silent Peak" (Postcard, 1918)

This delightful 1918 postcard depicts a picturesque Colorado mountain scene behind a forest of pine trees. Written from Hazel, to her Aunt in Illinois. Can you help us tell this story?

War Ration Lesson and Why 1940s Blackboards Are Not Green

War Ration Lesson and Why 1940s Blackboards Are Not Green

Colorized by Okkama Colorizations at The Psychogenealogist (2019). Catherine M. Rooney, 6th grade teacher in Washington D.C., gives a lesson on War Ration Book Two in 1943.

Pic of the Week (#140) - An 1893 Children's Group Photograph

Pic of the Week (#140) - An 1893 Children's Group Photograph

A beautiful cabinet card photograph from 1893 showing a group of children. Who are they and what are their stories?

Ice Cream in Italy in Full Color (1943)

Ice Cream in Italy in Full Color (1943)

Colorized by Okkama Colorizations at The Psychogenealogist (2019). American soldier, Vincent J. Orivello [i.e. Crivello] of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, eating ice-cream at a sidewalk cafe in Palermo with three of his cousins.