Sometimes, it seems, you have to travel a long way to catch a glimpse of home.

That was the case for Harold Wolff of Upper Gwynedd, who provided these two postcards for your viewing pleasure today.

It seems Wolff had traveled to Oregon to visit his daughter and was strolling down a street, looking in store windows.

That’s when these postcards caught his eye — postcards from this area that somehow had traveled across the country.

One is a card showing the train station in Lansdale. It actually had been used, bearing a 1-cent stamp. It was sent in 1909 from some residents of Hatfield to a Mrs. Henry Hunsberger in Quakertown.


“Dear Emma: I believe you have forgotten us. We are all well. Hope this will find you the same,” it reads. One of the signers is named Mary.

The other postcard, showing the “airships and mountain scenic railway of Willow Grove Park” was never mailed to anyone, so its dating is unknown.



The park is just a piece of history now, of course, with a mall taking its place.

Just how the cards made their journey all the way to Oregon is anyone’s guess.