This vintage postcard shows a photo of Olcott Square in Bernardsville, NJ, with the old fountain. Manker Hall and the Boylan House are on the right–both of which are now headed toward demolition. The postmark is hard to read, but may be 1908. The image is well known[1], but this postcard is special because of
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Merry Christmas from THSSH! This year’s vintage card features an angel with a violin. The note on the reverse dates it to 1907 which corresponds to the divided back to separate the message from the address. The U.S. Post Office authorized divided-back postcards in 1907. The card bears no stamp or postmark and may never
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This old postcard from the Society’s archives tells a great story–more like three stories. Back in 1906, someone named Mattie (probably Martha E. Boyle Fenner of Peapack) decided to write to her sister Mrs. Philip Koechlein (Floretta Boyle Koechlein, 1877-1966) in Liberty Corner where the Koechlein family later operated a store. Click on the photo
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