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Philip Burgess & Penny Postcards

Montana Public Radio | By mtpr.org
Published February 25, 2014 at 8:30 PM MST

2/25 and 2/26, 2014: This week on "Reflections West," Philip Burgessreflects on the historical fad of Penny Postcards and how they helped form women’s communities of the past.  He pairs his thoughts with the contents of seven such cards written to two homesteading sisters in Montana.
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