Online Class: Vintage American Postcards for Historians, Genealogists, Collectors and the Curious

Author and historian Alice van Ommeren is teaching a 2 night online class in March:

Vintage American Postcards for Historians, Genealogists, Collectors and the Curious

Monday 3/7 & 3/14, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Pacific Time

Register Here [Santa Rosa Junior College]



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