Antrim is a town of almost 2700 people located in southern New Hampshire. It was settled in 1744. It was named for County Antrim in Northern Ireland, which was the original home of the land's owner, Phillip Riley. Antrim is a bedroom community for the larger centres of Peterborough and Hillsborough. 

I would love to tell you about the dog skeleton pictured here, but I am having trouble finding information on it.  Beaune-la-Rolande is a commune of about 2000 people. In 1870, it was the site of a battle during the Franco-Prussian War. In this battle, French impressionist painter Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) was killed. Bazille had joined Zouave regiment in August 1870. He was second in command. At the Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande, his commanding officer was killed, which necessitated Bazille to take over the unit and lead an assault on German positions. He was hit twice in the failed attack and died on the battlefield. His father travelled here to take his body back to Montpellier for burial.  Beaune-la-Rolande was also the site of a Nazi internment camp. It was a transit and deportation centre for Jews. Eighteen thousand Jews were held at Beaune-la-Rolande with most of them eventually transported to Auschwitz to be murdered.  The Polish artist Zber (1909-1942) was held ...

This card, sent from Branson, is one of those Chinese cards where you can tear off a quarter of the card along a perforation. On that quarter of the card is the same photo on the other three quarters of the card. I guess you send the three quarters to whomever you want, and keep a quarter as a souvenir for yourself. 

The German on the front of the card translates to Actually, I'm quite different, I just rarely get the chance to show it  .- Ödön von Horvath

This card shows Schloss Schwerin, or Schwerin Castle. It was completed in 1857 and is situated on an island on Lake Schwerin.  The first records of a structure on this island date back to 973 with a fort that belonged to the Polabian Slav tribe of the Obotrites. In 1160 the fort became a target of Germanic noblemen planning to expand their territory eastward under the leadership of Henry the Lion (1129-1195). The Obotries destroyed the fort but left because of Germanic military dominance. The German's recognized the island's strategic importance and began to build another fort on the island. The city of Schwerin also began to be built at this time.  In 1167, Henry the Lion gave Schwerin to his vassal Gunzelin von Hagen, and the rest of the country around the city was returned to Niklot's son, Pribislav, and that formed a hereditary ducal line that lasted until 1918.  In the 16th century, the building on the island experienced many changes under John Albert I, Duke of Meck...