Charlotte May Pierstorff
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Charlotte May Pierstorff was an American girl of German descent who was shipped alive through the United States postal system by parcel post on February 19, 1914. After the incident, parcel post regul
Charlotte May Pierstorff
Lewiston, Idaho
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Lewiston is a city in and the county seat of Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States, in the state's north central region. It is the third-largest city in the northern Idaho region, behind Post Falls a
Charlotte May Pierstorff
…Mailing May, revolving around May's childhood. On February 19, 1914, then five-year-old Charlotte May Pierstorff was mailed from Grangeville, Idaho to Lewiston, Idaho to visit her grandmother C. G. Vennigerholz, as this was cheaper than buying a train ticket. Charlotte, who weighed 48.5 pounds (22.0 kg) at the time…
LC State Clock Tower
Nez Perce County Courthouse in Lewiston, Idaho
The Imnaha sternwheeler loading cordwood fuel, 1903
The Bollinger Hotel in 1905. This building was destroyed by fire in 1997.