In a message dated 01/05/2006 10:31:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, mc436609@c2i.net writes: > The card was postmarked from USA in > 1907 and the postmark was Flushing--- Whitestone Sta---- > Part of the words was too faint to read. He shll have > worked in the Philadelphia harbour on cargo boats going up > the river. Erik, It is likely that this is Flushing, a section of the borough of Queens in New York City. Whitestone Station in Flushing, Queens would be the name of the post office where the mail was processed. His occupation appears to have been a merchant seaman. There are specific organizations which aided merchant seamen, perhaps one of these might be of help in your quest. Here is a list of many maritime links. http://www.usmm.org/links.html Margaret