Photo Almost 78 Years Ago

John B.

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This is a picture of my Mom's Home Place on Easter of 1937. She turned 9 March of that year. That's my mom, the little girl in the front row. She was #14 and her little brother next to her was #15.

The next picture is at Mom & Dad's with 12 of my Mom's Siblings. That's my mom standing on the far left. The man behind his wife in the older picture is the man on the right sitting in the later picture. The little brother in the older picture is the brother standing on the far right in the newer picture. The little brother or the youngest one never married but almost and called it off. He later moved to New York after getting out of the Army. He became an Undertaker and did quite well for himself. He lived with two other men and their house was elegant. I believe this picture was taken in the early 1980's.
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I should dig around here got a picture from the original farmstead with a date of 1910 on postal mark. A regular egg customer asked where a local "land mark" was we told him and asked why. He said he had a picture that was marked with that place and was wondering where it was. The next time he stopped he brought with him a postcard with said picture on it. When my dad read the names written on the card he realized right away that it was the old farm house up the road, his fathers home place before brothers split the property to what it is now. The "land mark" mentioned wasn't right.
 
I have some similar pictures. The first one was a family picture from 1923,the year before my Dad was born. The second one was Dad and his brothers and sisters in one of the last years when they were all still healthy.
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This is my mother (youngest girl) with her three sisters, taken at their farm in Ohio in the mid-20's. My grandfather always gave the girls those "bowl over the head" haircuts while my grandmother supervised.

The woman is their Aunt Mary, married to my grandmother's brother. They moved to Oklahoma and owned had a refrigerated warehouse next to the rail line. That was a big deal in those days because storing fresh produce hadn't been possible before. They bought a new car every couple of years and drove back to Ohio from Oklahoma to visit.
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