Dorothy tilting on the tricycle.
Album 1, Part 4 (pages 13-16)
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Dorothy tilting on the tricycle.
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Dorothy center, Don on right.
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Dot Lindberg at Lansing home in 1925
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Dot and Dorothy on the front porch of their Lansing home. Baby Larue is on Dot's
lap.
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Back yard fun in Lansing. Don in fort (on right) with friend, Larue on rocking horse.
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Don on tricycle, of same old-time front design but with larger spoked wheels.
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Don, probably in front of Owen's home, circa 1925.
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Dorothy on same trike; better view of carriage and wheels.
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Dorothy, better view of dress and fancy pants.
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Beatrice Owens (Dot's niece from Margaret) with Don and carefree Dorothy
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Better version made from negative.
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Larue (5 yrs.), Don (8 yrs.), Dorothy (10 yrs.) circa 1930
on front porch of 3149 during visit to Grandmother Elizabeth.
Link to map
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Grandmother Elizabeth and Aunt Ann (Dot's sister)
with Don and Dorothy, circa 1925
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Bob (4 yrs.) and Larue at same circa 1930 visit.
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Larue, Dorothy, and Don, same visit.
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Same group at front porch of 3149 So. Karlov
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Dorothy, Robert, Donald at home in Hillside, Illinois, about 1.5 yrs. after
moving from Lansing.
House was owned by Agnes Porter's family (link to
map).
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Don, Larue, Bob, and Bert on front porch of "Brown House" on 25th St.
in Chicago
Link to map
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Dot and Ednar rented two houses on 25th St. because the Porters needed their place in Hillside. The depression hit Dot and Ednar while they lived in the "Yellow House," about two blocks from the "Brown House." Over one weekend Ed was laid off on Friday, vandals burned their auto on Saturday night, and when Ed went to the bank on Monday to check his and Dot's savings account (about $500, a large amount at that time) he found the bank had failed. All this precipitated the move to the less expensive first floor flat in the Brown House. Note Don's high-topped boots in the above picture. They were highly prized by boys of the era, and bought before the depression hit. A little pocket at the top of the boot held a pocket knife, an item almost no boy was without. The high boots held up Don's knickers, also de rigor at the time (note Bob's knickers, sans high boots). Note the way Bert's scarf is tied around his chest. It was pinned in the back. This is a Swedish way of keeping chests warm. All of Ed's children at one time or another wore scarves like that. Dorothy Rosalie does not appear here. While the family was still living in
the Yellow House she was placed in the Dixon, Illinois sanitarium. She kept
wandering off and Dot and Ed feared for her safety. Dixon at that time was a
lovely place and Dorothy loved it there. She lived there until a few months
before her death. When she became ill at age 17 Dot and Ed brought her home but
nothing could save her. She died in September of 1937. During her years at Dixon
she was brought home for visits, which were the only times Bert can remember
seeing her. |
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Larue (left), Bob (center) and Don in back yard of Brown House with neighbor
children.
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Back in hillside (link to map), shortly after Bert (in Dot's arms) was born October 20, 1930.
Dorothy with doll (left), Larue with doll, Bob and Ednar, Don (right).
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Shortly after Bert was born Dot had a very close call with death
because of malpractice by her doctor during a post-partum scraping procedure. Larue
recalls the events in a story she wrote in 2003. |
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At Douglas Park in Chicago with cousins
Bob (eating), Dorothy Anne and Betty Jane Slack (back row, daughters of
Herbert), Dorothy Rosalie's top of head.
Front row, Elaine and Barbara Slack (daughters of Herbert), Vera Jean (of
Ernest) and Don.
Dot and Ed still lived in Hillside when Dot took this picture.