The Brown House, wood, on right. A long series of pictures at this house follows.
Album 1, Part 5 (pages 17-20)
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The Brown House, wood, on right. A long series of pictures at this house
follows.
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Bert (about 3 yrs.) on back driveway
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Bob, Don, Bert in front yard.
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Bob, Don (back row) Larue, Bert, Dot on front porch
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Bert & Larue and Bob & Don in side driveway
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Don, Bea Owens, Larue, Bert and Bob
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Bea Owens and her mother Margaret (Dot's sister) lived with Dot and Ed for about a year so Dot could care for Margaret who was ill. It also helped pay the rent. During these depression years Ed took a job selling Electrolux vacuum cleaners door to door. Toys didn't come very often. Larue above is holding a cheap celluloid doll, one of two received for her birthday -- a real treat. She's about age 7 here. Note excited expression on Bert's face -- his grandson Nik does the same thing (circa 1996) when he's keenly interested in something. |
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Don in tree, Bob behind, Bert looking up.
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Larue, Don and Bob in the tree.
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Another copy of this picture
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Dorothy, Larue, Bob, Bert at a park.
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Bert and Bob in their wagons. These were a big deal.
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Better copy from Bob's loose collection of photos.
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Larue, Don, Bert, Bob, same day as 1_18_01.jpg
Larue and Bert are holding the precious celluloid dolls.
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Better version, printed from negative.
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Same steps, another time (printed from negative).
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Larue, Don, Bob (pointing) on steps of Field Museum in Chicago
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Bob and Don on their special July 4th parade vehicle
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Don and Bob designed and built this famous 2-bike, 4-wheel automobile for the July 4th parade sponsored by the grade school. Dot made a silly red cap for Bob. Don also wore a silly cap and the umbrella was added for more fun and also for shade on the hot day. The contraption really worked. All of the other bicycle entries were done up in fancy crepe paper. All along the parade route people howled with laughter and enjoyment over Don and Bob's entry. The judges wanted to give them first prize but the fancy-bicycle parents objected because it wasn't pretty like the others. Larue doesn't remember who won out. Larue entered in the doll buggy category. She wore a white dress with a bright red print, had the buggy decorated with red crepe paper and wore a big crepe paper bow on her shiny blonde head. The doll was covered with a white lace blanket. The judges wanted to award her the prize, too, but again more politically influential parents ojected so the ribbon was given to the daughter of the ward boss. This was the beginning of Larue's life-long disgust with the Chicago Democrat Machine. |
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Bert, Larue, Bob on rocks admired by Dot.
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Back to Bert with Larue's plastic doll.
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Back to the park pictures: Bert, Bob, Larue
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Scenic picture by Dot
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Dot or Larue doing laundry, back yard of 3149 S. Karlov
No dryers back then. The small shed in the background served as a garage and its
partial attic
was the boys' clubhouse, which could be accessed only by climbing across a
plank.
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Dorothy and Larue, June Swanson (center)
on the sidewalk in front of 3149 S. Karlov
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Back: Don and cousin Arleigh (daughter of Walter Slack)
Front: Bob and Larue (?)
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Perhaps a fort on the "Big Prairie" a few blocks from 3149 S. Karlov
(Vacant lots in Chicago were called parries. Link
to map)
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Karlov sidewalk?
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Fun on the Big Prairie