[January 21, 2017]
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Pictures
by Curtis Fox
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Local author and Logan
County historian Bill Donath brought this photo
of his great, great, grandmother who emigrated
from Germany. The photo was taken in 1851. The
mother is Maria, son is Henry, and daughter is
Amelia. They lived in Postville before Lincoln
existed. |
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Joanne Marlin brought this photo of sisters who
immigrated to the United States from Sweden. The
seated sister is Joanne’s grandmother. |
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The young couple on their
wedding day is Gary Freese’s parents. |
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This is Karen Birnbaum’s
grandfather in his uniform as a police officer
in Pekin. He also was in the military during the
Spanish American War. |
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Eleanor Gunderman showed
off a large family photo montage containing many
generations of her family. Several of those in
that family founded the iconic Lauer’s Hardware
Store that was located at the corner of Sangamon
and Pulaski in Lincoln. It was said that the
store carried every piece of hardware a person
could want, somewhere in the store; just had to
ask the owner where it was. |
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Carol Farmer shows off her
grandmother’s grandparents. It takes four greats
to get back to their generation. |
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Evelyn Belcher brought
this photo of her grandparents, emigrants from
Germany. |
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Loren Birnbaum brought
this rendering of his relatives.
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