Tuesday, November 29, 2011

July 4, 1899 Happy Independence Day!

Lincoln Ave, Dunkirk, NY  1899 July 4th
Not sure whose house this is, maybe Fred's?

On porch:  Louise, age 26, Amelia age 24 holding Pearl, 
Lizzie (Fred's first wife)
On steps:  Henry C. age 33,  In chair:  Fred Wallace age 35.
Lionel, with flag, age 6 
Unknown person on sidewalk. 
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July 4, 1899 – Governor Theodore Roosevelt gives a speech at his home town, Oyster Bay, New York, as other speakers predict he will be the next President. In Plymouth, England, all British warships are decorated with flags and a 21-gun salute is fired. Mark Twain addresses the American Society at a dinner in London.
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This photo dated 1906, location unknown.
Back row, directly behind Pearl:  Amelia's parents, 
Johanna Maria Frederika Notling 
and Daniel Frederick Christopher Wallace. ages 67?
Pearl Brockman front row, left  age 8.
In 1906, Amelia was 38,  Lionel age 13, Wally age 3.5

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