Elmer Bullock and the County Courthouse

According to the handwritten notes on the back of this photo, it shows Elmer Bullock at 3 months and 10 days of age, when he weighed 17 pounds:


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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

So this photo dates from 1903.

This one has no date or other information beyond the name.


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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

I'm guessing he looks about nine years old here, which would mean this photo was taken around 1912.

And here he is as a young man. Again, no date on the photo.


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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

Rather difficult to judge his age in this one. Early twenties, maybe? That would put the photo in the mid-1920s. I don't see anything fashion-wise to negate that, but then I'm even worse at dating men's fashions than women's.

…But what, you ask, has Elmer got to do with the county courthouse? — only this:


(From the Hobart News of June 6, 1918)


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The Lake County Courthouse in Crown Point, Indiana, circa 1911. From the collection of S. Shook, courtesy of the Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society.