The Doll and The Shed

From Mildred Lindborg's photo album.


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Images courtesy of N.B.

I've posted this photo before, but would you believe I only just now noticed that there is someone sitting in the rocking chair at the left of the picture? All you can see of that person is his or her foot. Anyway, as we know, "Toots" kept that doll to the end of her life, and it is now on display at the Lake County Historical Museum in the old courthouse in Crown Point.

The second photo on this page Mildred captioned simply, "The Shed," in spite of the three human beings standing in front of the shed.



Left to right, they are Mabel Larson(?), unidentified, and Mildred Lindborg.

I would expect "The Shed" to be the little shed where Gust kept twine, the one that later became the Lindborg kids' playhouse — but I'm not sure this can be the same shed that "Bud" was sitting by. One or the other may be misidentified. I don't suppose the question is worth a dissertation.