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Images courtesy of E.H.
Abbie & I
"I" was Mildred Lindborg, of course. Abbie's last name is lost to memory. The 1920 Census shows an Abbie Johnson, born around 1906 of Swedish-immigrant parents, living in Gary — seems a good candidate to be Mildred's friend, but I just don't know.
Irene & Abbie
All we know about Irene is her last name, Hanson. We find an Irene Hanson just a year older than Mildred, in Miller in the 1910 Census and Gary in the 1920 Census; that's a possibility.*
Judging by the shadows in the road, the photographer is wearing a dress.
In the background is downtown Ainsworth. In both pictures we can see the Raschka (later Shearer) warehouse; in the second picture, to the left of Abbie's upper arm, "W. Raschka" is legible on the side of the warehouse. At the right of both pictures, we catch a glimpse of the general store. The second picture also takes in the former saloon building, now (1920s) serving as — what? a little grocery? On the telephone pole next to it are signs reading "Gasoline Filling Station" and "Fisk Tires," but perhaps the gas and tires were being sold from Gust Lindborg's shop.
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*Irene had a brother, Curtis, which leads me to wonder about the unidentified Hanson boy we've previously seen (#7 in this Labor Day group photo).
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