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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.
This is Alma Esther (Baum) Passow, wife of Edward M. Passow of Hobart.
I'm betting that Edward M. Passow of Hobart considered himself a very lucky man.
There is no date on the photo, but Alma looks to be in her early 20s and she was born in 1882, hence the rough guess at 1905. According to notes written on the back of the original, Ed operated a store at Third and Main "where Main Drugs is now" (old notes, apparently) — i.e., the northwest corner. By World War I, they had moved to Valparaiso and he worked as a manager at Lowenstine's (WWI Draft Cards); by the 1930 Census, they were still living in Valpo, but he now described himself as a "commercial traveler" dealing in "general merchandise." After that I don't know what became of them.
I know none of this has anything to do with Ainsworth, but I just had to post that marvelous photo.
[4/7/10 — I just came across this item in the "Local Drifts" column of the March 19, 1909 Hobart Gazette: "Edward M. Passow, of Chicago, formerly of Hobart, has accepted a position at the Lowenstine department store at Valpo, having the management of the second floor. He assumed his new position last Monday and expects shortly to move his family to Valpo."]
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I am redoing "Main Street" in the basement at the museum. The middle section was set up as a shoemaker's shop having Ernst Passow's journeyman's certificate on the wall. I am doing some research to do a little bio on him. His son Edward died in Louisville, KY in 1953 of coronary arteriosclerosis. He's buried at Graceland in Valpo. (I love researching in KY. The state has digitized a LOT of death certificates.) It seems the lovely Alma predeceased him. I haven't found out when she died or where. If I do, I'll let you know.
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