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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.
I'm thankful for two things: (1) that one negative identified as "O.W. Carlson," and (2) O.W. Carlson's distinctive face. If he did not have that great mustache and that broad, flat nose with a wart on one side, he would not be so recognizable.
Surely that's Oscar up there. And who could be with him but his family? So the lady in the striped blouse is Beda, his wife. The young woman next to her is their only daughter, Hannah. And then their two youngest sons, Paul and Harry. Harry was only one year old in the 1900 Census. Here he looks about … what? — nine, maybe? That would date the photo to circa 1908, when Paul was about 13, Hannah 23, Beda 49, Oscar 53.
That's a lot of conjecture, but conjecture is my specialty.
The photographer identified this only as "No. 15." So technically it's unidentified.
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