Henry Halfman

This is Henry Halfman, who farmed on the northeast corner of Broadway and 61st.


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Image courtesy of the Merrillville-Ross Township Historical Society.


The photo is undated. Although I can't find a listing for the photography partnership of Iverson & Boyd, the Chicago Historical Society's index of photographers places Henry Iverson at 2176 Archer Avenue from 1881 to 1885. In that timeframe, Henry Halfman, who was born in 1837, would have been in his late forties, which looks about right.

For a sketch of his life, we turn to his obituary:


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Hobart Gazette, March 24, 1905.