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Image courtesy of Eldon Harms.
On the back of the original photo, someone has written: "Les baby picture," and since this photo was among those that had belonged to Lester Harms, I gather it's Lester himself. He was born August 10, 1904 (Indiana Death Certificates), and while the photo is undated, Lester appears to be perhaps three months old, which would mean the photo was taken in the autumn of 1904. The photographer was August Haase.
Lester's parents, John and Sophia (Schavey) Harms, have dressed their baby very nicely — just to have his photo taken, or was there some special occasion that this portrait commemorates?
He wears a ring on one finger of his right hand, and a heart-shaped pendant (a choking hazard, but they didn't think about things that way in 1904).
He is staring straight at the camera with such a look of curiosity!
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