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Posted: 15 Jan 2011

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At home on Lee St. in Milwaukee, about 1897

At home on Lee St. in Milwaukee, about 1897
Grandpa Rudolph (Rudy) Grossenbach, Great-Aunt Johanna (Kate), Great- Uncle Paul (Pete). The photo of the woman on the wall is of their mother who had recently died. Their father married her sister, Christina, and they had a fourth child, Helen, who was an infant when this photo was taken. A picture of their father, Charles, is on the small table.

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 Deborah Lundbech
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Great photo, Rick! thanks for adding to the Vintage Stairstep Group. I love that the doll is included in the stair step.
That's quite a story about the family. It's easy to forget how common the experience was to lose a family member. My step grandmother's mother died in childbirth and she was raised by her grandparents. She, in turn, married her friend's husband (my grandfather) after his wife died from pneumonia. My mother was two.
It would be pretty odd these days if best friends or siblings married the widowed spouses.
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
 arts enthusiast
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What a glorious Victorian interior! I love the children's attire as well, and how cute that Pete is playing the drums. :)
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
 RicksPics
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Thanks, Debora and Ellie.
8 years ago.

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