Family photos

The images and transcriptions here are from various family photos.
Click on a photo to view an expanded version Content laid out in rough chronological order (where known), with date unknown content at the end.



Marguerite (on the right) and Dorothy Lains, Oct. 1911
Margie and Dorothy, Aug. 1912
Aug, 1912: Dorothy Lake at Sarah, MN.
Dorothy (left) and Margie, 1912
Harold G. Lains (Dorothy's father) Taken June, 1913. Glenwood, Minn. Just after the C.E. election meaning of "C.E" unknown, possibly "Christian Endeavor"
[Dorothy] 1913, Silver Lake.
Summer, 1917: Harold Lains, Jr. Born Dec. 5, 1913; Died 1920
Dorothy, 1922
Dorothy, 1922
Charlotte Earhuff Lains (Dorothy's mother), 1920s
John Gottlieb Earhuff, 1923 (Dorothy's grandfather)
Grandma Mary Johnson Earhuff (Dorothy's grandmother), 1923
April 17, 1927: Charlotte Earhuff Lains and Harold Lains
Marge (on left) and Dorothy, 1927
April 12, 1928: Dorothy and John Gottlieb Earhuff
March, 1928 Wheaton, Ill. (at college)
[Duplicate]
[And another copy] "Tooty" March, 1928 Wheaton, Ill.
Oct. 11, 1930 Aunt Margie Olds wedding
Another picture from Marge's wedding day (Oct. 11, 1930)
June, 1931 (Presumably graduating day @ Wheaton)
Dorothy, Christmas day, 1931
Dorothy, Christmas day, 1931
July, 1932
Near the bird bath in our yard: 26 Dec. 1932
Lains' yard, Aug. 1934
Thanksgiving day, Nov. 1934. Dorothy on the right, Charles in front of the closed door. Rest unknown.
Dec. 29, 1934
August 1936. Charles, Dorothy, & unknown (Charlotte?)
Yard, Summer of 1936
New Years Eve, 1937. All unknown.
Interior of Olive St. home, 1936 - 1939 timeframe (duplicates elsewhere on this web site)
Interior of Olive St. home, 1936 - 1939 timeframe (duplicates elsewhere on this web site)
Interior of Olive St. home, 1936 - 1939 timeframe (duplicates elsewhere on this web site)
Interior of Olive St. home, 1936 - 1939 timeframe (duplicates elsewhere on this web site)
Interior of Olive St. home, 1936 - 1939 timeframe (duplicates elsewhere on this web site)
Olive St. home, 1936 - 1939 timeframe
May, 1938. Back row: Dorothy, Charlotte, Marge
Front: unknown, (possibly)Dorothy Olds Woodside, Harold, unknown
1-18-39: 236 19th Ave N.E.
Nov. 1940
Summer of 1941. Huntleys dock. H.G.L sailboat
May, 1944 Aunt Ruby Jackson
This is a truly weird "photo"; Date unknown. Presumably Harold Lains. The woman doesn't appear to be Charlotte. Click on it and look carefully. They aren't standing at the corner of a house. It's two separate photos cut and connected, and a photograph taken of the joined result.
Date unknown - presumably the Lains' home at 19th Ave (guess post 1939)
Date unknown - presumably the Lains' home at 19th Ave. (probably post 1939)
Date unknown - presumably interior of the Lains' home
Date unknown - presumably interior of the Lains' home
Date unknown - presumably the Lains' home at 19th Ave. (probably post 1939)
Cabin and cottage at Cedar Lake, New Richmond, WI. Date unknown.
Blanchard house, Wheaton (College) Ill. Dorothy lived here during her freshman year at college.
Family photo: no date listed.

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