Family photos

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A scan of a copy of Bea's birth certificate: 27 July, 1946
Back of a formal photo of Betty Gorton (about 1924)
Formal photo of Betty Gorton (about 1924)
Cover of a photo of Betty Gorton (probably around 1905-1907)
Photo of Betty Gorton (probably around 1905-1907)
Page 1 of some content transcribed by Betty from her mother's diary regarding Charles and James.
Page 2 of some content transcribed by Betty from her mother's diary regarding Charles and James.
Page 3 of some content transcribed by Betty from her mother's diary regarding Charles and James.
Back of a photo postcard of James and Charles on a burro. Note indicates location as Park St., Racine, 1916
Front of a photo postcard of James and Charles on a burro. Note indicates location as Park St., Racine, 1916 Charles sitting in front.
Formal photo of James (on left) and Charles. Probably around 1916
A plastic laminated birth registration card for Charles. Issued March 13, 1909 Why it was laminated is unclear.
A three-panel framed set of pictures of Charles from 1911
Back of a postcard from Charles to his mother
Front of a postcard from Charles to his mother
Back of a postcard from Charles to his mother
Front of a postcard from Charles to his mother
Allowance bookkeeping for Oct. 1919
Allowance bookkeeping for Sept. 1919
Scan of a (faded) copy of Charles' birth registration
A formal photo from 1931
A formal photo, year unknown
Formal photo of Charles, looks to be about age 10
Photo of James (on left) and Charles, probably about age 3-4
Photo of James (on left) and Charles, probably about age 5-6
Formal photo of Dorothy, year unknown
Formal photo of Dorothy, year unknown
Dorothy's [Magna Cum Laude] Wheaton College diploma. Bachelor of Science. and if my guess at latin is correct from 1931
George II at his 75th birthday party (1940) Perhaps in the Gorton Social club facility? He obviously was having a lot of fun. Rest of the individuals are unknown.
Another photo of all of the employees at George II's 75th birthday party (1940) Perhaps in the Gorton Social club facility? This from the front of the room Standing, George II is 5th from the left; Charles is 3rd from the right; George III is at the right end. Unfortunately, the rest are all unknown.
A formal photo of George II. Year/age difficult to tell; my guess is around age 70.
Formal photo of Kenneth Ney Findley (about 1924).
Formal photo of Ken Findley (about 1924).
This looks like (from left to right): James, Betty, Charles. Around 1915?
Charles carving, with Dorothy in the background; sometime in the late 1960s
Left half of a three panel formal of Marge and Dorothy Lains, 1911. Dorothy is the younger of the two.
Right half of a three panel formal of Marge and Dorothy Lains, 1911. Dorothy is the younger of the two.
Left half of a three panel formal of Marge, Dorothy, and Harold (Jr.) Lains, 1913, accompanied by their mother, Charlotte.
Right half of a three panel formal of Marge, Dorothy, and Harold (Jr.) Lains, 1913, accompanied by their mother, Charlotte.
Back of a Gorton Machine envelope, from Charles to Dorothy.
Front of the envelope. Pretty mundane for such a love letter.
Tostenson family photo, back says about 1873. Anne, holding Sophy; Cora (Thora) in the middle; Gesina Marie next to Ole.
Back of the photo.
Person unknown. Faint writing on the left says "Potters Patent March 7, 1865". Blank back; size is 2.5" x 3.75" Metal plate for the photo proper
Unknown individual
Back of card of older woman sitting at a table
Unknown individual
Back of card of head and shoulders of older woman. "Honey"? Gorton
Unknown individual
Back of unknown male teenager standing
Unknown woman sitting
Back of unknown woman sitting. However, since this says "Douglas", and George I and Lizzie lived in Douglas in the 1865-1867 timeframe, that this photo is roughly from that time.
Unknown, but definitely related to unknown teen above (if not the same person only younger) Metal plate.
No description at all. Darker (of two) prints of this photo. Child sitting on someones lap.
Unknown child.

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