Some photos were apparently tin types, since nearly identical photos exist in that form in the
Cox family album. Tin types were available from 1852 and common
through 1890.
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Alice Louise Cox at about age 35 (1892). On the back of this
photo is written "My mother when she was young, Daddy 1951",
and in a different handwriting, possibly an earlier form from
the same writer, is written "Alice Louise (Cox) Adams" |
Photo #1a |
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Alice Louise Cox (seated right) and unknown (standing left). The standing
person, to my eye, seems rather spinsterish ; a similar person is
pictured in the Potter album , and
a similar photo is part of the Cox family album.
The original photos were probably a tin types. |
Photo #2 |
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The back of the left photo is "my grandfather Maj. Cox, my mothers
father. Daddy 1951"
written by William Walter Landis a year before
he died in Milwaukee. See other photos of this couple. |
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Right photo: Emeline Cox, mother of Alice Louise (Cox) Landis.
On the back is written: "Grandma Cox who lived & died in Sandwich,
Ill. My mothers mother. I was a small boy when she died. She would have
been a great, great grandmother to Tomie, Patie, & Bryant McFarland,
also Carol Jean & Suzie Illian.
Dad Landis 11-4-51"
Photo made in Sandwich, Ill. by Chas. Orr,
machine dated 1881. The hand writing is by William W. Landis, who
probably wrote on all of Sally's photos at the same time, but only this
one is precisely dated. |
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Photo #3a |
Photo #3 |
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- (upper left) Louise (Landis) Allyn
- (upper right) possibly Adele (Nenno) Landis
- (lower left) Josephine (Allyn) Ramage (Louise's daughter)
- (lower right) Dorothy Adele (Landis) McFarland (Louise's neice and Adele's daughter)
- Photo about 1917, probably in the Allyn family back yard in Delavan, Wis.
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Photo #4 |
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William Walter Landis (left) at age 5, possibly with cousin Edmund R. Landis (born 1887),
son of Edmund M. Landis. Original
photo is probably a tin type about vintage 1892. A similar photo is part
of the Cox family album. |
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Right photo: William Walter Landis at about age 6. Only "W479" is
written on the back, probably by the photographer, which was
"Billings" in Racine Wisconsin, where William Walter was apparently
enrolled in Racine College military Academy by his father after a
divorce from Alice L. Cox. |
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Photo #5a |
Photo #5 |
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William Walter Landis at age 13 in uniform of Racine College, where
his father sent him to school after a divorce.
On the back of this photo,
in old handwriting, are the words: |
"Easter Greeting"
for
Grand pa & Grandma
Willie age 13 - years - 1901
Racine College |
Also, see William Landis' Diary from 1901. Racine College was
located on 40 acres at the south edge of Racine,
along the shore of
Lake Michigan. A vintage yearbook with pictures has been located.
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Photo #6 |
Photo #6 enlarged |
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The four youngest Nenno sisters, Lala (left), Adele, Lilian, and Elsie (photo about 1899).
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Photo #7 |
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The back of the left photo is labeled "my grandmother Landis
when she was young. Daddy" and in a different handwriting,
"Hannah P. Landis (Robinson)".
The first was written about 1951,
by William Walter Landis, who died a year later. Prior to 1951,
Wm. Landis had a serious car accident which may have affected
his handwriting. Thus, both notes may have been from William Landis. |
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Print made about 1880 in Chicago. A copy occurs in the
Hannah Landis album, the latter in better
condition is used here. A similar photo occurs in the
Cox family album.
The next photo is of her husband. On the back of Sally's print are
the words "My grandmother Landis, Daddy" written by William W. Landis
about 1951. Also written in a different hand is "Hannah P. (Robinson) 1820-1901". |
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Photo #9 |
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Photo #8 |
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Edmund Landis (Sr). Photo about 1880. A similar photo occurs
in the Cox family album, and
he is shown about 1880 outside his Chicago office in Carroll's scrapbook shows this
man .
The above photo is of his wife, Hannah Potter (Robinson) Landis.
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Photo #9 |
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