Friday, January 30, 2015

Over Forty Years in a Bosart Avenue Bungalow

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Carl and Marianna Swego Koepper bought a bungalow at 21 North Bosart Avenue from William H. Polk in either late 1929 or early 1930.  Mr. Koe...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Just Getting Started: Life in the Homewood Apartments--1938

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What does a photograph reveal about an era or a moment in time?  In 1938, the younger couple in this photograph, Lora and Norman Koepper, in...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Emerson Heights Kindergarten 1943

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The Kindergarten Movement, a German idea, had been embraced by millions of Americans by 1930 when the Emerson Heights Kindergarten first ope...
Saturday, January 17, 2015

An Old Farmhouse Along East Tenth Street

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On April 11, 1956, children gathered at the home Steve Koepper at 5263 East Tenth Street for his twelfth birthday party.  All of the childre...
Monday, January 12, 2015

8th Grade Graduation Party--1958

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Members of the eighth grade graduating class from Trinity Evangelical Lutheran School gathered at the home of Steve Koepper in 1958. They wo...
Friday, January 9, 2015

A Fish, A Clock, and A Coconut Story

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In 1954, the Koepper family gathered around the fireplace in the family home at 5263 East Tenth Street for a photograph.  Every single membe...
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Family Celebrations at the Koepper Home

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When do we take out our cameras and snap family photos?  If you are like most Americans, your scrapbooks are filled with special occasions l...