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![William and Mary Brunken Children - 1910](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2018/09/William-and-Mary-Brunken-Children-1910_300.jpg)
![Back of Postcard](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2022/10/Back-of-Postcard-h_300.jpg)
To Herbert Raymond & Edmond
from
Hilda & Alvin
Who
- “Herbert” is Herbert E. Arndt, son of Edward and Mathilda (Petersen) Arndt.
- “Raymond” is Raymond William Arndt, son of Edward and Mathilda (Petersen) Arndt.
- “Edmond” is Edmund E. Arndt, son of Edward and Mathilda (Petersen) Arndt.
- “Hilda” is Hilda Ida Brunken:
![Hilda Ida Brunken](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2022/10/Hilda-Ida-Brunken_200.jpg)
- “Alvin” is Alvin William Brunken:
![Alvin William Brunken](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2022/10/Alvin-William-Brunken_200.jpg)
What
Portrait of the children of William Leopold and Clara Marie “Mary” (Petersen) Brunken.
When
About 1910 – assuming Alvin (born 03 Sep 1908) was about one and a half years old at the time the photograph was taken.
Where
Probably near Platte Center, Nebraska before the William Brunken family moved to Lahoma, Oklahoma in the fall of 1910.
Notes
Newspaper clippings announcing the christenings of both children:
Hilda
![The Columbus journal, October 31, 1906 page 8](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2022/10/The-Columbus-journal-October-31-1906-page-8_200.jpg)
Alwin
![The Columbus journal, October 1, 1908 page 8](https://pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/4349/2022/10/The-Columbus-journal-October-1-1908-page-8_200.jpg)