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Children in Foster Care

Date: 03 21 1950
Description: Children in Foster Care. Henry and Ella Ellestad with "Sister," a 4 month old baby, their seventh foster child.
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Professor and Mrs. Loomis Adopt Costa Rican Girls

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Michigan State Professor and Mrs. Charles Loomis with their three adopted Costa Rican daughters, Elizabeth Loomis, Vera Loomis and Laura Loomis.
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Dean and Betty Colden with their two adopted children; David, age three years and one year old Sally. The couple adopted their children through the Childre...
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Lydia Remsen Draper

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Lydia Remsen Draper sitting in a chair, (Mrs. Lyman C. Draper, Dr. Draper's first wife) and adopted daughter Helen, (died 1864...
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Family Portrait

Date: 09 04 1967
Description: A family posing together indoors; the father is bouncing a young girl standing on his knees. Caption reads: "Mrs. Alan S. Smith and her two sons watched as...

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