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| Date: | 03 21 1950 |
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| Description: | Children in Foster Care. Henry and Ella Ellestad with "Sister," a 4 month old baby, their seventh foster child. |
| Date: | 08 01 1953 |
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| Description: | Michigan State Professor and Mrs. Charles Loomis with their three adopted Costa Rican daughters, Elizabeth Loomis, Vera Loomis and Laura Loomis. |
| Date: | 10 10 1961 |
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| Description: | Clarendon and Elaine Bradley and their two adopted children; Bruce, age 4 and 6 year-old Carla. They adopted them through the Lutheran Welfare Society, a R... |
| Date: | 10 10 1961 |
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| Description: | Timothy and Helen Matthews with their seven month old adopted son, Timothy John. They adopted their child through the Catholic Welfare bureau, a Red Feathe... |
| Date: | 10 10 1961 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | Lutheran Welfare Society is one of 29 United Givers agencies. The society facilitates the adoption of children into families such as the one pictured, find... |
| Date: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | Catholic Welfare Bureau is one of 29 United Givers agencies. This agency handles foster care and adoptions and provides counseling to unwed mothers and fam... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 04 1967 |
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| 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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