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Lars Reque and Martha Rothie Nelson
Studio portrait of Lars Davidson Reque, age 90, seated showing a book to his grandniece Martha Rothie Nelson, age 5.
Extended Family of Lars Davidson Reque in front Yard
circa 1870-1879
View across bare ground towards a large extended family of 26 people who are sitting and standing along a fence in the front yard of a wood frame house; Lars Davidson Reque. On the right a woman is...
Lars D. Reque
1879
Two men in hats, one with a walking cane, are standing in front of a frame house that has a small porch with latticework in front and a Hekla Fire Insurance sign above. Lars D. Reque is on the left.
First Norwegian in Wisconsin
Aug 18, 1906
New Richmond Republican Voice