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Bechtel Family in Yard with Croquet Mallets
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Bechtel family posed sitting in yard with croquet mallets and balls in front. Brick house with third story fan window and frame addition in back with slanted roof in background; three men near house on right. Daniel Bechtel is seated next to his widowed mother Catharine Bechtel. Her husband John Bechtel died Feb. 5, 1876.
1879
Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923
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Bechtel Family with Croquet Mallets
1879
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circa 1870-1879
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