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Group portrait of the Vilas family, taken ca. 1901. Donor: Audrey Sorenson (loan) Marcellus Bowen Vilas Family-- Standing (l-r): Bertha, Perry, Clay, Marcellus, and Gertrude. Middle (l-r): Mark Thatcher, Blanche (Hardy) Vilas, holding baby daughter Fae, Lillie Vilas, Walter Vilas (husband of Blanche), Ed Vilas and Homer Vilas. Front (l-r): Helen (Vilas) Thatcher, Beth Thatcher, Howard Thatcher (children of Helen and Mark), Ralph Vilas and Herb Vilas. Taken circa 1902 in front yard of Vilas home, Shingletown, California. Seated in chair, Sarah McMullen Vilas. [Fae born May 1901, therefore date must be 1901 not 1902]
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