Travels, Mom's Photo Album

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This picture shows the album that my Uncle Felix gave to my mom when she had left their home (the Turners, her foster family) when she had returned to her birth home (the Newkirks) and said that she didn't feel like she belonged there.	=0=
This is my mom, Bertha, when she graduated from the Oak Park Academy in 1946 (I wrote 1936, but mom was too young then for that). There were three copies of loose inside the album.	=0=
This picture was also loose in the album. I think it is a picture of mom when she was about one.	=0=
This is the first page of the album. It says 'To Bertha Newkirk from Felix Turner, December 25, 1935.'	=0=
On the left is a picture of Mom Turner (my grandma) with Uncle Felix and Aunt Mary at Hernsdale, Illinois where they worked while Mom Turner was treated for colitis. On the right is my mom when she was eight. She is holding my cousin Vinson.	=0=
Here on the top right is Aunt Mary and two friends (on the left). In the bottom right is Uncle Henry.	=0=
Here is Peggy, mom's grade school friend and Miss Eula, mom's first teacher.	=0=
Here is Henry, Felix, Earl, and Catherine (before mom was born). Below that is Ronald Bart, Miss Ruby, John M Dennison with mom and Collene Prithcard, and Esther Lyle Pritchard. Next to that is Aunt Catherine.	=0=
Here the left picture has Uncle Henry, Aunt Catherine, and Uncle Felix The top right picture has Mom Turner (my granma), Uncle Henry, Dad Turner (my granpa), Aunt Catherine, and Uncle Felix with Bertha (my mom) in front. In the middle lower picture is Bertha (my mom) and the far right picture has Uncle Henry and Bob (biggest cat mom knew).	=0=
In the left picture there is Granpa and Granma Turner (my great grandparents) with Counsin Vinson. Next to that is a picture of Mom and Dad Turner (my grandparents) with Cousin Vinson. Next to that is a picture of Cousin Vinson.	=0=
In the photo on the left along the back are Dad Turner (my granpa), Aunt Catherine, Clyde, Clyde's Brother, ? ? ? Aunt Mary, and Uncle Felix ? ?. Along the front are Cousin Amy, cousin Vinson and ?. In the photo on the right are Mom and Dad Turner (my grandparents), Aunt Catherine, and Uncle Felix. Below that are Mary, Henry, Mary Martha and below that Cousin Vinson and Cousin Amy.	=0=
Dad Turner (my granpa) kept male jack asses (jacks) and stallions to breed mules. In the middle along the top is Catherine with Mary Jane (died) and Vinson and Amy. Bottom right picture has Mary with Vinson and Mom Turner (my granma) with Amy.	=0=
Here is Mom Turner (my granma) with kids. Next to that is Clarence Henry with his girlfriend Chizzy.	=0=
This is my mom, Bertha, with her new coat from Volk's (a department store).	=0=
This is Leroy (mom's step brother from Mom Pearl (Newkirk)) with Mary when they were married.	=0=
Dad George with Harold. Next to that is Leroy on K.P..	=0=