Wordless Wednesday: John Pape, 15 June 1934, Age 83

This is a picture of my great-grandfather, John Pape (1951-1945).  According to the inscription on the back, it was taken in Chicago on (or before) June 15, 1934, when John would have been almost 84 years old.  At the time, he was living with his third wife, Hedwige Agnes Burkhardt Reimer (1869-1937), at 1949 W. Lunt in Chicago - not too far from where my dad and his family lived, at 2093 W. Lunt.  John and Agnes had been living on Lunt since at least 1928 (according to a city directory from that year), and lived there through at least 1937 (the year of Agnes' death).  I don't think this photo was taken at 1949 W. Lunt, though.  

On the back, John wrote, "Fur Clara Von Pa" - "For Clara From Pa" in German.  In 1934, John's oldest daughter Clara M. Pape (1889-1975) was living at 1338 Capitol Ave. Apt. 6 in Des Moines, Iowa, where she worked as a secretary to the  State Auditor (according to the Des Moines city directory for that year).

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