Otto and Leona at Pompton Lakes

That's Otto J. Blanck on the left, then his wife Marie (Poole), and Otto's sister Leona LaMura. Since the two babies held by Marie and Leona appear to be the same age, we have guessed that they are Leona's twins, Richie and Frankie. If so, then this photo was taken around 1923. By then Leona had two older children: Carmela (1918) and Joe (1920). Otto and Marie had three children: Dorothy (1914), Gertrude (1919), and Eugene (1920). A consensus of opinion leads us to believe that the children in the front row are, left to right, Eugene, Joe, Gertrude, Dorothy, and Carmela. Otto and Marie lived in the town of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, where this photo was taken. It is 60 miles north of Morganville.

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