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Boy in Cap
Photoprapher: unknown
Provided by: Bob Wunderlich

Notes: "I also bought another picture of a little [boy] in a cap. The cap has some writing on it but the only word I can read is Bryan...
The pictures [J.M. Dean and boy in cap] were both purchased at the same estate sale. There were other photos, I assume all were from the same family. I believe that there were indications that made me believe that they were all from the upper mid-west." - Bob Wunderlich

Notes: a.k.a., John Dean, Mack Dean, and most often, J.M. Dean. Is this the same man as seen in the photo below? Are these two men the same?
"I believe this is Johnson McFadden Dean, who was a hardware store owner and tinner in Marengo.  I think he had a store on the square.  He was the son-in-law of William Snavely, who is probably the man below.  He was my great grandfather." - Margaret Wenzel

William Snavely(?) and child at store-front
Photoprapher: unknown

Notes: Is this the same man as in the photo above left?
"I believe this is William Alexander Snavely, a businessman from Marengo in front of his store on the square. He lived in Marengo for years. He married a great aunt, Mary Jane Dean.
"Of course, I’m not sure that the pictures are of two different people. The way they are standing in such a similar manner, could mean they are of the same person!" - Margaret Wenzel

Is the building on the end the same building pictured in the photo above? It appears to be so.
Date: circa 1996   Photographer: Margaret Wenzel

Notes: "I visited Marengo about 10 years ago [circa 1996] and took some pictures around the square and I think this building was still standing at that time." - Margaret Wenzel