I just found a photo which goes with one I posted last week. Last week was the anniversary of my grandmother’s birthday and I posted a page from her high school graduation scrapbook. Then I posted a photo my father had taken in the eighties of her with her four siblings and all their spouses–the whole Mulder family.
Here is a beautiful image of the four oldest Mulder children (Dorothy, Edna, Vena, and Pete) with their parents, my great-grandparents, Charles and Clara Mulder.
This photo would be before 1917 as Charles wasn’t yet born. Notice how Dorothy and Edna have matching plaid dresses on. Although they were a year apart in age, they graduated high school at the same time. It looks like they were almost treated as twins. Vena (Alvena), the youngest daughter, is wearing an outfit which matches the older girls’ dresses, but appears to be a skirt with straps. How do you like those “Dutch boy” hair cuts from almost 100 years ago?!
The Family Kalamazoo 