Uncle Rich Luckert briefly ran a gas station at Shenandoah, Iowa, with the help of his father, George. That's how we have these three photos. The first is of the station, a Standard Oil, like Dad's earliest one before he became a long-time Texaco dealer. The white birdlike space in the center is where the photo cracked and peeled away.
The next two are "Near Shenandoah," dated "3/7/26" and have three-year-old Alton featured with his father, Rich.
Rich's second wife, Sylvia Maranville, was born in Shenandoah, Iowa, 26 December 1909; but I no longer know whether he went there because of her or met her after moving there. I'm lacking vital statistics but presume Phyllis and Stanley were both born there, for I have Stan's birth as 13 May 1931 at Shenandoah.
A much later photo, too obviously, is of Aunt Sylvia with her two children, Stan and Phyllis.
And here is a much later picture of Alton with his third wife, Louise, in June, 1997.
And one of his son, Ricky Lee, when he was 10 1/2:
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