DeckerJourney - Wood/Decker Album

Wood Decker Album

The pictures from this album were received from Virginia Loewe in February 2009, with the notes on its origin (below) and descriptions of each picture.

"The Decker album was labeled by Shirley Wood. Subsequent labeling was done by Trish Butler (she makes her 'o' like a triangle). The album was acquired by Virginia Decker Loewe from Trish Butler of Michigan in 2006."

also:

"The single sheet that lists the contents by page number was devised by Rebecca Ott so that it would be easier for us to comment on the various images in the album. There are no page numbers in the book but there are about 40 pages and we gave the page number 1 to the first person who appears in the album. This is the father of Experience Martin Baker, who married Uri Decker."

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	Pages 0-1 1. Joseph Martin Baker
	Pages 2-3 2. Uriah Decker; tintype
	3. Experience Martin Baker; tintype
	Pages 4-5 4. Charles Thomas
	5. Sally Thomas
	Pages 6-7 6. William Wood
	7. Adeline (Addie) Decker Wood
	Pages 8-9 8. "looks like Grandma Wood only older" (written by Trish Butler); tintype; same clothing and hair style as #3
	9. unknown woman; full length shot; standing next to pillar, J. W. Aldrich, Adrian, Mich.
	Pages 10-11 10. Clark Decker in Civil War Uniform
	11. Emma Finch Decker
	Pages 12-13 12. Irene (Rene) Decker Turner
	13. Freddy Turner; died in infancy; brother of Mary (Mate or Matte) Turner Driscoll
	Pages 14-15 14. Sidney Decker; tintype
	15. Charles (Chub) Decker; tintype; son of Sidney Decker
	Pages 16-17 16. George Fleming; J.A. Foster; Artist, Adrian, Mich
	17. Missing Picture of Alzora Decker Fleming; can see the back of #18
	Pages 18-19 18. Clark Wood; Hoag's Art Gallery in Adrian, Mich
	19. Melville (Melly) Wood and unknown friend; tintype
	Pages 20-21 20. unknown man with beard; back has tax stamp with 1864 date; taken in NYC
(above)	21. unknown boy looking left
	Pages 22-23 22. "Gram & Willie, my Dad" (I think the young woman is Willie Wood's mother, Isabelle Decker Wood; She would be Shirley Wood's grandmother)
	23. baby pix of Willie Wood; Hoag & Powell, Maumee St, Adrian, Michigan
	Pages 24-25 24. Missing
	25. unknown boy sitting on table in dress; feet on chair (hair is parted to side --> boy)
	Pages 26-27 26. unknown boy sitting on a stool; tintype
	27. missing
	Pages 28-29 28. missing
	29. Melville Wood as boy; bow tie; tintype
	Pages 30-31 30. Melville Wood as young man; plaid tie
	31. "Grandma Wood" probably Isabelle Decker Wood
	Pages 32-33 32. Willie Wood in white dress in stroller or baby seat
(above)	33. Willie Wood in chair with fringe; tintype
	Pages 34-35 34. Willie Wood with plaid skirt; tintype
(above)	35. Willie Wood as boy, hands crossed on chair arm; tweed jacket; J.A. Foster Photographer; Rooms over A.B. Park's, Maumee St. Adrian, Michigan
	Pages 36-37 36. Willie Wood as boy; looking slightly left
(above)	37. Willie Wood as baby in dark dress
	Pages 38-39 38. unknown girl in dark dress with hand on table; tintype (hair parted in middle --> girl)
(above)	39. Mate Turner Driscoll (mouth similar to #13 --> Freddy would be her brother)
	40. Martin Luther (family joke) last picture
	Covers
	Inside Cover and First Page
	Photos of Album

February 9, 2009