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Unlocking a Family Photo

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 Newspapers can make all the difference. You can find information that you never knew existed, or find parts of a life story that helps to paint a picture of a family member. Back row, left to right: Glenn, Daisy, Roy, Michael Ora. Second row: Freeda (leaning against her mother's leg), Addie (mother), Samuel (father), Dorothy, Archie. Seated in front of Samuel: Howard. Not pictured: Harriet, as she had recently passed away. My wife's grandmother was  Freeda McCarthy . Above is a photo of the McCarthy family, in Hand County, South Dakota.  Hand County, South Dakota It's a photo taken of a printout of a scanned photo. We would like to get an actual digital copy of the photo, if we can find out who has the original. We knew that Freeda was the girl leaning against her mother's leg. Her parents were  Samuel "Sam" McCarthy  and  Adaline "Addie" (Carl) McCarthy . We also knew that this was taken sometime after Freeda's older sister,  Harriet , had pass...