This is a photo from Joan. The rescued photos that would have ended up in the garbage. I have two of these photos exactly the same one is marked with a name and the other is not.
Louie Prastka I wonder if this should be Praska just like Joe Praska from photo number 1813 ?? Maybe they are brothers?
Russells Studio Grand was the photographer.
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I found a Louis Pratska in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. May I ask where Joan found the photos in the garbage?
ReplyDeleteI found a link to a son's obituary. Will post it when I can.
The photos were part of an estate in Minnesota and they had no interest in old photos. She said if I didn't take them she would throw them in the garbage. :(
DeleteThe is also a Joseph at the same cemetery it is a Czech Cemetery too.
DeleteThe obit:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/495354/Prastka-George.php
Louis A. is Find A Grave Memorial# 95666443
I wish I could locate the photographer. He or she is elusive. There were and are hundreds of Russell's living in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. There are a few living up north in Minnesota too, much fewer.
ReplyDeleteThat was the first thing I thought, too: whether this one was related to Joe Praska. Could be a possibility...
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