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Dagny holding Erik (8 weeks old)
June 28, 1934
622 10th Ave. North
Fargo, North Dakota
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Grandmother Brita holding Erik (8 weeks old)
June 28, 1934
622 10th Ave. North
Fargo, North Dakota
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Erik on first birthday
May 3, 1935
At home, 3451 McFarlin Blvd
Dallas, Texas
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Erik, October 6, 1936 (17 mo)
At home, 3451 McFarlin Blvd
(3453 is the duplex address)
Dallas, Texas
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Easter egg hunt with older brother
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First day of school with Mother.
University Park Elementary School, Dallas, Texas
January, 1940
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Erik on front porch of Dyer Street home.
playing with a pipe.
May, 1940
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Christmas on Dyer Street, Dallas, Texas.
Date unknown, approximately 1941
Sophus and Dagny Thompson
Sophus A., and Erik
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Hanging stockings on Christmas Eve.
with brother Sophus.
Living Room of Dyer Street home.
Date unknown.
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1940. Very proud of being able to attach
a headlight to his scooter.
Picture taken on the sidewalk in front
of the Dyer Street home.
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First bike. Winter of 1942.
Picture taken in back yard of home
at 2936 Dyer Street, Dallas.
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Childhood home, Summer of 1941
2936 Dyer St. Dallas, Texas.
Erik lived here from 1939 to 1959.
Karsten, Sigrid and Brita, knew it as
Grandma Dagny's and Poppy's home.
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Back yard of Dyer St. home
circa 1940s.
Rose bushes planted by his father.
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Cub Scout, March, 1944
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Erik is first row, fourth from left.
Life long friend, Rafael Ubico, is first row, fourth from right.
Teacher was Miss Johnson - all the boys were in love with her.
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The catch after fishing at Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
The Fredrickson (Aunt Elma) cottage, July, 1948
With brother Sophus.
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Confirmation, June 5, 1949
Central Lutheran Church, Dallas, Texas
Left to right:
Carol Ann Morton, Joan Hast, Jerry Kelly,
Erik Thompson, Dale Swenson, Donald Smith
Donald Caruth, Lesley Larson
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