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Family Photographs  - 1865 - 2017
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An Erickson Family and friends card game out on the Dakota plains.

left to right:
Hidden by man in white hat is my uncle Andy Anders Sebran Erickson, hidden by Andy is aunt Vera Edla Alfrid Elvira (Gallagher) Erickson, aunt Abbie Ebba Angis Kristina (Lincoln) Erickson uncle Alphons "Al" Fred Alkallar Erickson, my great grandmother Christine Britta Kristina (Olson - Anderson) Erickson and my great grandfather Anders Alfred Erickson in 1907 on the family farm in Regan, North Dakota.

Whenever I look at this photograph it often reminds me of the painting below by the 19th Century French Impressionist Edouard Manet. His 1863 canvas "Luncheon on the Grass" (Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe) originally titled " Le Bain" (The Bath) is one of Manet's most iconic images along with the beautiful "Olympia" painting completed the same year.

Comparing the two, the photograph and the painting, one can feel a transforming sense of calm and pleasure persisting in both.


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