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Mr and Mrs Adelbert Wheaton and

daughter-Aleen and Aunt

Augusta Wheaton.

May 25-'24

Taken on our way home by

Reo house car.

Front of card:

Adelbert Wheaton's- Champaign, Ill.

Aug 27, '24

The night previous we

spent in Milford, Ill-

From Mrs Porters home

on Sheridan Road-

Highland Park Ill

we drove straight down

thru the heart of Chicago.

Stopped in Lincoln Park

to look around as hadnt

been…

Apr, 19-

Bidding Hatchards, Mrs

Porter and Miss Mary Simpson

goodby in the Riverside

Tourist Camp. But, we

lingered at San Bernardino

again at Riverside then back

to San Bernardino 'til

April 21-waiting to

get into Arizona…

Most of the forenoon of Aug

19 was spent sightseeing

in and around Madison-

Visited the State House and got

a birdseye view from its

roof. Visited the campus of

the University of Wisconsin and

drove up and down its streets…

On Aug 17-1925, accompanied

by Chas Daily of Colorado Sprs

who had come from Western

Elec. Plant, Chicago the 15th to visit

Ohio relatives of his mother, we

started early toward Chicago.

with Chas Wheaton at the

wheel for a…

April (crossed out) May 2

Along this stretch we saw

another house-car, but we

stopped so long looking

at the wonderful works of

the Creator that they

out distanced us, but before

reaching camp that night

we again saw it.

A…

We saw dozens of

similar outfits, beginning

after Searchlight, Nevada.

There were cow herders

as well, tho less

numerous than the

sheepherders.

Often our road way was

full of animals and we

were obliged to drive

most…

This was a big, broad

scene- a panorama

of snowcapped mountains,

in the far background,

with tree clad ones next,

dark with evergreens etc,

and grass covered ones

in the foreground.

The white patches you

observe are snow,…

Aug 18-1925

After breakfasting in Juliet

started toward Wisconsin, a lovely

drive thru a lot of nice towns

had heard of. Roads fine and

splendid. Not far from Chicago

towns, Way up toward Madison

there was a detour and we had…

Going to Devils Lake, just

before reaching that body of

water you go down a long

winding hill and the scene in

photo is on your left-showing

in immediate foreground.

Baraboo Golf Course and way off

on the hillside the…