Menke, Buker Family Reunion

Name/Title

Menke, Buker Family Reunion

Entry/Object ID

66.23.10

Description

The image features a sepia-toned photograph of a group of people in the wooded area likely north or northwest of the buildings on the Edwin Buker farm in section 33 of Woodville Township, likely taken in about 1923. There are men and women dressed in winter coats and hats, arranged in a loosely organized pose, some standing and others seated. Two children, one held and the other standing, appear warmly dressed, with the group surrounded by leaf-strewn ground and bare trees in the background. Identified: John Buker, Mrs. John (Emma) Buker, Mrs. Albert (Minnie Gehring) Menke, Louise (Menke) Duwe, Rose Menke, Caroline (Menke) Buker, Ernest Menke, Evelyn Menke, Bertha (Gerdes) Smith holding Lowell Menke, William Buker, John Gerdes, and Albert Menke.

Context

From the Buker and Menke family photo collection. Originals are stored on a flash drive in the WCHS museum Photograph Room.

Cataloged By

Pfen

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1923

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names

Name Type

Buker Family

Create Date

October 6, 2026

Update Date

October 21, 2026