Ruth & Dot, Anita & Bobby

Ruth and Dot, no date

 Anita and Bobby, no date

Dot & Ruth Hit the Road

In Grandma's handwriting: "Eva, Ruth, Margaret & Dotty" 

No date

Kids, Kids, and More Kids

No dates on these.  

Dot and Ruth, with Easter baskets @ 1925

Sibs and Pups

These photos are from the early 1920s, featuring Alice's four youngest siblings and a couple of cute puppies.

Ruth, Dot, and Helen

 Dot, Ruth, and furry friend

Dot, Joe, and Ruth

Tricycle Kids

 Caption is hard to read on this one. Looks like "Little Dot" (in the tie). 

"Little Dot" again 

  "Ruth, Bobby, Dot" in Alice's handwriting. That might be her finger in the shot, too.

Dot, Ruth, Bobby No date on any of these. 

Children on the Grass & The Bathing Beauties

 Who is this baby? A cousin? A niece or nephew? Photo undated.

 This looks like Ruthie, Helen, and Dot with the same baby; date unknown

 Alice and the bathing suit beauties return here, with stockings rolled, above; 

with lollipops, below; no date on either photo

Feeding the Geese

 Ruthie and her mother, Marie, feeding the geese; date unknown

 Helen, Dot, and Joe in Sunday best; date unknown

 Helen, Joe, Dot, and Ruth; photo undated

Alice and girl friends at the lake; photo undated

April 11, 1920 & Alice Holding Baby Dot, 1917

This photo was taken 92 years ago--almost to the day of our posting. 

Who are these lovely children?

 Tough little Ruthie, no date

Alice holding a tiny baby Dot in her christening dress, 

most likely June or July, 1917; 

also most likely Dotty's first photograph

Ruth, Dot, Mildred, and Alice

No dates on any of these

 Dot

Ruth

At long last, Mildred identified by Alice herself

Alice and Ruth, 1921

 No notes and no date on this photo of Alice.

Ruth, 1921

Three Sisters and More

 Another "Day at the Beach" photos. No date, but other beach photos were dated 1921. 

 Alice holding little Elwood J., probably 1926.

 Three Bierbaum sisters, most likely in 1920.

Dot & Ruth

Little Dotty! This photo must have been taken around 1919.

 Dotty and Ruth, a few years later. 

Ruth and "Mom," No Dates

Ruth helping out on laundry day. 

 

"Mom" Marie Bierbaum, second from left. 

Bierbaum Sisters with Geisha Girls

 Ruth and Dot sandwiched between the "geisha girls." Ann and Alice in the back row. 

What a sweet picture. 

Ruth, 1922. 

 A day at the beach: Alice and her papa, with Ann Fischer. Who is the fellow to the left? 

Those bathing togs don't look very comfortable. 

Ruth, 1919

We've jumped back in time, to 1919 and 1921.

Caption: Ruth, 1919. 

Caption: Keansburg, July, 1921

Caption: Ruth, 1919

May, 1922

Best guess: These photos are from a Memorial Day outing. 

Elwood G., Bobbie, and Alice's mother Mary Bierbaum, out for a ride. What a great car!

 Penciled in next to their names--"May 1922."

 See any familiar faces?