Sketch of Harald Kamph by Carl Gustav Kamph

This is a sketch of Nana's Uncle Harald done by Carl Gustav Kamph, Nana's father. This is what is written on the posterboard by my father, Robert Dillon, about his great-uncle:

Carl G. Kamph delineated this likeness of his brother (Just prior to 1900.?) It's not known whether this is Harald or August. Neither of them went to America, but stayed in Denmark.
I would guess it was Harald, since he'd be the brother most likely to visit America. His two children, "Cousin Eda" and Gustav Kamph, were living at that time in the New York Metropolitan area. Still, it's only a guess, although Mother (Nana) identified this as "one of his brother", and he had two."


I am wondering if Nana was named Augusta after one of Carl's brothers?

Program from Welcome Home Ceremony for Uncle Jack Dillon

This is a 12 page program booklet from the welcoming ceremonies for Uncle Jack Dillon's return from WWI. The date on the cover is Friday, May 2, 1919. The photo captions indicate that the USS Pontiac, pictured in the top photo, went out to greet the arriving battalion but they weren't there. The lower photo shows them arriving on the USS Texan. The next page gives the "Program of Welcome" for the 27th and 28th of April and the 2nd of May. "See the Smiles!" on the following page is a poem dedicated to the troops and, at the bottom, is listed the particular type of dance for each of the 10 songs to be played. The "History of the Battalion" tells of their role in WWI on two pages and the following page is the "Commendation" given to the battalion by E. Russel, Brigadier-General, C.S.O. Under "Personnel of the 407th Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps, U.S.A." on the next pages, you will find our own Uncle Jack Dillon listed under Company E in both the original unit and the present unit. In the "Promotions in Rank" on the last page, you will see Uncle Jack listed as promoted to Sergeant. NOTE: The photos posted with the first pages at the bottom of the series, so read them from the bottom up!

John Timothy Dillon, Jr. Uncle Jack

This is a photo of Dad's brother, John Timothy Dillon, Jr., known as Uncle Jack to my father. My father wrote the following on the bottom of the card holding the photo:

John Timothy Dillon, Jr.
1895-1959
Brother of Frank and Edna Dillon
Married Anna Carton in 1923
Father of Kenneth and Jacklyn
A New Rochelle resident all his life.
Godfather to Robert W. Dillon
Served in France and Germany during the First World War as a Sergeant in Company E of the 407th Telegraph Battalion of the U.S. Army (American Expeditionary Forces)

Grocery Bill from 1903

This is a grocery bill from 1903 on the account of Timothy Dillon. Typically, he stopped in often, as there were limited preservative for food in those days. He certainly was a smoker as he often stopped in for tobacco. He would have been approximately 92 at the time. I would suppose that the account was in the name of the male head of household but that his daughters or son were the ones purchasing items. It was an interesting bit of trivia to find all folded up in old photos.