Aunt Lillian Herman Misc pictures from baby to adulthood

 
Lillian and the twins, Loretta and Lorraine

 

Lillian and big brother

 

Lillian as a baby

 

Lillian and mother Lula

 

Lillian and mother Lula

 
Lillian's mother Lula and father Joseph Denkler











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