Pictured here are two Whitewater Valentines of the past: Harlan P. and Ada M. (Daring) Goodman.
Harlan (1843-1937) and Ada (1858-1949) were married in July 1901 in Whitewater’s Methodist Church. Both had moved to the area with their families at a young age from New York State. They resided until their deaths just down the block from the church on Prairie Street. A Civil War veteran, Harlan was especially proud of having been present for Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address. Locally, Harlan owned a photography studio, operating out of both Whitewater and Palmyra for over 30 years. Many of the Society’s photographs from the early twentieth century feature his studio’s stamp.

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