A document to cherish

My great-grandmother, Lillian Ora Wall Johnson passed away after giving birth to her second set of twins in 1908.  This 121 year old piece of paper was her diploma.  What makes this even more special is that her father's name, Erastus J. Wall, is also on it because he was on the district board.

Interesting Photo

After doing some research on the names from the back of this photo I have come up with the following:

Front L to R: Eber Blair 1859-1947, Milton Foss 1848-1933, E.J. Wall 1843-1918.
Back L to R: Hollenbeck or Cornelius Lane 1864-1947, and Walter Wall 1871-1950.

Hollenbeck is likely, William Hollenbeck 1849-1934... He was married to Rhoda 'Anna' Brooks, a sister to Almira Brooks Knapp. William and Rhoda lived in Mecosta County.

I still have no idea why these men had this photo taken. Walter doesn't look any older than 30 in this photo, so I believe that this was taken around the turn of the century.