A calm, soft-spoken little woman whose brown hair is turning to silver is "mother" to 230 children of the Lena Pope Home, for which as expansion program on a 10-block area in Arlington Heights is in the making. She is Mrs. Lena Holston Pope, who has shared the love and affection of a mother with more than 5,000 children since her own first-born, Conrad Pope died at the age of seven in 1914. In this picture is a portrait of Conrad Pope. Conrad is wearing a hat and a long sleeve coat with pants. He appears to be standing in front of a railing covered in vine holding an unrecognizable item in his right hand which he places in between his shoulder blades and chest. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, March 19, 1947.
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