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Linnie (Wagner) Stark, aka Mrs. Eli Stark, posed for a photo in about 1900 with her son Byron. They are standing in the yard of the Orcutt home in downtown Naperville, located at the northwest corner of Jefferson Avenue and Webster Street. According to Naper Settlement accounts, Eli Stark was an amateur photographer and man of many trades. In addition to opening a bicycle repair shop, he also delivered newspapers, operated a newsstand and a general store, and bought a confectionary store that eventually included an ice cream parlor. It was the last venture in which wife Linnie played a role by helping make the ice cream. Byron Stark was born in 1898 and would live for 91 years.