[Probably summer of 1934]
[The Hipple house, Pierre, South Dakota]
Ella Bowman Cole (Ruth Bowman Hipple’s sister) with her needlepoint in the garden.On the back, we read:
Taken in Ruth's garden the summer of 19
in what I believe is Rachel Cole Cooper’s writing. “34″ has been added in a different pen. Jean Cooper Disbrow has added in her thorough style:
Grandmother Ella Bowman Cole Mrs. Francis W. Cole Rachel Cole Cooper's mother Kathrine Cole Lyon's " Phillip Bowman Cole's "
[Probably the 12th or 19th of November, 1933] [The Cole’s house in Interbay, Florida] Jan with her “mother and daddy,” as she grew up to call them. Jan and her mother (Jean Cooper Disbrow), grandmother (Rachel Cole Cooper), and great-grandmother (Ella Bowman Cole). Jan with an unknown person whom I had thought was my great-grandfather [more...]
[10 October, 1933] [Salem, Oregon] Dear Grandmother and Grandfather: Are you behaving with the dignity proper to such elevated stations? We got Mother’s letter yesterday and were properly thrilled and excited — as was the whole Blind School. We didn’t expect it quite so soon. They are all right, are they? I’m glad it’s all [more...]
1933 SEP 15 PM 10 21 NA91 50 NL SALEM ORE 15 MRS F W COLE 6220 MAIN ST INTERBAY TAMPA FLO I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT PAPA IS HAPPY AT LAST NOW YOU HAVE ONLY THE SAME GLAD MEMORIES OF HIM I HAVE HE WAS THE FINEST KINDEST MOST PERFECT GENTLEMAN ON EARTH AND [more...]
[Between 1911 and 1915] A new car, perhaps? Clearly the Coles are pleased with their fancy machine. I don’t yet know exactly when the Coles and Coopers left Black River Falls, Wisconsin, for Florida — but obviously this is Florida. Left to right, Frank Lafayette Cooper (?), Ella Bowman Cole, Francis Wayland Cole, and Rachel [more...]
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