Four women with huge black bows and a small child
Sept 27, 1910Hello Jennie soon when the roads ain’t as muddy I’ll be over and spend a whole day with you girls. Maybe it will be the two “old maids” standing on this picture. The picture is not so good as it ot to been, you know our good looks. With love Helen
It was sent from Pelican Rapids, Minn on Sept 28 at 8AM in 1910. It was addressed to Miss Jennie Knutson Pelican Rapids Minn.
In the corner she wrote: Well how are you hope it will find you all well H. S.?
So..I take it that Helen ? and Jennie Knutson are the two gals standing in the photo.
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Update from Iggy:
Helen Jacobson married Herman R Pearson sometime between 1910 and 1920 (she has a 5 year old daughter by 1920 US Census) and she moved to Erhards Grove - and was Jennie Knutson's nearby neighbor.
Jennie had a sister a year or two younger than her named Alma (who also, never married). I would like to think she is the woman in the far right in front - she and the standing one on the left look very alike (to me).
Jennie M.(Adina?) Knutson (Oct. 25, 1879 - Aug. 11, 1962 buried in Pelican Rapids) remained a maiden lady after living her entire life in Erhards Grove, Otter Tail, Minnesota. She was the daughter of Axel and Ella Knutson.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37648895
Helen does not appear to be a sister, although Jennie had a number of them.
Living nearby in Peligan Rapids proper, is an Helen Jacobson of similar age, a servant of Oswald and Cora Carr, who like Jennie is buried in a Swedish Lutheran Church yard.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53340952
I suspect the photo is a church choir?
The gals do not look over thirty years old..the lady on the front right looks thirty..I just don't know??:(
DeleteI think looking at the "ornate" J in Jennie, the initials H S might actually be H J - and if so, that would fit my thinking.
DeleteHelen Jacobson married Herman R Pearson sometime between 1910 and 1920 (she has a 5 year old daughter by 1920 US Census) and she moved to Erhards Grove - and was Jennie Knutson's nearby neighbor.
Jennie had a sister a year or two younger than her named Alma (who also, never married). I would like to think she is the woman in the far right in front - she and the standing one on the left look very alike (to me).
Very interesting photo/info.
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DeleteInteresting photo, especially the way it is framed. Wondering about those bows. Other than the fact that there is a young child also in the picture, I'd think it was some sort of group, rather than a family posing.
ReplyDeleteJust had the thought that they could have been bridesmaids and the little girl the flower girl. Was that a common tradition at weddings back then?
DeleteWhat great findings of Intense Guy!
ReplyDeleteDid you notice, that three of the women wear glasses? I surely had to put mine on and even use the magnifier to see that :)