Ellis Album

Black Ellis Album #1, Page 45

 

This album page includes two photos both labeled “Ogden Canyon, Aug 1 – 1916.”

The first photo includes a canoe in the distance. It looks like there are two people in the canoe.

 

Ogden Canyon, Aug 1 – 1916.

 

The second photos includes a larger boat with four young women.

 

Ogden Canyon, Aug 1 – 1916.

 

The young women are not identified on this album page, but the first two women, left to right, are Hazel Margaret Berrett, 1894–1991, and Blanche Octavia Huband, 1895–1984. Blanche is the album creator and my great-grandmother. I love her silhouette in this photo! Notice the bracelet on her left arm. This bracelet has been seen in this album a few times. My sister now owns it. [See modern bracelet photo below.]

The woman on the far right reminds me of Verna Olive Bailey, 1893–1969, particularly in this photo. I wonder if the woman second from the right is Verna’s sister Marion Vera Bailey, 1897–1995? I see some similarities in the facial features in this photo.

 

Bracelet that belonged to Blanche Octavia Huband, then her daughter Mary Margaret Ellis, and now my youngest sister who is living.

 

 

This post is part of a series sharing this wonderful old family photo album.  You can learn more about the album here.  A digital version of this photo album can be viewed on Flickr here.