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Senior Breakfast and Home Economics Faculty, Cornell University - Spring 1919 - pages 153-156

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  I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos.  My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919.  Most of the photos on pages 153 through 156 look to have been taken in the spring of 1919, around the time of the School of Home Economics Senior Breakfast at Cornell.  Page 153 - After the Senior Breakfast at Home Economics, 1919 Beth Allis and Evelyn Clara Call Beth Allis - Ethel Elizabeth Allis (1897-1989) daughter of Henry Selden Allis and Ethel May Pierson. Beth earned her degree in Home Economics from Cornell in 1919, the same year my grandmother earned her degree.  Evelyn Clara Call - Evelyn Clara Call (1895-1962) daughter of Charles Joslin Call and Elizabeth Ann Coe. She married Francis Wil

College Friends - 1919 - pages 151-152

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I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos.  My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919.  The photos on pages 150 and 151 appear to be photos of Evelyn's friends at Cornell. Unfortunately most of the people in the photos are not identified.  Page 151 Louise Breck  C.U. '19 Louise Breck - Frances Louise Breck (1894 - 1981) daughter of William Walter Breck and Sarah Holman. She married Byron Kenneth Field (1896-1954). She earned an A.B. degree from Cornell in 1919.  Clara Loveland C.U. '22 Clara Loveland - Clara Nell Loveland (1899-1989) daughter of Herbert Loveland and Mabel Vanliew. She graduated from Cornell with a B.S. degree in 1922.  Sage. Room 54 3rd term, 1919 Possibly E

Edith Elizabeth Allis & Evelyn Clara Call - 1918-1919 - pages 149-150

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I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos.  My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919.  The photos on pages 149 and 150 are photos of Evelyn, her friend and classmate Beth Allis, and Beth's mother. Photos were taken in 1918 and 1919. Page 149 - Elizabeth Allis, Elizabeth's mother, and Evelyn Clara Call Beth Allis   Dec. 1918 Beth Allis - Ethel Elizabeth Allis (1897-1989) daughter of Henry Selden Allis and Ethel May Pierson. Beth earned her degree in Home Economics from Cornell in 1919, the same year my grandmother earned her degree.  Mrs. Allis and Beth Mrs Allis - Ethel May Pierson (1874-1939) wife of Henry Selden Allis, mother of Ethel Elizabeth Allis.  Mrs. Allis and Beth Mrs

Trip to New York City - March 1919 - Page 148

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  I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos.  My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919 Page 148 has photographs of a trip to New York City in March 1919.  The first two photographs were taken from the top of a bus traveling along Fifth Avenue The second photograph was taken looking north up Fifth Avenue. The intersection at the bottom of the photo is Fifth Avenue and East 38th Street. In 1919, the flagship store for Knox Hats was at 452 Fifth Avenue. The New York Public Library is located between the buildings advertising Knox Hats and Goodrich Tires.  The remaining three photographs were taken in Central Park, near the Obelisk behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Obelisk, also k

College Friends - 1919 - page 147

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  I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos.  My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919 Page 147 has photographs of my grandmother Evelyn and her friends from the Winter and Spring of 1919.  "Lou" at Kayutah Lake, Feb 1919 Louise I. Royce (1899-1972), daughter of George Horton Royce and Nettie S. Cleveland. She married Jerome Kenneth Wardwell (1899-1971) on 26 September 1925. She graduated from Cornell University in 1922.  Clara Loveland Clara Nell Loveland (1899-1989) was the daughter of Herbert N. Loveland and Mabel B. Vanliew. She graduated from Cornell University in 1922.  At Six Mile Creek May 1919 My grandmother, Evelyn Clara Call (1895-1962) daughter of Charles Joslin C