Early 1900s Call Album - page 63

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Sometime in about 1904, someone in my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) family started taking photographs and placing them in an album. My grandmother was nine in 1904, so she could have been the photographer. Or it could have been one of her parents Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) or Elizabeth Ann (Coe) Call (1861-1956). Most of the early photographs are of family gatherings and places someone visited. I believe by about 1911, my grandmother was taking the photographs. There are photos of her classmates at Batavia High School and groups of teenage girls. 

The Call family live in Stafford, Genesee County, New York. They had a cottage at Silver Lake in Wyoming County. So many of the photos were taken in these locations.

Photos on this page were taken in 1913 at Silver Lake. 







Evelyn Clara Call is in the middle of the boat on the right. 


Evelyn Clara Call is 2nd from the right in the front row

Evelyn Clara Call, daughter of Charles Joslin Call (1859-1939) and Elizabeth Ann Coe (1862-1956) was born 12 February 1895 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. She married Francis William Hankins (1897 - 1983) on 31 December 1920 in Stafford. She died on 10 June 1962 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Four of A Kind
Evelyn Clara Call is second from the right 

Evelyn Clara Call is second from the left 

Evelyn Clara Call is on the right 

A Rose Among the Thorns
Evelyn Clara Call is second from the left 

Evelyn Clara Call is towards the back in the boat on the right 

The Cuban Giants 

The Cuban Giants were the first African American professional baseball club. They played from 1885 to 1915. [1] They were scheduled to play two games against a local team in Perry, Wyoming County, New York on 7 August 1913. [2] Since the Call family had a cabin at Silver Lake, which is in Perry, this is likely when the photo was taken. 

[1] Samuel Momodu, "Cuban Giants, (1885-1915)", BlackPast (https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-cuban-giants-1885-1915/ : accessed 23 January 2026). 

[2] "Pioneer Picnic Next Thursday," Perry Record (Wyoming County, New York), 31 July 1913, page 1, column 1; NYS Historic Newspapers (https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=pr19130731-01.1.1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------: accessed 23 January 2026). 

 

All photos on this page have been digitally enhanced.

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