More images from the collection of Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley.
This is the thirteenth post in this series.
For those of you who are just coming on board, all of these images are part of a collection that once belonged to young Emma Thomas, daughter of William Lyman and Catherine (Kate) Sutton Thomas. I assume all were friends, acquaintances or family of Emma’s. She wrote her name on the back of many of them to identify her as the owner but many have no information to identify the subjects.
Vintage images such as these found in a tag sale or antique store would have only a small amount of value. These are important because they all belonged to Emma and are a good record of the many people in her life. She was born on land that once belonged to her grandfather, James C. Sutton. It is land that would one day become Maplewood. Emma lived here her entire life. From these images of Emma’s people we can all have a good look at the populous of our neighborhoods many years before any of us came along.
As you may recall I have been going through Emma’s collection in alphabetical order according to the studios that produced the images. On the last post in this series, we had made into the T,s.
On a side note- my grandma was in one of the first graduating journalism classes at Mizzou. After graduation she traveled in Europe, spending some time in France where she met a man. They communicated upon her return – even after she was married . I just came across all the letters (in French) that were translated years ago by my uncle. It appears she was going to send a letter cutting off the relationship but was not sent? The conclusion was he was killed and the correspondence stopped.
Anyway it just adds a bit to the story!
Chrissie
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This brings us to the end of the latest photographic horde that once belonged to Emma Thomas. Thanks all go to her descendant, Chrissie Hayes McConnell, who I swear just emailed me today that she had located another box of historic images and documents. This is exciting stuff! I can’t wait to have a look.
The war in Ukraine drags on, horrible thing that it is. Those poor folks are suffering terribly all due to the madman, criminal Putin and his gang. I feel very guilty and lucky to be in the secure, stable place that we are. There are those who would change that. We can’t let them.
Summer is the season I enjoy the most. See you at the pool.
Doug Houser June 30, 2022