Album 3 Part 7

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Dot and Edna in an artistic pose. This a favorite skirt of Edna's that you'll see in many pictures.

Dot probably made this dress. Her mother Elizabeth made all of her daughters' clothes as they grew up, and her husband's and sons' shirts. She taught her daughters to sew, and Dorothy really took to it. She made her own clothing and then her children's, including the boys' shirts and sports jackets.

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Dot, second from right, with friends who one by one became soldiers in World War I.

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Edward and Elizabeth Slack's chickens on the roost at 3149 S. Karlov, Chicago.

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Edna Cullison and Dot at Dells lodging (both in their skirts seen previously).

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Dot and Edna Cullison in beautiful light streaming in through the window.
Dot probably composed the picture and passed her camera to another to snap.

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Edna with her mother (later called "Nanny") and their elaborate Victorian hats.
Judging by Edna's hat and skirt throughout this series, they were all on an outing somewhere.

After Edna had married Dot's brother Ernest and had three children, her mother was known as "Nanny." Their children were Vera Jeanne, 1.5 years younger than Larue, a boy who died of pneumonia at 3 months, and the youngest, Charlotte, who was 10 years younger than Vera Jeanne and called "Chatty" as a youth. Larue's own grandmother, Elizabeth Slack, died when Larue was only seven. Larue hardly knew her because the family didn't live close enough to 3149 for frequent visits. Larue was close to Nanny Cullison because from 7 years old until Nanny died when Larue was 25 years old Larue saw a lot of her. Ernest and Edna's family lived in Downers Grove, close enough for frequent visits by the Ed Lindberg family, then at 3149 S. Karlov. Larue and Vera Jeanne became very close and spent as much time together as possible. Nanny lived with Ernest and Edna so of course Larue came to know her well and love her as a second grandmother.