Call No: P474-F2b5
Description: Hancock Family
Date of origin: 1800s
Type: Print
Size: 3 5/8 x 6 3/4
Condition: Poor
Content:
[back] CRH ; Pauline ; Lottie Grace ; C.E. ; Bud ; Button + Gilpin [horses] ; Early days in Liberal, Kansas CE Hancock and My Beautiful Darling wife and two Children nearly 60 years ago make megative + 16×20 Picture and now I am 88 years old and alone at home 10419 Mills Ave Whittier Calif ; Don’t Mark Photo!
[note] Life was austere in Liberal, Kansas [1911 is crossed out] after the Hancock’s moved from their farm to town. Pauline and baby Bud are shown with the parents. Button and Gilpin munch [hay is crossed out] fodder from the wagon. Water was hauled in a barrel on sled, shown in foreground of photo. But soon Charles began to make money in the construction busi-ness and fortune smiled on the little family. Photo Courtesy Clarence R. (Bud) Hancock. [Photo Courtesy Clarence R. (Bud) Hancock. is underlined]
Provenance:
Miscellaneous Info.:
Photo is of a family standing on their doorstep. The door to the house is open. There is a broom leaning against house. There is a metal tub tipped over. There is a barrel in the front yard. There are two horses eating hay from a wagon. There is another wagon in front of the horses with a barrel in it. There are buildings in the background.
Other Info.: Photo is on thick cardboard. There are stains on front and back. There is a tape tear mark on back top.
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Subject: barrel, family, Fodder, Hancock Family, homestead, horse, house, Liberal Kansas, prairie, wagon,