Ann and Ellen Simonsen

1910-1915

Black and white photo portrait of sisters Ann and Ellen Simonsen, both young women. Both wearing dark-colored clothing. Ann is sitting on the arm of the chair with Ellen standing beside her. Handwritten on back "Siminsen [sic] | sisters | Ann and Ellen | Siminsen | Gilmore | Brother Alfred | from | Wrights". People: Simonsen, Ann Gilmore, Ellen (Simonsen)

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Identifier: ghs0292
Description: Black and white photo portrait of sisters Ann and Ellen Simonsen, both young women. Both wearing dark-colored clothing. Ann is sitting on the arm of the chair with Ellen standing beside her. Handwritten on back "Siminsen [sic] | sisters | Ann and Ellen | Siminsen | Gilmore | Brother Alfred | from | Wrights". People: Simonsen, Ann Gilmore, Ellen (Simonsen)
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Date: 1910-1915
Provenance: Ellen Simonsen Gillmer was born in 1900 to Norwegian immigrant parents on their farm near East Powell and Burnside, the present site of an urgent care clinic. She was the youngest of three, with brother Alfred the eldest and sister Ann the middle child. Later in life, she volunteered at the Gresham Historical Society and recorded her reminscences of growing up in the early 1900s.
Type: StillImage
Contributor: Gresham Historical Society
Extent: Print, Photographic
Location: Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States

Item sets: Gresham Heritage

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