"Progressive Photography and our Chicago Cousins"
Presenters:  Reba Jean and Mary Jean

Reference on the American Centuries site

Two children feeding hens 

Turns of the Centuries -"Onion Harvest"  

Boys with Willow Whistles 

Weeding Onions 

Making a Dam 

Five Children and a Buggy 

Hull House Museum  - Jane Addams 

Pageant of Old Deerfield on the Grounds of the Allen Homestead 

Spirit of the Wheat  

Old Deerfield Memorial Hall Museum - Allen sisters 

Allen sisters background information 

The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographer 1885-1920, written by Suzanne L. Flynt  
Columbus Museum of Art

The Allen Sisters: Pictorial Photographers 1885-1920
Amazon.com ordering information  

Another prominent photographer of this time period:    Wallace Nutting Library  Click here for Wallace Nutting Biography

American Promises 
Curriculum Dept. 
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Questions or comments email:  blais@chicopee.mec.edu