Francis and Ora Blanchard

1918, December 25:

Francis L Blanchard and Ora H Wallace wedding photo

Picture from the day Francis and Ora were married.

A clock given to them as a wedding present from Francis' parents (???) [1]
~1926-1927: Francis Blanchard's blacksmith shop in Corona or Lincoln, New Mexico (not sure which town). [source: Sophia]
1934: Francis Blanchard and girls (Eva, Sophia, Annie, and Louise) at the Pecos River east of Roswell, New Mexico in 1934.
1936: Annie and Sophia, taken in their yard in East Grand Plains.
1937-1938: East Grand Plains school picture, grades 6-7. Sophia is on the front row, third from the left. The picture was taken in the school yard.
Probably 1937, November: Ora and Frances, who is about 1 year old.
1945, October: Sophia.
1948, September: Pictured are Louise, Annie, Frances, Sophia, Eva, Ora, Francis, Earl Halstead King, and Leslie Warner. (If you look closely, someone is behind them between Sophia and Eva.)
1950: Francis, Ora, and an unknown baby (maybe Bobby Lathrop).
1951, April: Louise, Eva (holding little Eva), Frances, Ora, and Sophia talking to Ora's father, Alfred Dashiel Wallace.

Small hobbles made by Francis. They look like the first photo before being placed on the animal then are locked together as shown in the second photo. [2]

Ora's buttonhole scissors. [3]

A bracelet of Ora's. [3]

The razor that Francis used.

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A small purse

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Note: All pictures came from Sophia (Blanchard) Warner unless otherwise noted. Descriptions of Sophia's photos came from writing on the photo itself or from Sophia.

[1] Photo taken by Matt Young in June, 2012.
[2] Courtesy of Dan Lathrop. June 2012.
[3] Courtesy of Alice Montestruc. June, 2012.