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Manchester, New Hampshire’s Distinguished Artist, Instructor, Director, Civic Leader: Maud Briggs Knowlton (1870-1956)
Although I credit Maud Briggs Knowlton to Manchester, New Hampshire where she lived and worked for most of her life, I should mention that she was not a native of this city. She was born in Penacook, which was then … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged art, artist, Arts and Crafts, biography, Boston Society, Briggs, Central, colony, Concord, Copley Society, Currier, director, Edward, female, first, flowers, Gallery, high, Institute, instructor, island, Knowlton, landscape, Manchester, Maud, Maude, Monhegan, museum, New Hampshire, NH, Nicholls, one good canvas, Penacook, Red Cross, Rhoda, Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, school, Sciences, teacher, Unitarian, woman
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Nashua New Hampshire’s First Women Physicians: Ella (Blaylock) Atherton and Katherine E. (Prichard) Hoyt
In 1897 when the updated History of Nashua was published, the medical history (authored by Evan B. Hammond) reported the following: “Dr. Ella Blaylock and Dr. Katherine E. Prichard are the only two lady physicians of whom Nashua can boast, … Continue reading
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Tagged Atherton, attorney, Blaylock, doctor, editor, Ella, female, first, gynecology, Hoyt, Katherine, Nashua, Nashua Medical Society, New Hampshire, New Ipswich, NH, pediatrics, physician, Prichard, Pritchard, Telegraph, woman
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Still More Manchester (NH) High School Graduates of 1888 and 1890
Today I finish my presentation of photographs and partial genealogies of members of the Manchester (New Hampshire) High School graduating class of 1888 and 1890. All members of the 1888 Manchester High School graduating class was noted in the 1888 … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women
Tagged 1888, 1890, 1915, Alfred, Allen, Annie, Berry, Brickett, Brown, Chadwick, Clara, Ellen, Ernest, Goodwin, graduate, graduation, Hawley, high, highschool, Hobbs, Mabel, Manchester, Mary, Mattie, New Hampshire, NH, reunion, Royal, school, Seddie, Warner
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The Face of Vera Althea Tryon aka Mrs. Harold M. Walker of Manchester NH (1892-1942)
Vera Althea Tryon stands frozen in time, with her hands clasped delicately around a diploma. She wears a white, ruffled summer dress. Her hair is pulled back, and tied with a large white silk bow. She wears elbow high white … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Harold, Manchester, New Hampshire, NH, printer, textile, Tryon, Vera, Walker
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Photographer Charles Henry Shaw of Manchester, New Hampshire (1864-1932)
From 1897 to 1927, a span of thirty years, Charles Henry Shaw photographed the people of Manchester. His studio for most of that time was at 895 Elm Street, though briefly it was also located at 68 Opera Block. Charles … Continue reading
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Tagged block, C.H., Charles, Dimond, Elm, John, Manchester, New Hampshire, NH, opera, Paulina, photograph, photographer, photography, Scotland, Shaw, Street, Studio
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