Mary and Ben

at American Fork, with a cat

Church and Manse at Del Norte

High School Freshman

Ruth

John and Georgia Meeker

Ruth in High School

Georgia in Anadarko

Round up

I may have posted some of these before, but here's Ruthe and friends riding horses.

Meekers at Anadarko

The Meeker family. As always, there's a pet. The dog's name is Muffy.

Ruthe and Mary ride horses

Graduation day

Ruthe graduating from high school

The studious one

Ruthe studying. Sort of.

Kenneth and Harold Cooper with Ray Teschner

John Meeker at the cabin

You know it's a camping trip when John Meeker puts on the patterned tie.

Irrigation ditch, Myton

Having family who lived out west means pictures in the 1920s of well-dressed children at irrigation ditches, apparently.

Ruthe and friends

There are all sorts of pictures in the first album of Kenneth and Ruthe with various friends from College of Emporia and other places. I don't know most of them, of course, but I've been learning more about them.

Ruthe and Bob Garcia

Ruthe and Dale Corson. I recently learned that he went to C of E with my grandparents, went to grad school and went on to lead Cornell University. Pretty fancy.

Meekers galore

The caption identifies the people in the picture as John, his mother, Mil, Ben, Mary and Ruthe Meeker, and Aunt Linda. The picture is in Herrin, Illinois, so Aunt Linda and Grandmother Meeker must be on a visit to the manse.

At the church in Herrin

Mary and Ruthe with yet another cat

Brothers

John and Will Meeker
1947

Ten cent photos

John and Georgia pose for the photo booth.

Meeker clan in Michigan

The John Meeker family and the Will Meeker family at Pilgrim, Michigan

Harold Cooper

1920s

More hats

It is entirely possible that I've posted this one before. Georgia Meeker (and at this time, she was probably still Georgia Poage) is standing in back.

As with the last picture, I particularly like the hats that everyone is wearing here.

Hats

This is a photo of Carol Mill and Georgia and John Meeker. I don't know who Carol is, but I like this pictures because everyone has great hats in it.

John Meeker and Ree Carter

My great-grandfather and his sister
1941

Ruthe in her dorm

Ruthe in her dorm at the College of Emporia. I've always loved this picture.

Standing around ...

We have many pictures like this one -- and decades of them.

This is John and Ruthe Meeker with a cousin, Laura Barrier.

John and Georgia

My grandmother told me that I should always practice sitting on the floor, so that I don't lose the ability to do it as I age. Clearly, this is a lesson learned from John and Georgia, who seem to be reading on the floor.

John courts Georgia

I don't entirely understand what's going on here -- or why this was taken -- but it's pretty funny.

More silly pictures from Mary and Ruthe

Mary gets to be goofy in this one.

Second grade in Herrin, Illinois

Very conveniently, Ruthe pointed out where she is in the class photo.

Grandmother Poage

Georgia Poage Meeker's mother, so my great-great grandmother Poage

John Meeker at Bryce Canyon

Standing in front of the crepe myrtle

In anticipation of the blooming crepe myrtles in NC, I give you Ruthe and the crepe myrtle, 1935 -- in Anadarko.

Gladys Cooper

1920s

Chase Wilson

At Lake City, probably late 1930s, early 1940s.

Fishing

Dorothy Cooper

1920s

Dwight Poage and the Meekers

At American Fork, 1919-ish

Cooper siblings

Dorothy, Kenneth, Gladys, and Harold Cooper

Downtown Anadarko

The picture is rather faded -- but the steps read "Please do not sit on steps during business hours"