Eve ry Picture Tells a Sto ry

BY JANELLE WARDEN

T of my husband’s grandmother, Harriet May Stanley Steele, tells its own story. But from research—and the baby book where I found this photo—I learned much more.

Harriet May Stanley was born 30 October 1879, the daughter of James Stanley, builder and brick mason in New York. Harriet worked as a teacher prior to her marriage to George William Steele in 1902. At the time, George was a lawyer living in dry Manhattan. In this photo, taken during Prohibition when Hattie would have been about age 39, Hattie not only expresses her sentiment but looks as if she had her hair pertly bobbed to keep up with the times.

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