Four Photos from the Farrar Family

History

This nice grouping of photos from a Farrar estate is related to four Mount Holyoke women: Julia Carleton Farrar x1871, Anna Hazen Farrar x1890, Grace Farrar x1890, and Anna Prescott Sherman 1897.

The Images

Only front scans are being made available; notations made on the back of the photos are included in the comments about each photo.

Julia Farrar

front Group of six women and a man. Back is labelled "A. H. Farrar" and "Uncle Winslow Warren & Aunt Julia"

Rebecca, Anna, and Grace Farrar

front Group of three women. Back is labelled "Annie H. Farrar. Taken Aug. '83" and "Rebecca Dora Farrar, Anna Hazen Farrar, Grace Farrar"

Anna Prescott Sherman

front A studio portrait. Back is labelled "Anna Prescott Sherman, 77 Rockview Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Mount Holyoke '97"

Anna H., Grace, Mary Warren, and Anna P.

front A group of four females on Mount Holyoke overlooking the ox bow in the Connecticut River. Back is labelled "Anna H. Farrar, Grace Farrar, Mary Warren, Anna P. Sherman"

Sons of Anna Hazen Farrar

photo #1 Two seated children. Inscription on the back: "John Farrar Giles June 30, 1897 / Thomas Thayer Giles Dec. 19, 1898 / Taken October 1899"

photo #2 Child seated on a chair. No label, but clearly Thomas Thayer Giles.

photo #3 Child standing on a chair. Inscription on the back: "John Farrar Giles"

photo #4 Child seated on a chair. No label, but clearly John Farrar Giles.

photo #5 Child seated on a chair. No label, but clearly Thomas Thayer Giles.

photo #6 An adult John Giles. In a folder with an American flag over the face, and a "killed in action" notice from the paper; evidently a casualty of World War I.