
Grandma Provines: Jane Gracey Provines (1820-1900), Mama Margaret's mother and the maternal grandmother of the Five Stokey Siblings, in front of her home in Canton, Ohio. The not-quite-straight edges of the print suggest that the photo was taken and developed by either Will or Fred. The puffed sleeves suggest that the photo was taken in the mid-1890s. Grandma was a good seamstress. I don't know if she made the dress herself, but it's easy to imagine her taking an interest in the latest fashions.

This photo is listed as "Stokey, Alma Gracey & Lily Love at Oberlinc.1897". It must be Alma on the left and Lily on the right, though Alma in her formal outfit is only vaguely recognizable to me and this is the only picture that we have of Lily. Lily is in a Non-Family page on this website for Mabel, Lil, Steenie, and Orestes. But why was Alma at Oberlin in 1897? Was she visiting the college that she hoped someday to attend?
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