Faye Crews, Bieber, Lassen County, California

The next photo album belonging to Esther Durfee has now been scanned. By this time she was Esther Durfee Crews. Photos of many people, sadly no photos of Esther are located in the album. These photos cover the time frame from about 1919 to 1923.

It is believed that most of the photos were taken in Bieber, Lassen County, California. There are of course exceptions to this and they are noted when found.

Today’s photo is of Faye Crews. Her full given name was Anna Faye Thompson Crews. It was taken about 1922. [At this point in time, Esther and Faye would have likely been sister-in-laws.]

Her FindAGrave link here. She is buried as Faye Crews.

Faye Thompson, Bieber, Lassen County, California

My grandmother, Esther Durfee, was a budding photographer while living as a young woman with her parents in Bieber, Lassen County, California. Her father, Thomas Jefferson Durfee was the postmaster there over many years. When young Esther got her first camera she seemed to have made it her mission to photograph every person within the community, or so it seemed! The first photo album has had all the people who were identified in it, scanned.

Today I would like to introduce you to Faye Thompson. Photo taken about 1917 (could have been 1918). She went on to marry William Crews. Her FindAGrave memorial is here.

Group photo, Bieber, Lassen County, California

My grandmother, Esther Durfee, was a budding photographer while living as a young woman with her parents in Bieber, Lassen County, California. Her father, Thomas Jefferson Durfee was the postmaster there over many years. When young Esther got her first camera she seemed to have made it her mission to photograph every person within the community, or so it seemed! The first photo album has had all the people who were identified in it, scanned.

Today I would like to introduce you to a large group! Names listed are left to right [my transcription and notes in brackets]. Photo taken about 1918 (could have been as late as 1920).

McKenzie, L. [Leldon]
Babcock, L. [Lester]
Brownell, H. [Harold]
Levengton, G. [George]
Dunlap, Arthur
McKenzie, Vera [Gladys Vera]
Hopper, Naomi
Durfee [no initials, no notes. No idea! And he's my family!]
Thompson, Fay
Bassett, W.