Maude Fite, 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 photos are of Maude Fite. They was taken about 1921-1923. 

 Maude & Kate Fite: Charley ? ; Kelley Crews

California death index show she died in Shasta County, California February 2, 1988.

Kate Fite, Bieber, Lassen County, California, ca 1917

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 one of Esther's dearest friends, Kate Fite. Photos taken about 1917 (could have been 1918).