Lizzie Dunlap Durfee, Nellie St. John, Harry St. John, Pauline Lorenzen, 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 Lizzie Dunlap Durfee. They were taken about 1921-1923. Lizzie was my great grandmother. Her full name was Elizabeth Ann Dunlap but she preferred Lizzie Ann Dunlap.

 "Mama" was Lizzie Dunlap Durfee (on left, dark skirt, white blouse); Frances Durfee Gassaway on right and child was Pauline Lorenzen.

 "Mother" was Lizzie Dunlap Durfee (dark skirt, white blouse), Nellie St. John (behind Lizzie); Frances Durfee Gassaway (behind post); Harry St. John on steps.

"Mother" was Lizzie Dunlap Durfee (left, dark skirt, white blouse); Nellie St. John (plaid dress); Frances Durfee Gassaway (behind post); Harry St. John (on right); Pauline Lorenzen (child on steps).

Durfee's: Dorothy, Lizzie, Grace; 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 the Durfee family members. Dorothy, "Mama" [Lizzie Ann Dunlap Durfee], Grace. Photo taken about 1917 (could have been 1918).