Margeret Whalen’s “Scapebook” 1921

My dear Reader, As I begin to collect items around my “office” of Whalen information into one large plastic container with lid, it seems there is no end. My endless notes taken from tombstones in Charleston, Grandview and Paris, Illinois, photos, newspaper clippings, Uncle John Whalen’s Will and those who contested it (all for $245.00), all my correspondences from Las Vegas to the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth……….and the list goes on, I thought I would share some of the more interesting items. I am still looking for one family photo in which I have misplaced it……….but, I will find it. Plus I have many more ‘shoe’ boxes to poke around in too.

This photo was taken around 1910 and shows the front porch of Saint Anthony's Sanatorium. Sent to me by Sister Catherine Laoure Conway, Supervisor of the Archieves.

Here is a scanned close up of the large dog. I find it very surprising to think a dog is in the picture, let alone, allowed.
How old do you think everyone is?

Do you think this dog belongs to the man sitting in the chair?

This picture shows the nuns habit worn at the time Saint Anthony’s Sanatorium opened in Las Vegas , NM.

Sisters: Mary Ann, M. Celestine, Aloysius Marie, M. Eucharia, Wenceslaus, Boniface, M. Sabina, N. Serena, Secraphine,

Baby Edward Whalen, June 11, 1911

Edward,11, standing on the steps of his birth place, Las Vegas, NM.

This photo was in Aunt Margaret’s Scapebook 1921. Hanna had given the Scapebook as a Christmas present to her in 1920. Hanna was a very brave woman to bring Edward back to Las Vegas, NM. Minnie was correct when she said she lived in a very small house. When she was able, the front porch is where she spent many hours writing her letters to Ed as she fought the flies.

Edward Meets Mr. McGovern At His Boarding House in 1921.

McGovern looks like a very nice man. He never married. Della McIntyre died around 1815 with tuberculosis. Della was buried in Rocky Ford, CO.

A close up of Edward and Mr. McGovern, Las Vegas, NM, 1921

Aunt Hanna and Edward, Las Vegas, NM, 1921

Edward with Grandma McCarty, 1915

Fr. Costello, Edward And The Baseball Gang

Finally, my mother, Agnes Lucile, 2, August 1910.

Agnes Lucile, 2, August 1910

Granddaughter Denise Conaghan Snakard / Winnetka, Illinois

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