Allen County Photos

Curtiss Girls

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The young girl on the swing with the bow in her hair- in front (left) is Esther Elizabeth Curtiss DOB: 2/28/1908. The girl on the far right on the teeter-totter is Esther's sister - Evelyn Curtiss DOB: 8/1/1904. They lived at 933 N. McDonel, Lima, OH with their grandmother (Lydia Reeves) most of their childhood. Their Mother died when Esther was 2 years old . . . 1910-11. Her name was Dorothy "Dot" Reeves-Curtiss. The other two girls in the photo are not identified.