Sepia Saturday: Hattie Chapin Balding

[dee_burris]

Unfortunately, I have no photos to go with the theme this week.

So I offer a photo of my great-grandmother, Hattie Chapin Balding, taken in front of the ruins of a Hopi dwelling on a trip to the Grand Canyon in the 1920s.

Before my cousin discovered an old family album, we had no idea our Mema was such a traveler.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

What a great picture. I am happy for you that you guys discovered the album.

Kathy M.

[(Anonymous)]

She must have been really adventurous. To have gone traveling in those days was something. Don't you wish you could ask her about this trip? I'll bet she'd have some great stories.
Nancy

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Dee, this is a WONDERFUL photo of your great-grandmother! I love the Hopi Dwelling too; it makes an excellent backdrop in this photo. Don't you just love finding great photos like this one that add another dimension to your ancestor's life you knew nothing about? Excellent photo indeed!

Bob Scotney

[(Anonymous)]

There must be a doorstep before the door on the right - we just can't see it that's all. Great photo.

TICKLEBEAR

[(Anonymous)]

I love this picture.
Were the Hopi a nomadic tribe?
Given this kind of construction, one might believe not.
Can't clearly see but those stones, were they dry mounted,
or is there some kind of mortar holding them?
One could say she was on the doorstep to discovery...
:)
HUGZ

Re: TICKLEBEAR

[dee_burris]

They were stacked stones with adobe mud. And no, until for some reason the tribes (they were Pueblo tribes like the Hopi - Hopi was how the photo was labeled) left in the early 17th century, they had inhabited the four corners region of the SW US for hundreds of years.

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Very cool! Congratulations on discovering your treasured family album.