In late summer 1911, Ethel's mother Bertha took the train from central Iowa to Tacoma, Washington, to visit her parents, Taylor & Dora Shutes. She took her two youngest sons with her, John & George. She took this photo of her four eldest children to show to her relatives in Tacoma. Ethel, the eldest at 13, was left responsible for the cooking and cleaning and laundry of the Dutton household, plus tending to the vegetable garden the family depended upon for food. Her sisters Greta and Lucille helped her. Ethel was also left to prepare young Wendell for his very first day of school.
In late summer 1911, Ethel's mother Bertha took the train from central Iowa to Tacoma, Washington, to visit her parents, Taylor & Dora Shutes. She took her two youngest sons with her, John & George. She took this photo of her four eldest children to show to her relatives in Tacoma. Ethel, the eldest at 13, was left responsible for the cooking and cleaning and laundry of the Dutton household, plus tending to the vegetable garden the family depended upon for food. Her sisters Greta and Lucille helped her. Ethel was also left to prepare young Wendell for his very first day of school.
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