Images from Walker Home in Topeka

These images and the ones from last week's posting appear to have been taken in 1907. One of the pennants on the wall says '09. I'm still trying to figure out the why of the photos because they look like professional photographs, but I can't find any marks on them to explain who took them. I'm also disappointed that Edward isn't in them because he was still living at the time.

Scott wondered why there was a branch in last week's post. I zoomed as much as I could and it looks like balls on the branches. There's also a hatchet in the background so I'm assuming it's some kind of homage to Washington. Really I have no idea.

The top photo shows the books that the Walkers owned. In the 1915 Kansas census Betsy Walker told the census taker that they owned at least 200 books. No one else in that section of the census has that many.

Growing up a familiar tale was that the Walker girls married boarders, but according to the census forms I've looked at this 1915 census is the only one that shows boarders. By then Ada's the only one living at home and Bill Smith is not one of the boarders.

IMAGES FROM THE WALKER HOME ON POLK

These are pictures from the the home Gussie grew up on Polk which Scott and I believe is now a parking lot for an apartment complex.

I like all of them. I especially like the one of Gussie and Ada and their mother Betsy in their back yard. Why you ask? Because they're clinging to the only shade in the yard. I always thought I was the only one who craved the shade, but now once again I'm not original.

The other two are from the inside the house. The walls are covered with art, posters and family photos. It's also nice to see the piano. I'll look into it more to see if I can find the date of the photos, but if one assumes they were taken at the same time as the outside ones, I'm guessing summer. And with the flags I'm guessing Fourth of July.