Saturday afternoon I opened box #9 of the 14 family history boxes I’m going through. In it I found this magazine page, torn from the August 1915 issue of Harper’s Bazaar. The portrait sketch of Miss Helen Hamilton was done by Harrison Fisher, an American artist born in 1875 in Brooklyn, New York, known for his illustrations of women.
Turns out Helen Hamilton was a second cousin of Tim’s grandmother, Allegra Hamilton. They were great-granddaughters of Benjamin Hamilton (1792-1880). Helen was about 19 years old in this sketch. She went on to marry Frederick Vincent and Allegra married Tim’s grandfather, Karl Rodgers. I wonder how well they knew each other, as Helen lived in California and Allegra lived in New York. I don’t know most of my second cousins.
This box is densely packed with newspaper clippings, correspondence, and research notes from Tim’s great-grandmother, Gertrude Hubbard. It’s going to take me a long time to get it organized! That’s okay, though, I’ve got a long hot summer ahead of me.
Meanwhile, I’ve been enjoying the cardinals singing in the wax myrtle tree outside my kitchen window every morning.
I found a copy of the August 1915 edition of Harper’s Bazaar here:
https://dn720005.ca.archive.org/0/items/sim_harpers-bazaar_1915-08_50_8/sim_harpers-bazaar_1915-08_50_8.pdf
Thank you! The picture is on page 4.
I’m glad that you have an interesting I door project for the heat of summer as well as the cardinals to entertain!
I finished my book yesterday. I tried to pace myself to last longer. But it was just so good I couldn’t put it down. Now I have to find another good read for July because I’ve read all of Paula Hawkins books! It’s hard to believe that we are halfway through 2025!!
That’s a beautiful sketch. Helen was lovely. I wonder about marriages like the one she embarked on, too. Different expectations then?