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Family Stories






               Interesting Side Notes:


                   •  Another of the Beaux Arts Village artists is Sydney Laurence – Alaska’s
                       most widely beloved historical painter. See more about him here:


                       Reference: http://www.sydneylaurence.com


                   •  The artist Alfred Renfro is himself caricatured by one of the Beaux Arts
                       artists on page 164 of the book.


                   •  In 1909-1911 the Washington State Legislature was dealing with many
                       issues including Women’s Suffrage (Washington became one of the
                       early states in which women could vote) and Prohibition. Politicians were
                       labeled as “wets” or “drys” – see History of the Washington Legislature
                       1854-1963:


                   •  Pe-Te was likely a “wet”!




               Reference: https://www.sos.wa.gov/library/wa_collections.aspx

































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