The Unknown Photos below were submitted by "Don" Baker of Belvidere, with assistance of Dolores Whitney.  The photos were from an album of his Mother, Mae Baker.

If you can give any names to the faces please send email:

Ron Taylor, Webmaster

 

The picture was quickly identified by Bob Dorsey (former Angelica Historian) as follows:  “The picture.. is an Angelica Training Class.  It was taken in front of Wilsonian High School (Park Circle).  Girls (and sometimes guys) would attend training classes to become teachers.  I think it was a two year training.  It appears these classes were held in different towns in the County different years.   Belfast and Fillmore held training classes some years and probably other towns as well. “

from Mae's album.  My guess is that it may be a scene from a play considering the various

types of chairs the ladies are sitting on and that they appear to be on a stage. 

"Hi Ron,
I will look at other pictures to compare but I think the one unknown from Mae Baker's collection is the old Wilsonian auditorium in Angelica.  It appears to have a banner with "A" and Wilsonian printed on it in the background."7/8/08.Bob Dorsey.

Above is the third picture.  I wonder if it is a Masonic or Eastern Star group.  Using a lighted magnifying glass you can se that the sashes have a star in the area of the upper shoulder. and the ladies have the following various initials on the lower part of the sash.

P C F ? ? L.  The gentleman on the far right has a T on his sash.

"Could the..... picture be a Grange picture?  P Pamona; C Ceres; F Flora and so on.  Just a guess.   Bob Dorsey-7/8/08"