Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Lois lies in bed with her eyes closed while Esther sits beside her holding a copy of the Los Angeles Times. Retired teachers and sisters from Indiana 94-year-old Lois and 91-year-old Esther live together at W.C.T.U. Lois is confined to her bed, suffering from complete blindness, and enjoys being read to by her younger sister, who is completely deaf. Similar photograph appears with the article, "Retired Women Find Peace In Eagle Rock W.C.T.U. Home," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan 1939: A3. Handwritten on negative: L2R Lois Hoyt Esther Hoyt 12/27/38 Text from negative sleeve: 15244 - Lois Hoyt 94 Esther Hoyt 91 Margaret Miller 96 Mrs Emma Eaton 90 Mrs Sarah J Barber 91 Mrs Anna Bevans 90 Mrs Wm Roberts 91 y Mrs Chlorine Wylie 95 WTCU oldsters 12-29-38 TIMES PHOTO BY ANDREW H. ARNOTT
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11986 ark:/21198/zz002h8vg6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Newspapers--California--Eagle Rock Deaf persons--California--Eagle Rock Blind persons--California--Eagle Rock Teachers--California--Eagle Rock Sisters--American--California--Eagle Rock Retirement communities--California--Eagle Rock Older people--California--Eagle Rock Beds Reading--California--Eagle Rock Hoyt, Lois, b. 1844 or 45 Hoyt, Esther, b. 1847 or 48
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