Shared Photo: Ada Mae Shrader

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I wanted to share this family photo of Ada Clark with the community. Location: Hollywood, California. Date: Before 1904. She was a violinist before her marriage and played at local gatherings. The picture was taken by her two widowed aunties (Booth and Hicks) who had their own photographic studio.
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WikiTree profile: Ada Clark
in Photos by Claire Nava G2G6 Mach 3 (31.8k points)
Gorgeous photo thank you for sharing

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This is a beautiful photo, Claire!  Everything about it is wonderful.  Ada is a lovely woman.  Her dress, the flowers, the violin, all of it is very charming. Thank you for sharing it.
by Robin Shaules G2G Astronaut (1.5m points)
selected by Susan Laursen
Thank you Robin. She was a lovely woman from what I've heard. The photo is particularly special to me because the photo was taken by her two aunties. They were sisters who were both widowed in their 40s or 50s. They didn't retire into black for the rest of their lives. Instead, they built up their own photographic studio (Hicks and Booth) and, according to my mother's stories, they owned the first  electric car in Hollywood.
Thank you, Claire, for the extra information. It's always nice to know a little about the people in the photos, and in this case about the photographers.
Thank you, Susan, for voting for my answer.

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