Emily Josephine Bates is the star of the show. As first born, in early days of candid and amateur photography, Emily was a frequent subject of her father's camera. More so, one may venture, than any of her siblings -- a natural consequence, again, of being the eldest.
This initial (long!) section presents photos, mostly taken by her father, Bion Bates, during her infancy and childhood.
(Abbreviations:
“EJH” - Emily Josephine (Bates) Haynes (1911-2011);
“BBS” - Barbara Louise (Bates) Smith (1914-2010);
“JWB” - Jackson Wilmot Bates (1917-2015);
“RCB” - Richard Chester Bates (1921-2016);
“Bion” or “BLB” - Bion LaMott Bates, EJH’s father (1884-1975);
“Wilma” or “WJB” - Wilma Josephine (Jackson) Bates, EJH’s mother (1884-1981);
“Myra” - Myra Elizabeth Jackson, EJH’s aunt (1882-1981);
“Beulah” - Beulah St. Clair Jackson, EJH’s aunt (1885-1980).)
BBS & EJH - undated
BBS (1 yr) & EJH (4.5 yrs)
Bion & EJH - 7 months - 7-8-1911
Bion & EJH - undated
EJH & BBS
EJH - 6 months - 1911
EJH - 6 months - 1911
EJH - 7 months old - 9-3-1911
EJH - 11 months - 1911
EJH - Christmas - undated
EJH - Christmas - undated
EJH - Flanders '20' Roadster - probably 1913
EJH - swinging - 1915
EJH - swinging - 1915 - Randy's letter explaining
EJH - swinging - 1915
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EJH & BBS - undated
EJH & BBS with Gleasons - undated
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EJH & Cousin John Pierce
EJH & Cousin John Pierce
EJH & friend - undated
EJH & friend - undated
EJH & John Pierce III - ca late 1913
EJH & Miss Hudson - 1 week old - 1-30-1911
EJH & Miss Hudson - 1 week old - 1-30-1911
EJH & Miss Hudson - 21 hours old - 1-24-1911
EJH & Miss Hudson - 21 hours old - 1-24-1911
EJH & Miss Hudson - 21 hours old - 1-24-1911
EJH & Miss Hudson - 21 hours old - 1-24-1911
EJH & Stanley Treat - undated (probably unknown to EJH in her lifetime, Stanley was a cousin living in her hometown, Ovid, MI)
EJH & Stanley Treat - undated
EJH & Stanley Treat
EJH & Stanley Treat
EJH & Stanley Treat
EJH & Stanley Treat
EJH & unknown - probably 1911
EJH & unknown - probably 1911
EJH & Wilma - 4-25-1911
EJH & Wilma - 5-23-1911
EJH & Wilma - 7 months old - 9-3-1911
EJH & Wilma - 7 months old - 9-3-1911
EJH & Wilma - 7 months old - 9-3-1911
EJH & Wilma - undated
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EJH & Wilma
EJH asleep - 5-15-1911
EJH first day of school
EJH perhaps - undated
EJH,probably JWB, BBS - ca 1917
Myra, Beulah, Wilma, EJH & unknowns - probably 1911
Swimming - ca 1929
Wilma & EJH
Wilma & EJH
Wilma & EJH - 5 weeks old - 2-28-1911
Wilma & EJH - 5 weeks old - 2-28-1911
Wilma & EJH - 5-2-1911
Wilma & EJH - 5-6-1911
Wilma & EJH - 5-7-1911
Wilma & EJH - 5-7-1911
Wilma & EJH - 5-28-1911
Wilma & EJH - 6 months - 1911
Wilma & EJH - 6 months - 1911
Wilma & EJH - 6 weeks - postcard
Wilma & EJH - 6 weeks
Wilma & EJH - 6-17-1911
Wilma & EJH - 6-17-1911
Wilma & EJH - 7 weeks old - 3-31-1911
Wilma & EJH - 1911
Wilma & EJH - undated
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Wilma, BBS & EJH - 1914
Wilma, BBS, EJH
Wilma, EJH, Bion, Beulah, Myra, CEJ & others - 7-4-1911