Agnes McAdam Ingvalson

This photograph was labeled "Agnes McAdam and three other teachers, Blooming Prairie, MN".  I am guessing mind you, based on family resemblance, that Agnes is the woman on the far left.  That face resembles our great-grandmother, Janet McAdam Waning.  If anyone else has thoughts as to which woman is Agnes, let me know!

Agnes McAdam was born the 18th of May 1879.  She was named for her maternal grandmother, Agnes Robertson Burnet.  Agnes McAdam taught in School District #61 the 1910-1911 school year so perhaps the above photo is dated around that time. She married Albert Ingvalson the 25th of June 1914.  They had no children.  Albert died in 1964, and Agnes in 1972.  She was a regular and frequent letter-writer and the last of our great-grandmother's surviving siblings.

I love the style and mood reflected in this photograph - the dresses - especially the "bib overall" style dress and the umbrellas.  The confidence exuded in the stances of the four financially independent, educated, young women.