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Description |
A 4"x6" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Madge Evans, Carrie Quade and Queene H. Snow, David City, Nebraska. They are all dressed with white sheer, long-sleeve dresses with lace and ruffle trim and high-stand collars with bonnets of multiple rows of sheer ruffled fabric edged in lace. They are stand side-by-side in front of a painted backdrop of draped fabric. |
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Historical Notes |
Madge Evans was born in David City, Nebraska, May 6, 1882, to Arthur and Bessie Evans. After graduating from David City High School, she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, and worked in the Lincoln Library and Lincoln Book store 1912-1922. She moved to Beatrice, Nebraska, and worked as City Librarian until her retirement in 1952. After retiring, she moved to Omaha with her sister, Camille. Madge died in Omaha, January 23, 1968. Carrie Quade was born in Iowa in 1882 to William and Emma Holmberg Quade. Her father was a miller by trade who was born and married in Rhode Island, then moved his family to Dubuque, Iowa, and later to David City, Nebraska. Carrie performed at the Opera House in David City. She married Ray Harris and moved to San Diego, California, where Ray was the city attorney. They had one daughter, Ida. Queene Hortense Snow was born in Nebraska, October 31, 1882, to Frank & Hortense Cassatt Snow. Her father worked in a hardware store and later became a railroad agent in David City, Nebraska. Queene was a talented musician and began teaching music at an early age. She performed often at the Thorpe Opera House. She married Henry Givens Cox who was also musically talented and an early conductor of the Omaha Symphony. Queene died May 1963, in Iowa. She and her husband endowed the Cox-Snow Music Center (a 200-seat recital hall, rehearsal hall & classrooms) at Central College in Pella, Iowa. Queene also funded a permanent scholarship at David City High School in David City, Nebraska. |
