Willa Cather Reads to Elsie and Jack Cather

Artist: unknown

Object Date: circa 1897

Full Collection: Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection

Object Type: Photographs

Credit Line: PHO-4-W689-776. Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections and Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska.

Context:

Unknown maker, circa 1897. Willa Cather (center) reads to her youngest siblings, Elsie Cather and John Esten (Jack) Cather in the front yard of the Willa Cather Childhood Home.

Inscriptions: Willa Cather (center), Elsie Cather (left), Jack Cather (right) Gift of the family of James Cather 1964