"One of the good things she [Arminta] did during her second widowhood was to invite her nephews and nieces, fourteen in number, to take a trip to California with her, she bearing all expenses. Four could not accept the invitation, but ten accepted, and with herself, her brother Irvin and wife, Mr. Miller and daughter Chloe, and James D. Mills, made up the sixteen known in Los Angeles as the Jolly Sixteen. We went the Santa Fe route, and to the Grand Canyon, and came home through Salt Lake and Denver- came over the Marshall Pass- and can thank Aunt Minta for one of the best trips of our lives."
~Excerpt from article written by Sarah M. Blythe Mills , June 26, 1920~
Taken before the trip at
Malvern train station.
Click Here to see enlarged picture with name map.
Train Station 1907
Pacific Ocean
Front: Robert Thompson, Nova Thompson, Albert H. Thompson
Back: unknown, Olive (Thompson) Foltz, Irvin W. Thompson, Richard B. Thompson, James H. Thompson, Anna (Spratt) Miller, R.T. Spratt, Arminta (Thompson) Elliot, Robert T. Blythe, James D. Mills
Same group as above- note the swim stockings and bathing dresses!
Photo corners from Light Impressions