Laura Display

 
With her hands hidden by fancy net mitts and folded carefully across her lap, 19-year-old Caroline Quiner stares solemnly into the camera. Although not yet married at this point (c.1858-9), she would go on to become one of the most famous mothers in American literature. 
 
Miss Quiner is also known as Caroline Ingalls, mother to Laura Ingalls Wilder—“Ma” in the Little House on the Prairie  series of novels and television episodes.
 
This single ambrotype image is paired with another—that of her husband-to-be Charles Ingalls, who strikes a stately pose with his hand clasping a lapel; a massive head of hair, chin beard and slightly uneven bow tie.
 
These rare ambrotypes are two of more than two dozen items associated with author Laura Ingalls Wilder that will be on display Aug. 7-8 at Genesee Country Vllage & Museum during Laura Ingalls Wilder Days.

They include:
·         a family portrait, probably taken around 1894 (above, right)
·         a letter written by Laura in pencil to a group of Mansfield, Mo. school children in 1953 (below, left)
·         old newspaper articles
·         books:  including Norwood, owned—and signed—by Charles, from which he read to his daughters (below, right); and examples of Laura’s books that have been translated into other languages.
·         art work by book illustrator Garth Williams
·         calling cards
·         Carrie Ingalls’ schoolwork
·         a relic from her sister Grace’s home near Manchester, SD
·         contemporary wooden carvings of Ingalls family members
 
The articles will be on display in the museum’s Meeting Center throughout the weekend.
 

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