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Portrait of Mollie Courtney, sister of Blanche Lazzell. Mollie was born in 1869, and married Ulysses James Courtney in 1891.

1. Portrait of Mollie Courtney, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 052607
Title:: Portrait of Mollie Courtney, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1869-1920
Description:: Portrait of Mollie Courtney, sister of Blanche Lazzell. Mollie was born in 1869, and married Ulysses James Courtney in 1891.

2. Portrait of Cornelius Carhart Lazzell, Father of Blanche Lazzell

IDNO:: 052604
Title:: Portrait of Cornelius Carhart Lazzell, Father of Blanche Lazzell
Date:: ca. 1900

Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "The lads took the new lasses and the old lasses were left to mourn." Listed in the photograph: Sicely Wilson; Osa Lawson; Gertrude Wheeler; Blanche Lazzelle; Eirlah Davis' Mabel Wiant; Sadie Donley.

3. 'The Seven Widows', Excelsior and Crestomathean Halls, West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

IDNO:: 038799
Title:: 'The Seven Widows', Excelsior and Crestomathean Halls, West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.
Date:: 1897/09/23
Description:: Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "The lads took the new lasses and the old lasses were left to mourn." Listed in the photograph: Sicely Wilson; Osa Lawson; Gertrude Wheeler; Blanche Lazzelle; Eirlah Davis' Mabel Wiant; Sadie Donley.

Included in photograph: Clara Burrel; Anna Long; Laura Lewis; Pere Miller; Ethel Reynolds; Isa Neal; Minnie Goff; Cattie Cutts; Mabel Reynolds; Emma Ward; Amanda Phillips; Ada Halstead; Blanche Lazzelle;

4. Girls of Baptist Hall, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:: 038798
Title:: Girls of Baptist Hall, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:: 1902/03/05
Description:: Included in photograph: Clara Burrel; Anna Long; Laura Lewis; Pere Miller; Ethel Reynolds; Isa Neal; Minnie Goff; Cattie Cutts; Mabel Reynolds; Emma Ward; Amanda Phillips; Ada Halstead; Blanche Lazzelle;

After graduating from West Virginia University in 1905, Blanche Lazzell was employed for three years by L. E. Friend, the creator of this photograph.

5. Portrait of Artist Blanche Lazzell of Maidsville, W. Va.

IDNO:: 038797
Title:: Portrait of Artist Blanche Lazzell of Maidsville, W. Va.
Date:: 1905
Description:: After graduating from West Virginia University in 1905, Blanche Lazzell was employed for three years by L. E. Friend, the creator of this photograph.

Left group: Stella Elliott ("Ma Steller Ruggles"); Lotta Kump, ("Little Larry Ruggles"); Blanche Lazzelle ("Susan Ruggles"). Right group: Della Haymond ("Aunt Deller Ruggles"); May Ruffin ("Kat Ruggles"); Virginia Rider ("Sarah Mand Ruggles"); Flora Sanders ("Peora Ruggles")

6. 'Ruggles Family', West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

IDNO:: 038793
Title:: 'Ruggles Family', West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.
Date:: 1897
Description:: Left group: Stella Elliott ("Ma Steller Ruggles"); Lotta Kump, ("Little Larry Ruggles"); Blanche Lazzelle ("Susan Ruggles"). Right group: Della Haymond ("Aunt Deller Ruggles"); May Ruffin ("Kat Ruggles"); Virginia Rider ("Sarah Mand Ruggles"); Flora Sanders ("Peora Ruggles")