they look so young

I came across this photo in my files tonight, while looking for something else entirely. I forgot I had it. It's of Frank and Emma Cooley with baby Paul, taken in De Smet, Dakota Territory, 1885, the year Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder were married. Frank was 25; Emma was 20 (she was born three days after Mary Ingalls). No, Emma wasn't a midget; she was just a tiny woman.

Geoge Cooley isn't in this photo because he was born the following year. That's a little toy wagon Paul is holding.
- posted by pioneergirl at 10:01 PM