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Frank Fuller Avery was born in Indiana during 1862. He married Anna Avery in 1892. They had two sons, Frank and Warren Avery. Their father had an interest in photography and has left us some interesting imges of the boys. The family moved to eastern Washington state in 1898, and were connected
with the Colville Indian Agency at Fort Spokane, Washington. Frank Avery Sr. was first the superintendant of the Indian Boarding School at Fort Spokane and later became the inspector of Colville Agency Day Schools. Frank Sr. also took many pictures of life at Fort Spokane between 1901 and 1916 including some that include members of his family.
Frank Fuller Avery was born in Indiana during 1862. He married Anna Avery in 1892. They had two sons, Frank and Warren Avery. Their father had an interest in photography and has left us some interesting imges of the boys.
The family moved to eastern Washington state in 1898, and were connected with the Colville Indian Agency at Fort Spokane, Washington. Frank Sr. also took many pictures of life at Fort Spokane between 1901 and 1916 including some that include members of his family.
Frank Avery Sr. was first the superintendant of the Indian Boarding School at Fort Spokane and later became the inspector of Colville Agency Day Schools.
A photograph shows the two Avery sons, Frank (about 7) and Warren (about 6) in 1908 on the front porch of their home in Fort Spokane (figure 1) Note the porch, a very important part of family life in the early 20th centutry. The boys wear sailor suits with above-the-knee knickers and long black stockings. Notice the lumpy appearance of the boys' legs because they appear to be wearing long underwear underneath even though it is summer. Warren has worn holes in his stockings
because of rough play and you can see the white long johns showing through. Notice also the sandals. Another phototogrph shows the two boys about a year later (1909), probably on July 4th. They are carrying flags. Frank and Warren (aged about 8 and 7 respectively) are dressed almost identically except that Warren's neckerchief is a different color from that of his older brother. Notice the white dickeys. The boys still wear sandals. Another photograph
photo shows Frank and Warren in 1915 after the boys had just entered their teenage years; Frank is 14 and Warren is 13. Both boys now wear double breasted knicker suits with long black stockings and white shirts with striped ties. The ties seem to match. Both boys now wear caps with bills as well as hightop shoes. They seem to be standing against an exterior wall of their house in Fort Spokane. The children were apparently educated in the Fort Spokane school of which their father was in charge.
This is another photograph from the interesting collection taken by Frank Fuller Avery at Fort Spokane, Washington--this one in 1915. It shows a boy from the Schafer family (we don't know his Christian name). He is holding a cat who seems to get along well with the family dog who lies on the porch behind the large wooden chair in which the boy is sitting. The boy looks as though he were about 5 years old. He seems to be wearing a summer white dress rather than knee pants although the top of the dress looks very much
like a modern tee-shirt because it is so plain and unadorned. Notice the long white stockings worn with supporters and the rather dressy ankle strap shoes. His hair is cut very short for 1915. This may have had something to do with the fact that Fort Spokane was at that time still something of a frontier town and populated by many Indians who tended to wear their hair longer.
The images here come from the Frank Fuller Avery Collection
(Washington State University).
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