Inspired by Gertie Chase letters 1921 – 1922.

Gertie Chase letter to her sister in Tonasket Washington
"Jan. 3, 1921: The brown dress fits Florence and the green one Alice quite well. The other is quite large for Cora. She wears clothes the same size as Florence. I can shorten it up some. The black one is quite long for Ruth too. It will be alright when I shorten it a little. They're all plenty big which is a good thing. … Thank you again for the things for the children, they'll come in very handy. It's hard to keep such a bunch in dresses."
Gertie Chase’s letter to her mother in Tonasket, Washington
"October 28, 1922: Hard job to keep enough clothes made and washed. Don’t suppose you have any old things that would make clothes that you could send? Even old underwear...I make everything I can out of flour sacks but they need something warm in the winter."

Gertie came from Tonasket Washington USA to the Halcourt/Wapiti River Alberta Canada area n the 1920s.
Provincial Archives of Alberta #PR1973.0569
Photograph: Found photo, unidentified