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The Lucas Triplets

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The Lucas triplets were born in 1896 in Grinnell, Iowa, and were possibly the first set of triplets born in the state. Their mother was Theodora Craig Lucas, the sister of Edith Renfrow Smith's mother, Eva Craig Renfrow. From left to right: Martha, Rebecca, Mary. Mary died at age 8, Rebecca at about 20, and Martha married Percy Smith in 1917, and died in Stockton, California, on December 1, 1970.
Title Lucas Triplets
Index Date 1896
Date Issued 1896?
Publisher Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Provenance Edith Renfrow Smith
Topic Babies
Topic Lucas family
Topic Triplets
Topic African Americans
Geographic Grinnell (Iowa)
Keyword 1890s
Keyword Grinnell
Keyword Family Life
Related Item Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item Digital Grinnell
Genre photograph
Extent 1 sheet
Media Type image/tiff
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Language English
Identifier (local) grinnell:12142
Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/12142
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Type of Resource still image
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