"OFF TODAY! 20 GIRLS, NEWS GUESTS, TO TOUR OLD WORLD"

Left to right: Miss Bessie Weir, Miss Bessie Carpenter, Mrs. Mattie C.Hunt, Miss margaret Tompkins, Miss Mae Rosenbaum, Miss Cicely Lewis, Miss Lotta M. Steele, Miss Bessie Weller, Miss Ethel Anderson, Miss Mollie Hamilton, Miss Blanch Unfug, Miss Harriet Muller, Miss Annie G. McAndrews, Miss Gertrude Allen, Mrs. Matt F. Murray, Miss Bonnye Cox, Miss Lillie Watts, Miss Caroline Balcom, Miss Ora O. Hackney, Miss Gertrude Connor. Miss Weir is the chaperone of the party. Miss Watts has the honor of having received the highest number of votes in the contest.

The Contest To Win A Trip To The "Old World"

The Ship - The U.S.S. Minneapolis

Letters To Mama & Papa

Picture Postcards To Home

Picture in the Denver News - 1911

Purchases of Souvenirs Abroad - Spoons & Books

Maiden Voyage Before The Titanic...The Story of Grandma Ora's European Vacation

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1911 Postcard of Birmingham, England postmarked Birmingham 9.15PM Aug 22 '11 sent to Mrs. R.B. Hackney, Newcastle, Wyoming, U.S.A. from Ora dated Aug.16, 1911 "Dear Mamma: We left Warwick this morning at 10 o'clock. We are now in Birmingham, but expect to leave in a few minutes. We are all well and having a fine time. From her we go to Edinburg and on the 19th we sail from Glasgow. Tell the boys and Papa Hello. Will be home here long. With love, Ora"

Letters and Postcards from Ora to her family align=bottom>

ENJOY THESE MEMORIES FROM THE PAST...........THANK YOU JEANETTE!!!!

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