1915—The Crane Family and Dalton, Massachusetts

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Parkhurst becomes acquainted with the Crane family when she supervises the education of Louise, the Crane’s youngest child. The family lived in Dalton, Massachusetts where their business, the Crane Printing Company, was based. A few years later Mrs. W. Murray Crane would provide the financial support for Parkhurst’s school in New York City.

Pictured: Josephine Boardman Crane (Mrs. W. Murray Crane), 1972