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Joan Spengler Richard

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Title

Joan Spengler Richard

Subject

Richard, Joan Spengler

Description

Portrait of Joan Spengler when she was young. She was raised on Delray Farm in Strasburg but spent every summer from the time she was 14 riding for Pringle Brothers Stable of Oshkosh, Nebraska. She rode in local fairs and even competed in the Ladies Relay during a "Frontier Days" event in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She also participated in the Freezeland Quadrille (square dancing on horseback) with J.E. Ravok.

Joan married J.C. "Bud" Bickle in Grand Canyon, Arizona, in 1946. Their children were: Virginia Mae Bickle Hamrick, Teresa Lee Bickle Garrard, and Rhett Clark Bickle.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

ca 1941 or 1942

Contributor

Identified by Joan Bickle herself who provided a brief biography. Also identified by Graham Conner, who remembered she loved horses and always dressed like a boy.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

002225

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negatives

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Joan Spengler Richard,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/26581.

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