Olive Griffin, portrait, 1905

Description:	Portrait of Olive Griffin (1876-1958), fourth child of Patrick and Helen Porter Griffin of Corydon, Indiana. After graduating from high school, Olive Griffin went to Louisville, Kentucky and studied the millinery trade at Cannon & Byers. While in Louisville, she lived with her aunt, Attia Porter McKnight. Following her schooling she secured a position at the store of Holliway R. Sanders in Campbellsville, Kentucky, where she managed the millinery department for three seasons. In the fall of 1896, Olive returned to Corydon and opened her own millinery shop. In 1897, she joined her father and siblings to form the firm of Maurice Griffin & Company, which established a dry goods business on Beaver Street in Corydon. Olive then moved her millinery business into the south end of the family store. She made and sold ladies dress hats at this location for over sixty years.
Origin:	1905
Source:	http://cdm17251.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17251coll25/id/32
Collection:	Griffin Family Photos
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Copyright:	This image may be printed or downloaded by individuals, schools or libraries for study, research or classroom teaching without permission. For other uses contact: genealogy@hcpl.lib.in.us
Geography:	Harrison County, Indiana
Subjects:	women portraits clothing and dress--history eyeglasses

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