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1930s, Florence Allen and Friends at Kaley (F.E. Allen) Cottage in Estes Park08/04/2016Florence Allen and her friends entertaining themselves in front of Allen's cottage in Moraine Park. Susan Rebhan is standing with her arm around Florence Allen who is helping to support Mary E. Pierce. Bertha "Bert" Miller is below Mary's foot. |
1930s, Florence Allen and Friends at Kaley (F.E. Allen) Cottage in Estes Park08/04/2016Pictured left to right: Mary E. Pierce and Bertha "Bert" Miller holding an axe. A humored Florence Allen is sitting next to a log splitter. Mary E. Pierce, nicknamed "her cousin" by Allen, lived and worked with Allen from the 1930s till Allen's death in 1966. Allen and Bert Miller, a prominent New York attorney, meet in law school and became life long friends and traveling companions. |
1930s, Kaley (F.E. Allen) Cottage in Estes Park08/04/2016In 1926, Florence Allen, a prominent judge for the Ohio State Supreme Court, purchased the land and commissioned O.L. Green, a local builder, to construct a bungalow for her summer residence. Like her neighbors, she used Moraine Park as base for exploring Rocky Mountain National Park. She used it every summer until she sold the property in 1953. Of all the cabins at Kaley's in the Pines, this is the most handsome. The bungalow has several rustic features that connect it to its forested surroundings. The shingle siding, prominent stone chimney and foundation, and numerous porches mimic nearby National Park Service-built Rustic buildings. Source: National Park Service, List of Classified Structures |
1931, Estes Park06/21/1931Glimpse of Deer Mountain. Typed on the back of the photo: "June 21, 1931- Estes Park, Colo. A mountain just across the valley and immediately in front of your cottage. John was climbing the slope when this picture was taken." |
1931, Kaley (F.E. Allen) Cottage in Estes Park06/14/1931F.E. Allen cottage at Moraine Park in Estes Park, Colorado. Known today as the Kaley Cottage. Typed on the back of the photo: "Estes Park. Positive proof that our 3-year old Ford was at that point within four days after leaving Cleveland." |
1931, Timberline Camp in Estes Park06/22/1931Typed on the back of the photo: " June 22, 1931 'Timber Line Camp' the building on the right is the Snow Plow (and what a plow!) garage. Our Ford is on the roadway, appearing just left of the 'garage'." |
1940s, Mary E. Pierce at Kaley (F.E. Allen) Cottage in Estes Park08/24/2016In Tuve’s biography of Allen, First Lady of the Law, Mary Pierce is described as an “expert fisherman, hauling in trout by the sixes and eights.” Typically the trout would be cooked and prepared with pancakes, a specialty of the house, and served to cottage guests. |
1948, Florence Allen and Mary Pierce Holiday Greetings Card08/24/2016During 1948, the year this holiday card was sent out to friends and family, Florence Allen was serving as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, a position President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated her for in 1934. This appointment would make her the first female in American history to serve as an Article III judge. In this same year she was honored by New York University Law School, her alma mater, as “one of the world’s most truly great women” at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Allen spoke at the event that evening and “asserted that lawyers have a positive obligation to explain to the peoples who control the national governments the crucial necessity for building up a system of law between the nations as a substitute for war.” |
1959, Judge Allen Portrait Ceremony in Cincinnati10/15/1959In 1959, Judge Allen announced her retirement from active service to the United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. During an official unveiling of a portrait honoring Judge Allen’s career held on October 15, 1959, Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court noted that Judge Allen's distinguished career included 15 years of service for the Citizens of Ohio, followed by 25 years of service at the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. From the struggles of securing the vote, through 1959, Justice Stewart remarked that Judge Allen then remained "the first and only woman to hold that high judicial office." Captured in the photo is Judge Allen (center); joined by her eldest sister, Emeritus Dean of Women at The Ohio State University, Esther Allen Gaw (far right), and United States Senator Frank J. Lausche (second in on the left). Chief Justice of the 6th Circuit, the Hon. Thomas F. McAllister (far left), captured the spirit of Judge Allen's legacy by stating the following: "The heart and mind of Florence Allen will flame for generations as a beacon for thousands of young women who will take their rightful places in government, in the practice of the law, and in judicial service - and lawyers and judges yet unborn will read the words she has written in the endless, ever-old, and ever new quest for justice." |
1960s, Florence Allen at "The Briar Patch" in Waite Hill08/24/2016Florence Allen later in life, with a walking stick, standing outside of her home, which was nicknamed “The Briar Patch” or simply "The Patch". Both the house on this property and the historic marker honoring Allen have been removed over the years. |