The extended family of Benjamin and Agnes Mitchel Price poses proudly with their two automobiles, an REO or Red Wing, and a Winton Six, in this photo from about 1907. The building behind them was originally the Farquhar store, but then used as an annex to the Old State Capitol Building and dubbed The Lobby. The Prices were among the first automobile owners in Olympia. The photograph was taken by Agnes Mitchel Price’s sister, Ida B. Smith. Agnes and Ida were both professional photographers.
Ida B. Smith photo, about 1907, Courtesy State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1951.284.3
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