The twins Ruth Anna and Ruby Althea were born February 21, 1903, to Joshua and Alice McSherry Hodson. Ruby became the grandmother of Vivian Meek Bibler, who provided these baby portraits.
I was curious about how one girl had all the hair – including the hereditary Hodson curls that never made it down to me – while the other had only the fuzz.
The question prompted this response:
“Grandma Ruby is the little one – she always said her sister took up so much space she had to be small. Grandma was 76 pounds and 4′-8” in her 90s . We were shopping in the little girls department for her clothes. Ruth is the taller one. It makes me laugh that they were dressed so alike!
“Ruth has all the hair – she was always the taller and larger one. It almost looks like a wig!”
Do we file this under Sibling Rivalry?
Orphan George 