Person Record

• Email to a Friend
• Send Us Feedback

Email Form

All fields are required.

Send an Email to

Your Email Address

Email Subject

Message

Feedback Form

Please help us by providing feedback.

Name (required)

Phone

Alternate Phone

Email Address (required)

Comments (required)

Images

‹

›

1 of 1977 Orida Olds (2011-04-066B)

Image Request Form

Please fill out this form to request an image and click the Submit Request button when done. The organization will contact you to confirm the details of your request.

Name (required)

Address

Phone (required)

Alternate Phone

Email Address (required)

Preferred Format

*Purpose: Provide information about how this image will be used: Description, title of publication, author, publisher, date of publication, number of copies produced, etc. (required)

Record Link
Media Link

Request Image

View Image Metadata

Metadata

Name	Olds, Orida
Born	08/18/1896
Notes	Between 1902 and 1922, Orida, Saloma, and Rosalie Olds grew up together in Marco's tropical island wilderness. In many respects, they were just normal girls. They helped their parents around the house and regularly attended Sunday school. As they grew older, they enjoyed playing music, making photographs, reading books, writing letters, keeping animals, socializing, finding adventure, teasing one another, and gossiping about boys. Yet Marco's harsh environment also demanded that they fish, hunt, boat, and grow crops - things most women didn't do at the time. Even at age 14, Saloma had an appreciation for their unique upbringing, writing in her diary: "we are awfully different from the people around here." After their father left in 1916, the Olds girls took over the family fruit business. When their mother died in 1919, they stayed at Marco alone, continuing to grow, pack, and sell fruit. They kept in touch with their father, who remarried in 1920 and moved with his new wife back to Pennsylvania. A major hurricane in September 1920 damaged many of the fruit trees at Marco, making life more difficult for the three young women. They stayed until sometime between 1922 and 1924, when they drove to Pennsylvania together and reunited with their father. Their independence, determination, and zest for life, hard-earned at Marco, stayed with them throughout their lives.

Related Records

1. Negative - 2011-04-008

   Black and white negative of Orida Olds standing on a dock, holding a hunted bobcat by its back legs. Orida is wearing pants, a jacket, and boots. Trees and water in the background. Pictured on p. 226 of "Into the Florida Wilderness: Pioneer life and medicine Southwest Florida, A journey with Drs. Mary and Louis Olds" by Elizabeth McDonald Perdichizzi. Possibly the bobcat referenced in a Feb. 7, 1919 letter from Mary Olds to Louis Olds that ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Negative - 2011-04-020

   Black and white negative of Orida Olds bending over and holding a bobcat on a dock. Water and mangrove islands in the background.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Negative - 2011-04-116

   Black and white negative of Rosalie (left) and Orida Olds (right) standing with an unidentified man and woman. The unidentified woman is holding two mangos in her hands. Rosalie is wearing a striped dress, the woman is wearing a dark dress, the man is wearing a dark suit and tie, and Orida is wearing a white shirt, dark skirt, and a dark tie. Palmetto leaves in the background.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Postcard - 2011-04-161

   Black and white image of Rosalie (center), Saloma (left) and Orida Olds in a boat. All women are wearing coats and hats. Water and trees in the background. Handwritten caption on the back reads "Sal, Rosalie, Orida." Printed text on the back reads "Post Card" and "Place Postage Stamp Here".

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Postcard - 2011-04-186

   Black and white image of Rosalie (left), Saloma (center), and Orida Olds. All women are sitting within tall grasses. Saloma and Orida are wearing hats and looking at the camera. Rosalie is looking down. Handwritten caption on the back reads "L to Rt. Rosalie, Saloma, Orida." Printed text on the back reads "Post Card," "Correspondence, Address," and "Place Stamp Here."

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Postcard - 2011-04-337

   Black and white print of the Olds family including (L-R) Charles Louis (C.L.), Mary, Orida (twelve-years-old), Saloma (ten-years-old), and Rosalie (seven-years-old). Everyone is standing in front of their house on a wood walkway. Trees on either side. All the girls are wearing white dresses. Charles is wearing a white shirt, has a beard, and is looking away. Handwritten caption on the back reads "Taken in April, 1909 - Orida Olds - 12 yrs., Salo...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-056A

   Black and white print of Orida (left) and Rosalie Olds in a canoe on the water. Both girls are looking down. Stamp on the back reads "This Print Made By H. & W.B. Drew Co., Jacksonville, Fla."

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-056B

   Black and white print of Orida (left) and Rosalie Olds in a canoe on the water. Both girls are looking down. Handwritten caption on the back reads "Orida Olds L, Saloma Olds R." [Caption is incorrect] Stamp on the back reads "This Print Made By H. & W.B. Drew Co., Jacksonville, Fla."

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-057A

   Black and white print of Orida Olds (right), two unidentified men, and an unidentified woman sitting on a boat deck.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-061

    Black and white print of Orida Olds standing in front of a building and plants, wearing a flower-patterned dress. Handwritten caption on the back reads: "This is a photograph of Orida Olds. George de Charms Ass's [sic] Pastor of Bryn Athyn Church Bryn Athyn, Pa. Signed Orida Olds Milan V. Ayres O.K. Feb 13 - 28. L.S."

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-062A

    Black and white print of Orida Olds standing in front of a tree. Handwritten caption on back reads "Orida Olds."

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-064

    Black and white print of Saloma (left) and Orida Olds wearing hats, shirts, skirts, and boots. Saloma holding a rifle in her right hand and a hunted duck in the other hand. Trees and brush surround the girls.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-066A

    Black and white print of Orida Olds standing next to a plant on the proper left side. Orida is wearing a light colored jacket and skirt with a dark colored tie. Handwritten caption on the back reads "Orida."

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-066B

    Black and white print of Orida Olds standing next to a plant on the proper left side. Orida is wearing a light colored jacket and skirt with a dark colored tie. Handwritten caption on the back reads "Orida."

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-070A

    Black and white print of Orida Olds. Orida is wearing a dark dress with white trim and a white anchor on the chest. Trees and brush in the background. Handwritten caption on the back reads "Orida."

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-070B

    Black and white print of Orida Olds. Orida is wearing a dark dress with white trim and a white anchor on the chest. Trees and brush in the background. Handwritten caption on the back reads "Orida Olds - 17 yrs - Feb., 1914."

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-071A

    Black and white print of Rosalie (left), Saloma (center), and Orida (right) Olds with an unidentified man. Rosalie and Saloma are wearing vertical striped dresses. Orida is wearing a dark skirt, white shirt, and dark tie. The man is wearing a suit. Orida is holding a round object in her left hand. Trees and brush in the background.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-071B

    Black and white print of Rosalie (left), Saloma (center), and Orida (right) Olds with an unidentified man. Rosalie and Saloma are wearing vertical striped dresses. Orida is wearing a dark skirt, white shirt, and dark tie. The man is wearing a suit. Orida is holding a round object in her left hand. Trees and brush in the background. Handwritten caption on the back reads "Rosalie, Saloma, Orida."

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-080

    Black and white print of sixteen-year-old Orida Olds standing at profile. Trees in the background.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Print, Photographic - 2011-04-082

    Black and white print of Orida (left) and Rosalie Olds. Both women are sitting on a dock and wearing light colored dresses. Orida is wearing glasses and Rosalie is holding a round object in her lap. Water and islands in the background. Caption on the back reads "Rosalie on rt., Orida ? yrs." Stamp on the back reads "This Print Made By H. & W.B. Drew Co., Jacksonville, Fla."

    Record Type: Photo