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after an appendectomy. She
had had a successful opera-
tion for appendicitis and was
considered on the road to re-
covery when a sudden heart
attack caused her death.
The church was filled to
overflowing, all the local pio-
neers and ranchers present.
In 1978, Time-Life Books
editor Donna Lucey learned about the collection of historic photos
stored in the basement of 90-year-old Janet Williams in Terry; Jan-
et inherited a fortune of plates and pictures and bound diaries that
had been in the cellar of Cameron's long-abandoned cabin since
her death. In 1991, Photographing Montana 1894-1928: The Life and
Work of Evelyn Cameron was published by Lucey.
The Prairie County Museum, in Terry, which operates the adja-
cent Evelyn Cameron Gallery, houses more than 900 of her much-
loved photographs.
See more of
Evelyn Cameron's work
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Cameron' s photographs
aˆest e streng
of frontier women;
THEY ROPE AND RIDE, TEND TO ANIMALS
AND GARDENS, BAKE AND FRY FOR FAMILIES,
SHEEP-SHEARERS AND FARM CREWS,
AND HARVEST IN THE WHEAT FIELDS.
