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Eva Onderdonk, Ottawa, Ontario, ca. 1893

The second picture shows Eva in the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader in December 1891, in an article titled Fair Chicago Maidens, an article that ran in many different newspapers across the country.

The third picture shows Eva in the Inter Ocean, a Chicago newspaper, in 1894, shortly before her wedding.

The fourth picture shows a clipping from the The Decatur Herald on February 11, 1892, in an article describing Chicago debutantes who were interested in charity work, another girl showcased was Florence Pullman, heiress of George M Pullman.

The fifth picture, again from the the Inter Ocean, shows Eva after her marriage, published on June 3, 1894.

The sixth photo, taken around 1885, shows a private passenger train car named after Eva, used to show visiting dignitaries and other VIPs the railroad while it was being constructed.

Eva was a daughter of Andrew Onderdonk, an American contractor who had a hand in building the seawall in San Francisco and the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia. His role in the construction of the CPR is rather controversial, he “imported” thousands of Chinese workers from China and California for work on the railroad, giving them substandard shelter, pay and medical care while they did highly dangerous work, and then left them without help to either settle in Canada or move home, some living in caves with little food or water, when the railroad was complete.

Eva, at 19, married Percy Leroy Fearn on May 29, 1894, in Chicago, where her family had settled soon after the completion of the CPR railroad in BC. Her society debut took place in 1893, amid much fanfare. At the time of their marriage, Fearn’s father was a judge on the International Commission in Cairo. As far as I can tell, Eva and Percy had no children. He died in Texas in 1916.

The Pittsburgh Courier, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1925 But on the way out of the store, Mrs. Bulter passed the soda fountain, and asked for a glass of water. “No, no,” said the clerk, “I can’t serve you.” Mrs. Butler sought the manager. “The clerk is...   High-res

The Pittsburgh Courier, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1925

But on the way out of the store, Mrs. Bulter passed the soda fountain, and asked for a glass of water.

“No, no,” said the clerk, “I can’t serve you.”

Mrs. Butler sought the manager.

“The clerk is correct madam” he is said to have remarked with all the dignity and “white supremacy” effrontry of a Klan Kleagle.

“We do not serve COLORED people in Joyces.”

“But I just purchased ice cream here,” she ventured.

“Well, that’s different,” he said.

The New York Age, New York, September 21, 1911 It is more obligatory upon Negroes than upon other sorts of people to so conduct themselves in places of public amusement, accommodation and transportation as gentlemen - modest, quiet, unobtrusive, but...   High-res

The New York Age, New York, September 21, 1911

It is more obligatory upon Negroes than upon other sorts of people to so conduct themselves in places of public amusement, accommodation and transportation as gentlemen - modest, quiet, unobtrusive, but without fear or subserviency - because any display of vulgarity, uppishness, bumptiousness, attracts attention more readily to them than to others, because of their color. Conduct in such places which would pass unnoticed or be laughed out of countenance when exhibited by a white person, is promptly resented when exhibited by a black person, often with serious consequences. It is not wise to rush into a fight, and it is foolish to run out of one when it rushes into you. Fight, when forced to do it, but fight hardest not to be forced to do it.