The following is from Marilee Bryant, granddaughter of the artist:
Eda Nemoede was born April 14, 1877, in Brillion, Wisconsin, of German immigrant parents. She was next to the youngest of eight children. She was very bright in school, but was not allowed to go past the sixth grade because her father wanted the children to go to work.
Eda showed a talent for drawing at an early age, and the little museum in Oconto, Wisconsin displays a drawing of a child done by Eda at the age of (showing 500 of 3662 characters). |
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Eda Casterton is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
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