Fannie, Sallie, and Mollie Casey, unknown maker from the United States

The three eldest daughters from a prominent family in Covington, Kentucky, the young women pictured pose carefully, if also somewhat awkwardly, in their high-collared white dresses. Sallie (1856–1925) stands poised between her two seated sisters, Fannie (born 1854), and Mollie (born 1857). Active members of Kentucky’s post–Civil War upper-class, newspaper society columns described the Casey sisters as “attractive” and “charming.” Later on, Sallie left her hometown, moving to Kansas City, Missouri, after marrying William Bridges Thayer. In Kansas City, Sallie Casey Thayer expanded her social roles and responsibilities as an art collector, philanthropist, and civic leader. Through these roles Thayer committed herself to the important work of education, art, and good citizenship. Kansas City newspapers regularly discussed her efforts toward “civic improvement” and her “art mission.” In 1917, Sallie gifted her collection to the University of Kansas as a cultural resource for students and the general public.

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