[1] She spent seven years in as a dancer during the Great Depression in New York City, before changing careers to study photography as it would offer "freedom and creativity."
[3] Her first year of business found Ray Carlson, the new editor at Arizona Highways at her studio looking to buy photographs.
[1] Way Out West with Esther Henderson was a photographic feature in the Saturday edition of the Tucson (Daily) Citizen newspaper from 1952 to 1958.
A photo she took of Mather Point in the Grand Canyon was featured in a January 1958 issue of the Saturday Evening Post.
The red brick building honors the Abbott's 18-year-old son, Mark, who drowned while bodysurfing near Pleasure Point.
The couple rebuilt the previously decaying lighthouse after the county rejected their offer to build new bathrooms at Pleasure Point, according to newspaper records.
There she played piano at services, packed food bags, and taught children Bible history and music, among other efforts.