This photograph of Virginia Rhoads Brunner (age 8-weeks) was purchased at an antique store in Maryland. I purchased it because 1) I hate to see photographs be discarded, and 2) it had Virginia’s name on it. I had to see if I could learn more about Virginia. Virginia Rhoads Brunner was born 23 February 1904 […]
Category: Identified Photos
The photographs featured in this collection include names and/or locations that may help us reunite these treasures with family members or local repositories that will showcase them in their history collections.
Winfield Eckley was the man who owned the two photographs featured in our “Corvallis, Oregon” post. Winfield was born 13 January 1893 in Lagrande, Oregon.[1] He was the son of Edwin Eckley and Harriett Jane “Hattie” Proebstel.[2] He attended Oregon Agricultural College and appeared as a graduate in the school’s 1916 yearbook.[3] When Winfield registered […]