Since so many of the images I post here were taken by pioneer Eugene photographer John A. Winter I thought I would add photographs of Mr. Winter and his wife Susan Jane Hendricks (sister of Thomas Hendricks of Hendricks Park fame). Mr. Winter was born in Ohio in 1831 but moved to Indiana as a youth and then immigrated on to Oregon in 1854. In 1855 he married Susan who was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Bristow Hendricks, thus linking him to two early pioneer families. Winter fist supported his family as a house painter and carpenter. In 1860 he was made a partner to Eugene's first photographer Philip F. Castleman. By 1862 Winter was running the studio himself and would do so until his son Clarence entered the business in the 1880's. Winter Studio would remain in business in Eugene until 1906.
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