This photo was taken by T. L. Graves circa 1889 in the front yard of the T.J. Craig home, which stood on Charnelton between 8th and Broadway, approximately where Pizza Pipeline is today. The neighbors immediately to the south were the T.G. Hendricks family. The Craig's were an other "Four Corners" family. The occasion of this gathering was the birthday of Ina Craig (second of the girls from the left). The others are: Zida Goldsmith to the left of Ina and then Hattie Nelson, Pearl Luckey, Elma Hendricks, Etta Peet, Leila Straub, Agnes Harris is seated in the hammock holding Eugenia Craig, next is Nettie Burr, Hennie Thompson, Ruby Henricks, Nina Wilkins and Rosalie Friendly. Seated are Ermine Church, Gertie O'Brien and Norma Hendricks. Nina Wilkins would later grow up to write with her sisters Lucia and Gladys "The Story of Eugene" the first major history of Eugene. This group of little girls was a wonderful representation of the daughters and granddaughters of Eugene's earliest settlers.
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