This is one of my favorite photographs from my collection. It is probably a Winter's photo Though not imprinted with his studio logo it is mounted on the same card stock that he used. It was taken in about 1890 in front of the T.G. Hendricks house which stood on the N.W. corner of Broadway and Charnelton, and now the site of the Broadway Center complex. Through the 1880's and 1890's this area was known as "Four Corners" as four prominent Eugene families resided on the four corners of this intersection and others on the four surrounding blocks. Starting at the left the little ladies are: Ina Craig, Ruby Hendricks, Rosalie Friendly, Agnes Harris, Nina Wilkins with her sister Lucia on the specially constructed seat behind her and Greta Gill. T. G. Hendricks is shown standing on the porch with his eldest daughter Ida, at the gate holding Eugenia Craig. At the far left is Sam, the Hendricks coachman with the Hendricks team Jim and Barney hitched to the family carriage. The Wilkins girls tricycle was well cared for and was later donated to the Lane County Pioneer museum where its image was used for many years as the Museums logo.
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