May 3rd Birthday of Ina Craig

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.

A Tricycle Parade on Charnelton Street, 1890

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.