Durand IL – Ruth E. Hendricks

Childhood c.1915 Durand Illinois

July 10, 2025 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1915, childhood, Durand IL, family, mother, photography, postaday 9 Comments

My Mother Holding a Hat c.1926

That’s my grandfather on the left-Judd Dewitt Van Sickle. My mother Marian Van Sickle, holding a hat. She looks about 14 (born in 1912) No notes identifying the others in the photo.Durand, Illinois.

August 9, 2023August 9, 2023 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: Durand IL, family, grandmother’s album, mother, photography, postaday, vintage 3 Comments

My Mother in 1917

May 10, 2023 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: ancestors, childhood, doll, Durand IL, family, mother, Mother's Day, photography, postaday 26 Comments

School Days c. 1917

From my grandmother’s album . Durand Illinois.

November 17, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1917, Durand IL, family, grandmother’s album, photography, postaday, school days, Throwback Thursday, vintage 8 Comments

My Mother and her Brother Robert c. 1925

Robert and Marian VanSickle. Durand Illinois c.1925. My mother sporting breeches and tie

January 13, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: ancestors, brother, Durand IL, family, fashion, mother, photography, postaday, Throwback Thursday, uncle 16 Comments

Illinois Snow in the 1920’s

My grandmother Charlotte in the hat and coat standing in front of the snow and my grandfather Judd with the shovel. Durand, Illinois. We had five inches yesterday in Pittsburgh.

Nothing like this!

December 2, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Things in the Snow, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1920’s, Durand IL, family, grandparents, photography, postaday, shovel, snow, storm, Throwback Thursday, weather 20 Comments

From My Grandmother’s Album – the 1920s

The women in the middle changes in these two pics

From what I can tell that’s my great grandfather on the left. No marks or notes on these two pics .

September 30, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: album, ancestors, antique, Durand IL, fashion, grandmother, grandmother’s album, photography, postaday, vintage 4 Comments

My Great Aunt Edna is on the far left. Unfortunately, she’s the only woman I can identify. The caption says “Doris Feb. 2, 1916” My maternal side, from Edna’s sister’s photo album, Charlotte, my grandmother. Edna was born in 1890 and passed at 100 in 1990. So she’s 26 Years old in this photograph. Durand, Illinois. Aunt Edna and Uncle Edgar did not have any children. He passed in 1965.

August 26, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Throwback ThursdayTags: 1916, ancestors, aunt, Durand IL, family, photograph, photography, postaday, vintage, women 5 Comments

About A Hundred Years Ago

My Uncle Robert on a Tricycle in Durand Illinous

August 12, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: ancestors, bicycle, childhood, Durand IL, family, photography, postaday, uncle 8 Comments

Spring 1917 Uncle Robert Holds a Lamb

Spring 1917.

Durand Illinois.

From my grandmother’s album

My mother’s brother, Robert, holds a lamb.

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1917, childhood, Durand IL, lamb, photography, postaday, Throwback Thursday, uncle 6 Comments

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Childhood c.1915 Durand Illinois

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My Mother Holding a Hat c.1926

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My Mother in 1917

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School Days c. 1917

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My Mother and her Brother Robert c. 1925

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Illinois Snow in the 1920’s

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From My Grandmother’s Album – the 1920s

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Aunt Edna and Friends in 1916

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About A Hundred Years Ago

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Spring 1917 Uncle Robert Holds a Lamb

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