Raney Family Group Portrait

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Identifier

ghs0251

Description

Black and white Raney Family group portrait. Three adults seated in front row, from left: Maude Howitt, her mother Jennie Raney, and her father Ben Raney. The two younger Raney children are standing behind, Harvey on left and Orel on right. The two women are wearing dark dresses; Ben is wearing a suit and tie; Harvey is wearing a suit jacket and bowtie; Orel is wearing a light-colored frilly dress and hair ribbon. White label on front, bottom, with typewritten: "Maude Howett, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Raney & children | Harvey and Oral" Handwritten on back: "From Thelma Johnson| 1900-1910 | Edwardian | children | mimicked | grown | 1905.2". People: Howett, L. Maude Raney, Ben Raney, Jennie Raney, Harvey Raney, Orel

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Date

1900-1905

Subject

Families

Portrait photographs

Photographic studios

Provenance

From Theresa Johnson, who likely kept the original. Benjamin Raney was the brother of Charles Raney, who worked at the failed Beaver Auto Company in 1917 and 1918. Jennie Raney née Akins b. June 16, 1857, Michigan d. June 5, 1940 Benjamin McLin Raney b. June 22, 1867 d. November 25,1940 Maude Alta Howitt née Raney b. 1884 d. October 30, 1964 Harvey Benjamin Raney b. March 20, 1895 d. October 28 1970 Orel Mary Yerkes née Raney b. 1899 d. 1963

Type

StillImage

Contributor

Gresham Historical Society

Extent

Print, Photographic

Location

Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States

Item sets

Gresham Heritage