Burton Walrad as a Boy

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Description

Studio portrait photo of Burton Walrad as a boy standing by a table holding a card. He is dressed in a suit with a long coat, short pants, a detatchable collar. His outfit resembles a uniform. Ankle high dress shoes with laces. One of the two buttoned pockets on his jacket has a pin or award piece hanging from it. The jacket is belted. The photo is attached to a stock card that folds over.. People identified: Walrad, Burton

Provenance

From a collection of photos of Burton Walrad and his spouse LaVerne Caffee Walrad and their families. Burton Walrad was born in 1902 and moved with his parents to Gresham in 1912. They purchased a mercantile store on Main and 1st Street that became Walrad Mercantile. Burton graduated from Gresham Union High School in 1921 and started his first business, Gresham Transfer Co., in 1922. His next venture, Walrad Insurance, remained in business from 1928 until his retirement 50 years later. In 1931, he became the first president of the new Gresham Chamber of Commerce and was instrumental in bringing a new bank to Gresham after both of the town’s previous banks had failed in the stock market crash. He became known for charitable giving and investment in civic improvement, purchasing the Gresham Fire Department its first fire truck. Burton and LaVerne had no children. Burton died in 1990 and LaVerne in 2001. Their friend and neighbor David Widmark donated the photos after their deaths.

Date

1910-1920

Subject

Portrait photographs

Portrait

prints

Portraits

Boys

Location

Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States

Rights

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

Identifier

ghs20010330004

Contributor

Gresham Historical Society

Extent

Print, Photographic

Type

StillImage