Walrad Caffee Family Photos

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Description

Two black & white photos taken at the same time, outside the same house. A. Shows Burton and LaVerne Walrad standing together, Burton holding a small dog. A lot of the photo is over exposed. B. B. Shows Burton and LaVerne with another couple, likely LaVerne's parents, Ella and Howard Caffee. She wears a shawl. He holds his hat in his hand.. People identified: Walrad, Burton Walrad, LaVerne (Caffee)

Provenance

From a collection of photos of Burton Walrad and his spouse LaVerne Caffee Walrad and their families. LaVerne was born in Portland in 1905 and grew up there, attending Washington High School. She married Burton Walrad in 1926. Burton 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

1926-1935

Subject

Photographs

Trucks

Location

Multnomah County, Oregon, United States

Rights

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

Identifier

ghs20010330013

Contributor

Gresham Historical Society

Extent

Print, Photographic

Type

StillImage