Name/Title
Richards family childrenEntry/Object ID
2024.22.4Scope and Content
Portrait of the three Richards family children, (left to right): Leonard, Lois, and Margaret. Leonard and Lois both were killed in the Van Deusen home by the Lorain tornado.
Photo taken a few years before the tornado.Context
The Ray Richards family from Columbus, Ohio arrived in Lorain, Ohio for a weekend visit with Ray's sister, Margaret (Richards) Van Deusen (wife of attorney C.E. Van Deusen), and her family Saturday, June 28, 1924, looking forward to a weekend family reunion. "Aunt Ruth," another Richards sibling, joined the two families.Acquisition
Accession
2024.22Source or Donor
Jackson, Neta Thiessen