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Selection Added: 9/10/2008 |  Click Image To View! | Postcards of Lathrop Photos Courtesy Of: Ralph Rupe | ||
Selection Added: 6/24/2008 |  Click Image To View! | Details about "R" Powell's daring stunt of driving his 1939 Mercury through a woooden building. (#208), Dr. Longfield Day, Kratzer's combines, Lathrop School Board, Judge Cross, Fred Hall, Girl Scouts, and more. Photos Courtesy Of: Daryl Powell | ||
Selection Added: 10/18/2007 |  Click Image To View! | Photos of Lathrop taken recently by Ralph Rupe. Photos Courtesy Of: Ralph Rupe | ||
Selection Added: 8/28/2007 |  Click Image To View! | This group, featuring Lathrop residents, was updated on 8-28-2007 to include a photo (#486), provided by Ralph Rupe, of Fagin Drug Store in the early 1950's. Photos Courtesy Of: Richard Kerr | ||
Selection Added: 7/27/2007 |  Click Image To View! | Lathrop's first pumper truck, pictured here, was delivered in early 1952. For more details, see the individual photos in this grouping. Photos Courtesy Of: Richard Kerr | ||
Selection Added: 7/13/2007 |  Click Image To View! | A potpourri of historical information about Lathrop and community. See #153 compiled by Richard Kerr. Information about Lathrop Fire Trucks was revised 7-13-2007. Photos Courtesy Of: Miscellaneous Contributors | ||
Selection Added: 6/15/2007 |  Click Image To View! | Cliff Hulen visited with Alice Rea Breckenridge recently and photographed the images in this collection from among the memorabilia of Alice's mother, Louise Walker Rea, wife of Martin Rea. Cliff resides with his parents, Lon & Joan Weems Hulen, in Hacienda Heights, CA. Cliff is a descendent of Taylor Hulen, who along with his grandson, George W. Asbury and descendents, farmed south of Lathrop from 1853-1940. The Rea family also farmed south of Lathrop. These images include photos of the Sophomore, Junior and Senior classes of Lathrop High School in the 1922-1925 period. We are indebted to Cliff and Alice for these precious photos. Richard H. Kerr KerrRichardH@comcast.net Photos Courtesy Of: Alice Rea Breckenridge & Cliff Hulen | ||
Selection Added: 1/13/2007 |  Click Image To View! | Meredith (Harrington) Klamm of Liberty, MO furnished this sequence of precious photographs of her parents, family, and her ancestors, some of whom were among the earliest settlers in the Lathrop community. This is a photo of the children of John E. and Maria Harrington. From left to right, Sam, Kathy, Meredith, Elizabeth, and John R. Harrington. Photos Courtesy Of: Harrington Family | ||
Selection Added: 11/8/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Everett Linville, Cornelius, NC submitted these photos of his family and schoolmates taken when he resided in Lathrop during the 1930s and 1940s. Photos Courtesy Of: Linville family | ||
Selection Added: 10/1/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Lathrop's Telephone Service History by Richard Kerr, who maintained and operated this antique switchboard. Photos of Lathrop's "Hello Central" gals are included along with a discussion of the wonderful services they provided to the commnity over the years. Betty Mae Momyer took these photos on September 30, 1970 when the telephone system was converted to dial. Shots of the new telphone building and the community celebration inaugurating Lathrop's first dial telephone system are included. Completely revised 9-30-2006 Photos Courtesy Of: Daryl Powell | ||
Selection Added: 9/8/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Photos scanned from Photo Records of The Guyton & Harrington Mule Company Properties published in 1915 by Guyton and Harrington. Historical observations by Richard Kerr. See#32 Photos Courtesy Of: Richard Kerr | ||
Selection Added: 9/3/2006 |  Click Image To View! | The 32 pictures in this group were all scanned from Betty Mae Momyer's collection of 35mm slides. They depict life in the 1950s and Daryl Powell was most gracious in letting me have access to them Photos Courtesy Of: Daryl Powell, Betty Mae Momyer | ||
Selection Added: 9/3/2006 |  Click Image To View! | The 8 pictures in this group were all scanned from Betty Mae Momyer's collection of 35mm slides. They depict Lathrop at Christmas in 1956 and Daryl Powell was very gracious in letting me have access to them. Photos Courtesy Of: Daryl Powell, Betty Mae Momyer | ||
Selection Added: 9/1/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Collection of 12 photos that date from the early 1900's to the 1990's. Post Card of the 1st Christian Church from 1916! Photos Courtesy Of: George Williams | ||
Selection Added: 8/25/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Photos of various Lathrop people including Miss Mabel Douglass taking her first grade classes to Turney, MO on the Burlington railroad. These photos were scanned from 35mm color slides, taken by Ralph Rupe in the 1950s. (Additional captions added 8-27-2006 by Richard Kerr) Photos Courtesy Of: Richard Kerr & Ralph Rupe | ||
Selection Added: 8/25/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Group of 14 photographs between 1955 & 1960. They show me as a kid, the poker club and much more! ! ! Photos Courtesy Of: George Williams | ||
Selection Added: 8/24/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Great selection of 26 photos, mostly from the middle to late 1950's Photos Courtesy Of: Daryl Powell | ||
Selection Added: 8/20/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Group of 19 Black & White photos from the 1968 Friendship Festival. Parade and Downtown Lathrop. Selection also includes photos of the Methodist Church from the late 1940's and an Elliott Family Photo from Sept. 1961 Photos Courtesy Of: Cindy Weers | ||
Selection Added: 8/16/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Selection of 20 photographs from the 1967 Lathrop Centennial Celebration. Photos Courtesy Of: Daryl Powell | ||
Selection Added: 8/13/2006 |  Click Image To View! | One early morning in August of 1957, the Lathrop Fire Dempartment was summoned to the McGinnis farm, northeast of Lathrop and these photos, taken by Ralph Rupe, depict the awesome sight that greeted them. Photos Courtesy Of: Richard Kerr & Ralph Rupe | ||
Selection Added: 8/12/2006 |  Click Image To View! | A collection of advertisements from Souvenir presented by the Business Men of Lathrop, MO in 1902. Richard Kerr provides historial details about some of these early businesses and their proprietors. (Revised 8-27-2006) Photos Courtesy Of: Richard Kerr | ||
Selection Added: 8/12/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Collection of 21 photographs that depict the life of Thomas G. Williams. Several of these show Lathrop in the 30's and 40's. Photos Courtesy Of: George Williams | ||
Selection Added: 8/1/2006 |  Click Image To View! | Photos scanned from Clinton County In Pictures published in 1939 by E. L. Fisher, editor and publisher of The Lathrop Optimist, Lathrop's newspaper of record for many years. The publication is a veritable Who's Who of the prominent business people and citizens of Clinton Co, MO in the late 1930s, including those of Lathrop. Photos Courtesy Of: Richard Kerr |
