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Photographs ➔ Photograph, Ruth Herrick and Fire Stones
Identifier:
165214Description:
The photographs (two very similar images) depict a middle aged woman standing on sand that is strewn with rocks of different sizes. The background shows a distinct line of trees. On the reverse of the images is the penciled description, "Silo Site, Spring '58. R.H. 165214. Photo by E. Paul Gibson. "Fire Stones" Silo Site - early Spring 1955." The photos themselves were printed "Jun 55." The photos are numbered 165214 & 165223.Date:
March 21 – June 20 1955Current Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Related Entities:
Gibson, E. Paul (creator) Ruth Herrick (donor)Born on July 6, 1895 in Ohio, Ruth Herrick became known as one of the first women physicians in Michigan. She studied at the University of Chicago Medical College and at Blodgett Memorial Hospital. Afterwards she began her practice in 1931 in Grand Rapids. She was an avid collector and took a strong interest in archaeology, having lectured at the Greenfield Village Museum and wrote and published a book entitled "Greentown glass: the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company and allied manufacturers (1959)". In 1961 she cooperated with the Kent County Medical Society in compiling a historic medical collection. She retired in 1973 and later passed away after an automobile accident on June 7, 1974, with many of her assets bequeathed to the Public Museum.