'The Gang Arrives' photograph   Save
Ruth Herndon Collection
Description: "The Gang Arrives," a title given by Ruth Weinman Herndon to this picture of members of the River Ridge Riding and Polo Club, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1928-1930. Ruth Weinman Herndon (Mrs. L. Kermit Herndon) was a life-long resident of Columbus, Ohio. Born September 6, 1907, she was the daughter of Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman (1869-1957) and William Nelson Weinman (1868-1950), owner of the Weinman Pump Manufacturing Company. The Weinmans were a prominent German-American family in central Ohio throughout the 20th century. Ruth Weinman (1907-2002) lived with her parents at grew up at 380 King Avenue in Columbus until 1914, when her parents hired Columbus architect Frank Packard to build a home at 1445 Roxbury Road in Marble Cliff. After graduating from Columbus School for Girls in 1925, Ruth studied sociology at Ohio State University, graduating in 1929. She married L. Kermit Herndon. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1344AV_B03_BOOK01_009
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Societies and clubs; Animals; Horseback riding; Horses
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)