Ruth Weinman Herndon and Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman photograph   Save
Ruth Herndon Collection
Description: Cyanotype photograph showing Ruth Weinman Herndon and her mother, Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman. The bottom caption reads: "Baby Ruth 1909." 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 Weinman family was a prominent German-American family in Columbus throughout the 20th century. Ruth Weinman (1907-2002) 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 the neighborhood of 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: AL06048
Subjects: Children--Ohio; Other--Family History; German Americans
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)