Historic Hood River
Fritz Rosiger Farm?
Notes
Last year we finally started to unravel to mystery of a box of glass negatives in the museum collection whose documentation included the name “Fritz Rossinger.” With this post we figured out Rossinger was actually Fritz Rosiger, partner to August Guignard of Ideal Fruit Grader fame.
This grouping seems to include Mr. Rosiger and his family (front row) along with the workers at his farm. All evidence points to this farm being located near the transfer station on what we now call “Guignard Drive.” It seems unfair Guignard got the road named after him, but not Rosiger.
Industry experts tell me “Fruit Grader” is actually a misnomer in this case, as the Ideal machines were sizing the fruit but not grading them. In modern usage grading refers to the fruit quality, which is more than just size.
Dale Nicol
Unless the very tall young man in the center, back row is standing on something to elevate him, he does not need a ladder to pick fruit!
BethH
I like the boys, holding a cat and the other a bouquet of lilacs. Spring time-
L. E.
Rosiger (sometimes Rossiger) (sometimes Fred, Fredrick, Frederick) might be in the photo, but I suspect this is not his family. By census records, it appears he was never married. While in Hood River, for about 40 years, he appears to have lived with or near the Guignard family.
L. E.
These are the names listed with August Guignard in the 1910 census. I wonder if the Japanese names apply to some of these in the photo.
August Guignard 34 Head
Mary Guignard 31 Wife
Laura Guignard 13 Daughter
John W Guignard 9 Son
Julia Guignard 73 Mother
Fredrick Rosiger 51 Partner
Sokichi Sakai 25 Hired Man
Roas Shimo 21 Hired Man
Turunat Kanayama 28 Hired Man
Tomi Kanayama 24 Wife
Arthur Babitz
Great research LE, thanks!