Historic Hood River
Meet the Lindsays
Notes
This fine cabinet card grabbed my attention for two reasons. The name “Lindsay” wasn’t one I recalled running across before, and the Bradley logo on the card clearly placed it in Hood River.
We have a few clues: the card was in the “Robert Lindsay Bio Folder” at the museum, and the name Edith Reed is written on the reverse in pencil. It turns out Robert Bruce Lindsay and family were among the early families at Oak Grove, arriving from Wisconsin in 1885. He worked at the Parker’s Mill, the Oregon Lumber Company, the Davenport Mill, and Davidson Fruit. Based on this new information I was able to correct this previous post which shows Lindsay when he worked at one of the mills (likely Parkertown/Parker’s Mill).
According to this Delia Coon biography of Lindsay, Edith Reed was one of the daughters of Caroline and Robert Bruce Lindsay. I believe this image shows the five Lindsay children: adopted daughter Tiney Kinney, Edith, Grace, Voyle and John. We don’t know which is which in this image.
Mr. Lindsay died in a automobile accident in 1918 when he hit the wrong pedal and accelerated instead of braking at the corner of Belmont and Avalon, as recounted in this issue of The Hood River Glacier. Caroline Lindsay died two years later from influenza. We know the five Lindsay children pictured here are all buried with their parents at Idlewilde Cemetery, but we don’t have many details about their lives.
Tags: Bradley, cabinet card, Davenport Mill, Davidson Fruit Company, Lindsay, Oak Grove, Oregon Lumber Company, Parkers Mill
Will
“… his automobile turned turtle.” That’s a pretty good visual description.
Kalley
We lived on Reed Rd for almost 40 years. Oak Grove was a great place for our kids to grow up.
Patty Kiley
I do know that the person in the middle is Tiney Hannah Lindsay, my great grandmother. She married her adoptive father’s youngest brother, Andrew Millar Lindsay.