Photographs of the Ruskin Cooperative Association

Home of Mr. Tyrus Hardy in Chesapeake, Missouri
at home Cheesapeake, Missouri, This is the home of Mr. Tyrus Hardy at the time of his death at the age of nearly ninety two years old; He was eighty when this picture was made, he lived at Chesapeake Missouri near Mount Vernon, Mo., Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.
Mr. Tyrus Hardy
Mr & Mrs Tyrus Hardy not to long before she passed away; Mrs Hardy was formerly Stella Mae Payne born near Clay City, Illinois., Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.
Mr. Hardy and daughter Mae
Mr Hardy & Daughter Mae, at his home in 1962., Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.
Birthplace of Mr. Tyrus H. Hardy
This is where Mr. Tyrus H. Hardy was born August 28, 1872 near Clay City, Illinois. This is a picture made not many years ago. The brick were hand made in a home kiln., Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.
Group of people
Mae (Hardy) Miller, Glenn Hardy, T.H. Hardy, Gladys (Hardy) Rader, Fred Hardy, Chespeake, Missouri, Just after the death of Mrs. Hardy 1952 in Spertember. All in this picture lived in Ruskin. Fred & Gladys were born in Ruskin; All have passed away except Mae & Gladys, Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.
Mr. Hardy and a friend after a fishing trip
Mr Hardy and a friend after a fishing trip near Chesapeake, Mo., Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.
Mr. Tyrus H. Hardy, former postmaster, and daughter Mae
Mr Tyrus H. Hardy, former postmaster and daughter Mae, fer daughter Gladys, her granddaughter Reba, and great granddaughter Robin; Five Generations, Mr. Tyrus Henry Hardy, Mrs. Mae Pauline Miller, Mrs. Guy Douglas, Mrs. Reba Cotton & her daughter Robin; This picture was made in Memphis, Tennessee in 1963 at the home of Reginald R. Miller, son of Mae P. Miller, Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.
Mr. Tyrus H. Hardy and Grandson Robert E. Miller.
Mr. Tyrus H. Hardy and Grandson RObert E. Miller. Son of Mrs. Mae P. Miller, he is a Sgt; in the army now stationed in Germany, Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.
Hardy family house
This is the house Mr. Hardy lived in when he left Ruskin, the boys are his sons the oldest is Cameron , the other is Glenn; Made about 1912. There was a huge but beautiful weeping willow tree in the front yard., Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.
Mr. Mallison, student at Ruskin
Mr Mallison was a student at Ruskin I believe his sister was too., Dates inferred from dates of archival collection.