0032 – Mac Busfield, Great Northern night agent in the 1920s
James MacBean “Mac” Busfield, moved to Snohomish County with his parents and siblings in 1913 at the age of 16. He had already been working for the Great Northern for a couple years, and continued to work for the railroad for over 50 years, retiring in November of 1962. In 1939 he married married Ruth Raven, Mrs. Edith Thedinga’s daughter by her first marriage. They lived at the house Mac had purchased in 1920 at 328 S. Blakeley St the rest of their lives, Mac passing in 1967 and Ruth in 1978. 10/2018
1/03;5.5x3.5 pp; O; T
0029 – Railroad track crew
A railroad track crew is gathered around a handcar next to a section car c1920. 1/03
Henry A. (Babe) Dennis; 9/76; 5x3; O: T
0022 – Monroe Milk Distributing Co. truck
Photo take about 1930 at Weishaupt’s by Maude Jensen with Henry A. (Babe) Dennis at the wheel. He said the truck is a “White” (1925 Fageol or Federal). 1/03
Henry A. (Babe) Dennis; 9/76; 8x5; O; CN13; F, T; fair condition, smudged
0010 – Pioneer farmers “On Their Way to Market” c1900
An Ox-drawn wagon with a man, woman and baby with baskets of vegetables is shown in front of farmstead entitled “On Their Way to Market” in the photo. Babe Dennis, who donated the photo, stated that it was given to him by Mose Udell who was supposedly in the photo, possibly the baby, however Mose was born in 1880 so unlikely. Another source identifies the man as Mose Udell and the baby as his sister, nicknamed “Snowball”, however Mose did not have a baby sister. Could be later (1905) with Mose and his wife, Lulu, and their baby, Leo. Or could be Mose’s parents, George and Frazeline Udell, with a younger sibling. The homestead was in the Woods Creek Valley northeast of Monroe. This photo was used as the source for the bronze sculpture on the Monroe Centennial Monument erected by the Tualco Grange in Lewis Street Park. 1/18
Henry A. (Babe) Dennis; 9/76; 5.5x3; O; CN3,7,10; F, T