The Kendra Family Collection

Title

The Kendra Family Collection

Subject

The Kendra Family of Chicopee, Massachusetts

Description

A collection of photographs showing 80 years of history of the Kendra Family ranging from the early 1900s to the 1980s. Several different photographic formats and styles of photography are in the collection. The images show several family milestones, such as weddings, first communions and group portraits, as well as candid family moments at the Kendra home on Bill Street in Chicopee.

Source

The Kendra Family

Publisher

Chicopee Archives Online

Date

1900 to 1990

Format

Photographs

Medium

Photography

Collection Items

Peter J.(2nd row, second from left?) graduating class - U.S. Marine Corps, Platoon 356, Third Recruit Battalion, M.C.R.D., Parris Island, SC

Unidentified man and woman on the occasion of their marriage

Caroline (on Foss Av., Chicopee?) with enormous pine tree on flat-bed truck in background

Caroline, Richard, Barbara, Joseph A. and Peter J. standing next to the family home on Bill St., Chicopee

Peter A. , Caroline and Peter J. standing before fruit trees with a dog

First Communion Group including Peter J.(2nd row, center?) and 67 others

Peter J. - First Communion ceremony

Wedding Portrait of Josephine Kuszinas (?)

Joseph A. being held by unidentified military officer

Group wedding portrait of Peter A. and Caroline, at center, with five groomsmen, five bridesmaids, a flower girl and ring bearer

Wedding Portrait of Mary Winieski Nelson

Peter A. Kendra, 2 women, and John Winieski (?) as part of a wedding party

Studio Photograph of Caroline

Joseph A. standing by Peter J. seated in a toy fire truck "near the mills in the center of Chicopee M

(l. to r.) Caroline, Richard, and Peter A. holding Barbara

Caroline seated far right at Burbe Shower, with one man and three women, unidentified

Richard and Peter A. standing with family car in front of the house at 4 Bill St., Chicopee

Kenneth beside a hobby horse inside Bill St. house

Caroline standing outside family home by the family car, holding Joseph A., with Barbara, and 3 other boys (Richard standing?) in the background on…

Joseph Kendra (grandfather) (?) and Peter J. Kendra (grandson) in Chicopee

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