Florence Grace Rich (1906 - 2004) taken about 1916. Grace was the daughter of Harry Rich and Annie Lee Houston. Grace first married George Wiley Burroughs (1908 - 1978) and later Dr. Reuben Foster Simms (1902 - 1983) all of Richmond, Virginia. In her youth, Grace was one of the first live fashion models for Richmond's Miller & Rhoads department store. As the wife of Dr. Simms, Grace helped establish the annual fund-raising antiques show held by the Richmond Academy of Medicine Alliance.
Florence Grace Rich was born in 1906, and died at age 98 years old in 2004. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Florence Grace Rich.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
World War 1, the Mexican Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Easter Rising in Ireland . . . the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Spanish flu killed well over 20 million people world wide ...
Discover how fashion has changed over the years with this collection of photos.
Fashion styles & vintage clothing throughout the decades that will inspire, make you wish for those times again, or may make you ask "What were they thinking"?
Clothing styles have obviously changed ...