A photo of Robert Bruce McPherson with his wife Eva Love Hickey McPherson and their children Robert and Frederick McPherson.
This photo was taken in 1918 on the porch at the McPherson mansion. Most likely taken by Emil Bode on the same day as several other pictures of the family. R. Bruce Mcpherson was a businessman prominent in Howell Michigan. The mansion was built in 1915, three years before the photo was taken.
R. Bruce McPherson was a well known Howell businessman, the president of McPherson Bank, and an insurance broker. He had the McPherson Mansion on Michigan Avenue built in 1915. McPherson was the son of William McPherson Jr. and Jennie M. Ranney.