Looking Back’s theme for 2025 featured Thurston County area photographers, artists, and their subjects. Adelbert D. (A.D.) Rogers was a prolific Olympia-based photographer. His primary subjects were portraits, including this portrait of his daughter Edna, from around 1884.
A.D. Rogers Photo, about 1884, Courtesy State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1958.2.62
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2025