Collection · Digitization in progress

Personal Photos

Family photographs spanning Monty's life — from St. Louis childhood through the Ford, Anheuser-Busch, and Y&R years to his ministry. Each image is captioned only as names, places, and dates are confirmed by family records.

Vintage color photograph at a racetrack: a smiling woman in round sunglasses, a man in a white shirt and tie with folded arms, and a man in sunglasses wearing a media credential, beside a race car and transporter under a blue sky. — At the track, from the Roberts family archive. Family records identify the man in shirt and tie as Monty; other identifications and the date are still being documented.

A man in a tuxedo holding a child beside a hot-air balloon basket draped with a Busch Gardens banner, surrounded by children and adults at an evening event. — A Busch Gardens balloon event, from the Roberts family archive. Family records identify the man in the tuxedo as Monty.

Outdoor family portrait in front of a hedge: a woman, a girl in a navy and white dress, two blond twin boys in red shirts, and two men. — Roberts family portrait, from the family archive. Date to be documented.

A man and a woman each holding one of two infant twins dressed in white. — According to family records, Monty and Lora with the twin boys, Timothy and Peter.

A smiling woman and a man in a shirt and striped tie holding drinks at an event. — Monty and Lora at an event, according to family records. Occasion and date to be documented.

A family of five seated on a couch beneath framed pictures. — At home, from the Roberts family archive.

Currently seeking

Dated family photographs from any era
Photos from Ford, Ontario Motor Speedway, Anheuser-Busch, or Y&R workplaces
Photographs from his seminary and church years

Materials are digitized, credited, and returned. Items are published only after family review, with personal identifiers redacted under the archive's privacy policy.

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