Gresham Outlook Newspaper Office

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Identifier

ghs0230

Description

Newspaper office, the Gresham Outlook. Junior Linotype press/typesetting machine at left of photo, stove in middle of the room. At left is Emma B. Johnson, the press operator, standing behind the press. Man in suit standing second from left is unknown; young man second from right wearing an apron is Chase St. Clair, and the man at the right in a vest and shirtsleeves is owner/editor Harry Leslie St. Clair. Handwritten on back "1904 Ed Metzger | H.L. St. Clair" "L/R 1 Lena St Clair | 2 | 3 | 4 H.L. St. Clair" (Woman is incorrectly identified.). People: Johnson, Emma B. St. Clair, Chase Metzger, Ed St. Clair, Harry Leslie St. Clair, Edna St. Clair, Lena Chase

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Date

1911

Subject

Gresham Outlook

Newspapers

Provenance

Based on the dates given for the Multnomah County Fair (September 21-24) in the poster on the back wall, this photo was likely taken in 1911, the first year of circulation for the Gresham Outlook. This photo shows the second location in the Sell Building on Main Street, where the Outlook moved after tenants in the prior location complained that the press shook the building. Through the newspaper, owner/publisher H.L. St. Clair was an enthusiastic booster and advocate for Gresham; he and his wife Lena were influential in maintaining the city's clean, churchgoing reputation.

Type

StillImage

Contributor

Gresham Historical Society

Extent

Print, Photographic

Location

Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States

Item sets

Gresham Heritage