John W. Davis Photo Portrait
by Shanafelt 1905-1906
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Black and white portrait photo of John W. Davis, an elderly man with a long beard. He is shown from chest up and is wearing a jacket and vest with striped shirt. Photo is attached to beige mat board backing with scalloped edges. Printing at bottom reads "Shanafelt | ARTIST | Portland | Oregon". Handwriting at top (repeated on back) reads "J. Davis 1905 | Ruth's grandfather". Bottom corner torn off. People: Davis, John W.; Mortimer, Timothy W.
More about this item
- Identifier
- ghs20220200004
- Description
- Black and white portrait photo of John W. Davis, an elderly man with a long beard. He is shown from chest up and is wearing a jacket and vest with striped shirt. Photo is attached to beige mat board backing with scalloped edges. Printing at bottom reads "Shanafelt | ARTIST | Portland | Oregon". Handwriting at top (repeated on back) reads "J. Davis 1905 | Ruth's grandfather". Bottom corner torn off. People: Davis, John W.; Mortimer, Timothy W.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Location
- Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Date
- 1905-1906
- Creator
- Shanafelt
- Subject
- Aged persons
- Cabinet photographs
- Portrait photographs
- Provenance
- John W. Davis was born in Kentucky in 1828 and spent most of his life in Illinois and Kansas, serving in the Kansas Home Guard during the Civil War. He also worked as a temperance advocate while living in Kansas. He was a longtime member of the GAR, Masonic order, and the Grange. In 1906 he and his third wife, Elizabeth Shaw Davis, moved to Gresham to live near his son Harvey E. Davis. She survived him on his death in 1912. Timothy W. Mortimer retains ownership of the original photos, which he brought to the museum for scanning in 2022.
- Type
- StillImage
- Relation
- Gresham Heritage
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
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