Two separate funeral programs for two brothers: John Skarek, March 8, 1876 to June 11, 1953 and William Skarek November 11, 1886 to June 17, 1953. Both memorial services were conducted at Carroll Funeral Home in Gresham, officiated by Reverend F. Cannell, and accompanied by soloist William Elliot. Both brothers were interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Gresham. The Lord's Prayer is printed in both programs. On the back of William's program are handwritten notes by Agatha Hart, his sister.
An empty white matchbook advertising Carroll Funeral Home. The front cover reads "665-1117 - Carroll Funeral Home, Gresham, OR" in gold writing, and the back cover is plain.
A matchbook sewing kit w/ thread and needle used to repair runs in nylons. The front cover reads "Compliments of Your Dodge Dealer - Brockway & Nelson - Autowise Service - Gresham, OR" in blue lettering. The back cover reads "Dodge and Plymouth - Passenger Cars and Trucks - Always at Your Service." The inside has red-orange thread wound around a paper card with a sewing needle in it, and says "phone 127" below in blue lettering. Above the thread reads "Directions for use of Matchless Run Arrestors - Moisten Run Arrestor Thoroughly and Apply Liberally to Both Ends of Run in Stocking. Will Remain Fixed Until Washed. - Reg. U.S. Pat. Office - Mfg. by Cope & Company - 1108 W. 24th St., Los Angeles."
Proficiency Award certificate awarded to Art Ceciliani on February 28, 1953 for finishing the Fundamental roller skating class at Center Roller Rink in Gresham and progressing to the Dance & Figure class. Signed by Evelyn Zanotti, instructor, and Victor W. Bacon, rink operator. Seal for Roller Skating Rink Operators Association (R.S.R.O.A.) at bottom corner.
Photograph of a Multnomah County Fair stage show. Several musicians are on the stage, and a crowd is watching the show. There are tractors and cars to the left side of the crowd, with a sign reading "Gresham Equipment Co."
Photograph of the Linnemann Junction electric trolley station. There are two trolley cars travelling in opposite directions, one to Cazadero and the other to Portland or Bellrose.
Photograph of the Walter Balmer Dairy Barn, taken between 1927 and 1933. The barn was located at the intersection of Stark and Kane in Gresham, across from what is now Mt. Hood Community College. The Balmer family owned 80 cows, and delivered milk and cream to Gresham, Troutdale and Montevilla areas. When the Great Depression made it difficult or impossible for people to pay their bills, Walter Balmer had to give up the dairy, instead raising feed for the cattle across the road.
Photocopy of a US Geological Survey Map of Damascus Quadrangle, revised in 1975. The map shows southern Multnomah County and northern Clackamas County, with 162nd Ave as the western border. Downtown Gresham is at the very top of the map.
A photograph looking west down Stark Street in Gresham at 12 Mile Corner. Stores in view include the Wigwam, Mullan Farm Equipment Company, Totum Lumber, Frank's Auto Exchange, Hang Out Tavern, Peaches fruit stand, and a Chevron gas station. The Wigwam has a grand opening sign on it.
Photograph of Rockwood School, part of School District No. 27, on 181st Avenue and Stark Street. There is a group of children and adults standing outside of the building.
Five slips of paper: three 3.5" X 2.5" craft paper perforated across the tops as of torn from a roll of adding machine tape and two 2.5" X 11" printed ticket invitations to a musical presentation by Mrs. Mark (Ada) Nickerson and Florence Honey, Friday September 23rd, 1927, 8:30 pm, at the Studio First State Bank building. The tickets and paper slips were used by Florence Honey to keep weekly accounts for November (presumably 1927) and January and February (presumably 1928). Expenditures are listed in detail, and include money spent on haircuts, symphony appearances, a teapot, lunch with Ada Nickerson and her children, and a $15 hat.
Telephone company staff seated and standing in an office with switchboards. Group consists of four women seated and two men standing. Two women, Arlie Gibbs and Winifred Osburn McClure, are wearing headsets with horn-shaped speakers connected to the switchboard.
Left to right: Arlie Gibbs (Davidson), Winifred Osburn McClure, Iva Alder (Littlepage), Grace Page, Bill Ekstrom, and Frank Christenson
Digital audio file recorded from 33 1/2 rpm record. Record contains 9 versions of a radio commercial for Zimmerman's Twelve-Mile Store located at Twelve-Mile Corner, now known as North Central Gresham. All versions consist of a man singing in a false Scottish accent with piano accompaniment about Zim's.
Transcription:
First verse (repeated in first six versions):
I find my food in the country
Not far from the Gresham Fair
Just head for the Twelve-Mile Corner
Old Zim will meet you there
It's fun to shop at Zimmie's
Sure and Scotch there is no (?)
So I park in the lot in my favorite spot
Cause there's bargains (?) full of food (?)
Just look for the light and tower
And the swivel light on top
Then park in the lot in your favorite spot;
To the door it's just a hop
It's fun to shop at Zimmie's
There's everything good to eat
Just park in the lot in your favorite spot
It's the place where old friends meet
It's fun to shop at Zimmie's
On the level just ask (gramps?)
Just park in the lot in your favorite spot
And get green trading stamps
The redemption room is lovely
Full of everything you wish
So park in the lot in your favorite spot
And get your favorite dish
It's fun to shop at Zimmie's
Cause they smile from head to toe
So park in the lot in your favorite spot
You'll save a lot of dough
Variation of first verse used in versions 7-9:
I find my food in the country
Not far from the Gresham Fair
Just drive to the Twelve-Mile Corner
Old Zim will meet you there
There's pots and pans and hardware
And garden tools galore
So park in the lot in your favorite spot
You'll love his brand-new store
Try sauerkraut and Wheaties
Or cook a good beef stew
Just park in the lot in your favorite spot
Go the rest (?) is up to you
It's fun to shop at Zimmie's
Where traffic's not congestion
Just park in the lot in your favorite spot
You won't have indigestion
Set of three woven baskets, nested. A is the largest has a handle and has remnants of paint on the outside. B is the medium basket with no handle. C is the smallest basket and has a handle.
Black and white photo of a two story white building with cars parked at the side and one car driving south on Main in front of the building; banner on side of building reads "ENTRANCE TO FAIRGROUNDS | FOR AUTOS." The photo is taken from a height, perhaps a building rooftop. The building is the Dan White Restaurant and Confectionary on the NW corner of Main Ave. and Second St. in Gresham. There are two men in hats looking at the building with their backs to the photographer. There is a poem written in ink (cursive) on the back of the photo. "It was in the town of Gresham where lived two of Bethlehem's best men. They had traveled far and wide and after meeting Esther and Retty in whom they took much pride They decided to forever here abide."
Black and white photo of John W. Davis, an elderly man with a long beard, sawing wood from a felled tree in a forest. He is wearing a long-sleeved shirt and pants with suspenders and a felt hat with narrow brim. The tree appears to be about three feet in diameter based on several rounds already cut beside the log. Setting is identified as the Cotton Farm in Gresham.
Inscribed on back in pen: "J.W. Davis sawing wood on the Cotten [sic] farm | To Nettie Carr | from Mother Davis | Sep. 8 1931" - Last two digits of the year are written over in different pen "10".
Black and white photo of Mildred St. Clair Davies (left) and spouse Ben Davies in front of a car. Both are wearing traveling clothes. Sign on car says "LONG PRAIRIE" Handwritten on back: "Leaving honeymoon | for Minnesota | July 3, 1921" Handwritten on back in black marker: "Outlook | St. Clairs | Ben & Mildred | Davies". People: Davies, Ben Davies, Mildred (St. Clair)
Black and white photo of Schedeen family group with six people standing in back, three children standing in front. Photo taken outdoors with trees and shrubs in background. Handwritten on back, and same handwritten on paper taped to photo: "Back row: Emil Schedeen (Grandpa) Poly Schedeen Annie Schedeen (Mrs.) Evelyn Schedeen Ruth Schedeen Ernest Schedeen (Mr.) Front Row: Marion Schedeen Lorna Schedeen Lester Schedeen | 1922". People: Schedeen, Emil Schedeen, Roland E. "Poly" Schedeen, Annie Schedeen, Evelyn Schedeen, Ruth Schedeen, Ernest Schedeen, Marion Schedeen, Lorna Schedeen, Lester
Black and white photo of (left to right) Schuyler C. Jones, Fisher Jennings, Bert Hoss, and Ben Hoover working inside the A.W. Metzger Store, possibly in a back room, with bags piled up in background. Schuyler C. Jones is standing on a large scale, buckets and boxes behind. Names written on back.. People: Metzger Jones, Schuyler C. Jennings, Fisher Hoss, Bert Hoover, Ben
Two copies of a black and white cabinet card portrait. Harve Metzger as a young man with side part combed hair, mustache, wearing dark suit, 3/4 angle portrait, fade effect below chest. Printed on bottom of cardboard "Bertrand 413 North Main Street, | Opp. Pico House, LOS ANGELES, CAL.". People: Metzger, William Harvey "Harve"
Sepia toned landscape photo of white house surrounded by trees with barn or other outbuilding on the right side of photo. Handwritten on back : "Contributed by Elsie and Felix Chiodo 1981 | View from East - looking West | J. G. Chiodo home - purchased | from John & Mary Shattuck | 1906 and 1909 - on Powell Valley Road". People identified: Chiodo, Elsie Chiodo, Felix Chiodo, J. G. Shattuck, John
Samuel Metzger House located at 200 W Powell, northwest corner of Miller & Powell (now site of Gresham Post Office). Group standing in front, from left: George Metzger, Rose Metzger, Minnie Metzger, Ben Rollins, Sarah Metzger, Sam Metzger, J. P. Powell, Jake Metzger.There is a dark colored dog in the lower right hand corner outside the fence. Also noted on back of photo: "Picture belongs to Mabel (?) G. Ferris, P.O. Box 36x (?), Gresham, Oregon." Secondary note on bottom of photo reads: "1983, Property of Virginia Christensen ..." (rest of note was cut off). People identified: Metzger, George Metzger, Rose Metzger, Minnie Rollins, Benjamin Franklin Metzger, Sarah Metzger, Samuel Powell, John Parker Metzger, Jake
Photo of Miyo Iwakoshi, a Japanese immigrant who lived in Gresham/Orient, as an older woman. She is seated in a wicker chair and holding a book in front of a screen with Asian landscape design. Small table next to her holds a figurine, framed photo, and potted plants. She is wearing a dark floor-length dress and white lace collar. People: Iwakoshi, Miyo; Gary, Glenda D.
Poster on white cardstock with black monochrome printed design. Design consists of photographic portrait of a young woman in profile with her hair in a bun, wearing a pearl necklace and sheer top; below image is text "MISS MAUDE M. ALDRICH | "CITIZENS OF TOMORROW" | "BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY" | Time | Place". Simple geometric border around edge. People: Aldrich, Maude M.
Photograph of World War I Red Cross volunteers in and around automobiles in front of L.L. Kidder Hardware and an unidentified storefront, located in the Congdon Hotel building. The cars are adorned with Red Cross banners and pennants; some volunteers are wearing armbands and/or uniforms. First row, left to right: Archie Meyers (banker from First State Bank), three unidentified women in car, Maude Mitchell, Gertrude Eastman. Seated in 2nd car: Millie Ferris, Gladys Bliss, Gladys Neal. Sitting on running board of 2nd car - Ed Aylsworth, Hester Thorpe, Frances Bliss. Florence Towle and Winifred St. Clair on third car. Others are unidentified. People: Meyers, Archie; Mitchell, Maude; Eastman, Gertrude; Ferris, Millie; Bliss, Gladys; Neal, Gladys; Aylsworth, Edward; Thorpe, Hester; Bliss, Frances; St. Clair, Winifred; Towle, Florence
Small monthly calendar for 1916 affixed to a card with a photo of Gresham High School and text: "souvenir | Go to School Days" and "November 22, 23, 24" and " Union High School No. 2 | Gresham, Oregon". The card also lists the Board of Education and the faculty. The card has a small hole in the center top for hanging on a nail or hook. The "1916" on the front of the calendar is in red and surrounded by decorative holly leaves and berries in red and green. The card itself is cream color, the photo is black and white and the printing is black. People: Stapleton, G.W.; Brugger, Andrew; Yunker, Louis; Rugg, F.L.; Hornecker, W.; Miller, K.A.; Goodwin, Elmer; Bee, Charles; Struggles, Eva; Good, Mary; Cartain, Hazel; McCormick, Edith Vaughn; Gregson, Lettie; Pomeroy, Ellen Adams
Black and white photograph of adults and young adults in concert attire posing with musical instuments in the Gresham Methodist Church. The front pews are visible in the forecground. Two people are sitting in the pews, one on either side of the aisle. One is looking at the photographer. The performers (about 20) are seated or standing looking at the photographer. At the bottom of the photo in white print: National Institue of Music and Arts Recital | Victor De Pinto, Instuctor | First Methodist Church, Gresham, Oregon, November 13, 1935". The eight people siting in the front have acoustic guitars on their laps. The others are holding a range of instruments. The conductor (possibly Victor De Pinto) appears to be the second person standing on the left. He is holding a baton and wearing a tuxedo. People: Hjaltalin, Nellie; De Pinto, Victor
Black and white photo of a group of men in two rows, front row kneeling and back row standing. The men are dressed in overalls, aprons, and other work wear; all are wearing hats. One of the men in the front row is holding a small dog. Warehouse or factory building behind the group. Stamp on back for Photo-Art Commercial Studios.
Black and white photo of an office area at the Olympic Mill, showing two women and a man sitting at desks in an area divided from the rest of the room by a railing. A man in a suit is standing on the other side of the railing. Stamp on back for Photo-Art Commercial Studios.
Black and white photo of three men packing pallets of wood veneer at the Olympic Mill. Two men are stacking strips of veneer and the third is strapping another stack to a pallet. The picture is taken inside a warehouse or factory. Stamp on back for Photo-Art Commercial Studios.
Lawn campaign sign composed of white corrugated plastic. Sign is rectangular with black printed text in stencil-like font reading "STRIPMALLS | OR | STRAWBERRY | FIELDS?" Sign has two mounting holes, one at center top and other at center bottom.
Sepia toned photograph of home of Jacob and Gertrude Metzger, as identified by handwritten note on the back of the photo's black, curved cardboard backing. Two individuals, identified on the back of the photo as "Gertie" (Gertrude) Metzger on the left and her daughter Mabel Metzger on the right, stand at the bottom of the stairs in the front of the home. Foreground is a large grassy yard, flanked by several trees. The photo is attached to black backing which has extensive writing in pencil and appears to be a letter to someone named "Ray." The pencil script is faded and difficult to read. The back of the black backing has staining.
