Black and white photo of John W. Davis, an elderly man with a long beard, seated in a chair in front of a wooden house amidst tall grass. He is wearing a long coat and a bowler hat. The cellar door and steps of the house are visible in the photo.
Postcard markings on back. Inscribed on back in pencil: "J.W. Davis | Born April 7. 1828 | taken by Mr. Cotten [sic] Spring 1910 | We were living in our own house on the Cotten Farm | (Mother) | for Nettie Carr".
Black and white photo of John W. Davis, an elderly man with a long beard, standing in a field of cabbage. He is wearing a short coat and pants and a felt hat with a brim. Wooded landscape in background.
Inscribed on back in pen: "1911. October 30 | J.W. Davis in his Cabage [sic] patch that he raised himself the summer he was 83 years old. taken by Mr. Cotton. | he has a pack of cabbage on his back."
Black and white photo, taken outside, in front of a house. House is wood, steps up to a porch. Thirteen people, seven adults and six children. Four men in suits standing, two of them holding a child. Three women in dresses sitting on the ground in front, one holding a young boy. Three young girls dressed in white sitting on the ground in front of the women. Handwritten on the back: "Ernest Schedeen family | Mels Roddun | 1912 | 2 from left on both" Handwritten in upper right corner "49.150 | G.H.S.| 0052". People: Schedeen, Ernest Roddun, Mels
Black and white photo of George Metzger with two white or light-colored horses, standing outside in front of a barn. One of the horses is wearing blinders; both have harnesses.. People: Metzger, George
Black and white studio portrait of H. Victor Adix, Jr. as a young man or older teen. Photo is in a brown cardboard folder with tissue paper protecting photo. Ivory colored frame around photo. "MARKHAM | PORTLAND, ORE." printed on frame. Written on back of folder: "Vic Adix".. People: Adix, H. Victor, Jr.
Black and white studio portrait of Johnny Underwood, a young man in black suit, standing. Background wallpaper or screen with ferns or leaves. Border around photo, and printed at bottom: On left: "Sixth | and Ankeny, | PORTLAND" Center: "Prof. G.L. Eastman, | COR. FIRST & TAYLOR, | 111 1/2 THIRD, BET. WASHINGTON & STARK " Right: "388 | E. Morrison, | OREGON." Handwritten on back: "Johnny Underwood | Born 1876 - Died 1912 | Buried: White Birch Cemetery | Gresham Oregon | His mother was a sister (Margaret) | of Samuel Metzger, Jake's father, | which makes him (Jake) first cousin to | Johnny.". People: Underwood, John Metzger, Samuel
Formal studio portrait of Andy McMillan. Oval shaped photo with black cardboard rectangle around. Name of photography studio is cut off at bottom. Man has a bushy mustache, is wearing a dark jacket, white collar with tie. Hand written on front "Andy | McMillian" Written faintly on back: "Lived on |Cleaveland | near | Burnside". People: McMillian, Andy
Black and white studio portrait of Henry Kane as an older man, wearing a Grand Army of the Republic uniform characterized by a hat bearing the laurel wreath G.A.R. insignia. He is seated at 3/4 angle to the camera. Handwritten on bottom "Henry Kane - 1844-1911" Handwritten on back: "Mr. Kane". People: Kane, Henry
Black & white professional photo of Alexander Beers as a middle-aged man, sitting in chair at desk with book or pamphlet in hand. Hand written on top and bottom "Alexander Beers" Handwritten on back: "Alexander Beers". People: Beers, Alexander
Black and white cabinet card photo, taken in studio. Oval portrait of John and Nellie Metzger. John is seated and Nellie is standing beside with arms resting on his shoulder. Both formally dressed in late Victorian attire. Printed on back, looks like an ink stamp: "D. H. HENDEE | PHOTOGRAPHER | I Street Bwt. 4 & 5 TH | EAST PORTLAND, OGN." Handwritten on back: " Nellie 16 John 30 Metzger". People: Metzger, Eliza Ellen "Nellie" Metzger, John Hendee, Denney H.
Studio portrait, black & white, photo of Hester B. Thorpe as a young woman. Seated, wearing black jacket, large white collar and white button or brooch. Handwritten on back "Hester B Thorpe". People: Thorpe, Hester B.
Black and white, oval photo with white border. Bessie Howett as a teenage girl or young woman wearing a formal dress, seated. Handwritten on back "Bessie Howett | Meat Market | Family " Magnet on back with "BESSIE HOWETT". People: Howett, Bessie
Black and white photo portrait of sisters Ann and Ellen Simonsen, both young women. Both wearing dark-colored clothing. Ann is sitting on the arm of the chair with Ellen standing beside her. Handwritten on back "Siminsen [sic] | sisters | Ann and Ellen | Siminsen | Gilmore | Brother Alfred | from | Wrights". People: Simonsen, Ann Gilmore, Ellen (Simonsen)
Formal portrait of Catherine Elizabeth Linnemann. Hair done up on head, white lace scarf, dark top. Handwritten on front "Catherine Elizabeth Linnemann | 1828-1926" Written on back: "Courtesy of Virginia Grass | [words cut off]". People identified: Linnemann, Catherine Elizabeth
Black and white photo of Sterling & Johnson Hardware Store. Two men are standing in the center of the photo, a little far back from the photographer. The man on the left is wearing a brown or black hat and what appear to be workman's clothes and boots. The man on the right is wearing a work apron and sleeve covers over a clean whit shirt and tie, and he has a straw hat with a ribbon. There are various farm tools hanging on the back wall and the left and right side of the photo show different types of hardware merchandise avaliable for purchase. The back of the photographs reads "Sterling & Johnson Hardware Store. Gresham, Oregon. Main St. between 2nd & 3rd Sts. Mr. Johnston standing at right. Later became Kidder & Johnston Hardware" There is also an address label for Mr. Roy H. Gibbs on the upper right corner of the back of the photograph.
Black and white photo of a woman, Mary E. Crane (Mrs. Fred Crane), holding up a jar at the canning exhibit in the Domestic Science Division of Multnomah County Fair in 1923. The exhibit also has a case of bread and other baked goods. Handwritten on the back "Supt. of Domestic Science.". People identified: Crane, Mary Crane, Frederic
Black and white portrait photo of "Grandmother Davis" (likely Elizabeth Shaw Davis), an older woman with her hair up in a bun, wearing frameless glasses and a dark jacket with broad light lace collar. Inscribed on back in pen: "GRANDMOTHER DAVIS" People: Davis, Elizabeth Shaw; Mortimer, Timothy W.
A team of Multnomah County bowlers at the 1951 American Bowling Congress in St. Paul, Minnesota. From left to right: Larry Larison, Fergie Risk, Rod Rodgers, Ted Mullan, Billy Rodgers, and Glenn Collins.
Joe Kato riding on Farmall tractor in cabbage or broccoli field on the Kato farm, off Southeast 190th Avenue and Richey Road. Kelly Creek and the Bliss family property are in the background.
A portrait photo of the author Theodore Dreiser. A note on the back of the photo from the donor, Myrtle R. Butcher, reads: "His mother and my grandma were sisters. Theodore Dreiser, my brother-in-law, Helen's husband, novelist. He passed away in 1945, California. Helen also, 1955. For years together, married 1944. Stevenson, Washington. I was there with them."
Photograph of Boy Scout Troop 273, sponsored by the Cedar School PTA and led by Eddie P. Townsend. Top row: Laverne Gould, Russel Gould, Harold Townsend, Vernon Townsend, Sueki Murahata. Second row: Leland Carter, Jack Asakawa. First row: Homer Townsend, Arno Schindler, Bob Townsend, Nogi Asakawa, Ernie Speybrock. Standing: Dr. Thomas B. Carter, Eddie Townsend (troopmaster).
4-H Club "style revue" photo with 7 teenage girls and one young girl in front, all dressed up. Caption on the back identifies them as Helen Clark, Kathryn Parks, June Clark, Janet Hinkle, Doris Spears, Alice Suhr, Posina Law, and the small girl in front is Elaine Gall. Although the caption reads "Fred Meyers", the competition actually took place at Meier and Frank in Portland.
Williams family photo taken in 1908, slightly different shot from #1789. Caption identifies George, Natalie, and John Williams as three of the people in the photograph.
Three framed portrait photos of Jean Elkington at age 2 years and 10 days. The frame is wood with gold accents. Elkington is wearing a white dress and in different poses in each picture.
A white paper bag front from Senn's Drive-in Dairy. The bag has an illustration of a cow in a car with a carton of milk in the back. The street addresses of the seven drive-in locations are listed on the bottom half of the bag.
A brown paper bag front from Senn's Drive-in Dairy. The bag has an illustration of a cow in a car with a carton of milk in the back. The street addresses of the seven drive-in locations are listed on the bottom half of the bag.
Staff photo page for Pleasant Valley School 1961-1962. Sixteen individual photos surround a photo of Pleasant Valley School. Individuals are clockwise from top left: Jack Burke (principal), Nyda Knight (teacher), John Gullion (teacher), Mrs. Harper (teacher), Jesse Rains (teacher), Harold Wood (music), Mrs. Lenzen (teacher), Mrs. Lehman (cook), Unidentified (cook), Mrs. Hull (cook), Mrs. Hemphil (teacher), Betty Bartholomew (secretary and donor's mother), Wayne Brooks (custodian and school bus driver), Unidentified (teacher), Dale Moulton (teacher), Irene Whitten (teacher).
Staff photo for Pleasant Valley School 1962-1963. Eighteen individual photos surrounding a photo of Pleasant Valley School. Individuals are clockwise from top left: Jack Burke (principal), Mrs. Lehman (cook), Jesse Rains (teacher), Edna Rhode (teacher), Mrs. Denham (teacher), Dale Moulton (teacher), Mrs. Lenzen (teacher), Irene Whitten (teacher), Mrs. Hemphil (teacher), Wayne Brooks (custodian), Nyda Knight (teacher), Betty Bartholomew (secretary), John Gullion (teacher), Naomi Jackson (teacher), Ruth Swan (teacher), Mrs. Hull (cook), Unidentified? (cook), Mr. Bradshaw (music). There is a school bus in the front of the school.
Staff photo for Pleasant Valley School 1963-64. Fourteen individual photos surrounding a photo of Pleasant Valley School (looks like the same photo of the school from 2023.015.0002.) Individuals are clockwise from top left: Jack Burke (principal), Betty Bartholomew (secretary), Mrs. Harper (teacher), Mr. Bradshaw (music), Ruth Swan (teacher), Jesse Rains (teacher), Mrs. Hull (cook), Dale Moulton (teacher/librarian), Mrs. Hemphil (teacher), Edna Rhode (teacher), John Gullion (teacher), Nyda Knight (teacher), Mrs. Lehman (cook), Naomi Jackson (teacher.) There is a school bus in the front of the school.
Photo of Pleasant Valley School, labeled "Pleasant Valley School District 1857-1977." 1977 is the year that the Pleasant Valley School District became part of the Centennial School District. Several cars are parked in front of the school, likely 60s era cars. One of the cars is a Mustang.
