Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") in the 1983 Festival of Bands at Portland Civic Stadium. Photo shows primarily marching percussionists with some wind players visible. The wind players are wearing a uniform consisting of a black suit with white, red, and blue overlay or bib, white fluffy shako, and black shoes with white spats. The drumline members are wearing black pants and blue blouses; black hat with red plume.
Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") in the 1983 Festival of Bands at Portland Civic Stadium. Photo shows primarily marching wind players and percussionists. The wind players are wearing a uniform consisting of a black suit with white, red, and blue overlay or bib with word "EAGLES" spelled down back, white fluffy shako, and black shoes with white spats. The drumline members are wearing black pants and blue blouses; black hat with red plume.
Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") performing a field show in the 1983 Festival of Bands at Portland Civic Stadium. Wind players are wearing a uniform consisting of a black suit with white, red, and blue overlay or bib, white fluffy shako, and black shoes with white spats. The drumline and dance team are wearing black pants and blue blouses. Advertising billboards are visible at the back of the arena. The color guard and letter squad are at the back, made up of girls all wearing a uniform consisting of black skirt and boots, blue blouse, and black hat with a red plume.
Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") performing a field show in the 1983 Festival of Bands at Portland Civic Stadium. Photo shows most of the band. Wind players are wearing a uniform consisting of a black suit with white, red, and blue overlay or bib, white fluffy shako, and black shoes with white spats. The drumline and dance team are wearing black pants and blue blouses. Advertising billboards are visible at the back of the arena. The color guard and letter squad are at the back, made up of girls all wearing a uniform consisting of black skirt and boots, blue blouse, and black hat with a red plume.
Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") performing a field show in the 1983 Festival of Bands at Portland Civic Stadium. Photo shows most of the band. Wind players are wearing a uniform consisting of a black suit with white, red, and blue overlay or bib, white fluffy shako, and black shoes with white spats. The drumline and dance team are wearing black pants and blue blouses. Advertising billboards are visible at the back of the arena. The color guard and letter squad are at the back, made up of girls all wearing a uniform consisting of black skirt and boots, blue blouse, and black hat with a red plume.
Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") in the 1983 Festival of Bands at Portland Civic Stadium. Photo shows primarily marching wind players and percussionists. The wind players are wearing a uniform consisting of a black suit with white, red, and blue overlay or bib with word "EAGLES" spelled down back, white fluffy shako, and black shoes with white spats. The drumline members are wearing black pants and blue blouses; black hat with red plume.
Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") sousaphone section and drumline marching in the Grand Floral Parade, partial rear view. Wind players are wearing a uniform that consists of a black suit and shoes with white spats with a red, white, and blue overlay or bib with the word "EAGLES" spelled down the back in blue applique. Percussionists are wearing light blue blouses with scarlet sleeve inserts, black pants, white sashes, and black hats with red feather plumes.
Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") drum majors and front row of clarinet players marching in the Grand Floral Parade. The two drum majors are teenage boys both wearing a uniform consisting of a white matador jacket with light blue piping, white pants with a light blue stripe down the leg, white shoes, and white hats with blue feather plumes. The band members are wearing a uniform that consists of a red, white, and blue overlay or bib over a black suit, black shoes with white spats, and a tall, fluffy white shako with red braid. A large crowd lines the street, some people sitting and standing on top of an RV in the background.
Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") in the Grand Floral Parade. The letter squad is leading the column, made up of girls wearing blue blouses and black skirts, each carrying a white shield with a single large red letter that together spell out "CENTENNIAL". The band is a distance behind them, with two drum majors in white uniforms between the band and the letter squad. A large crowd lines the street on both sides. Water carriers, likely band parents, walk alongside the group.
Color photo of the Centennial High School Marching Band ("Awesome Eagle Show Band") letter squad in the Grand Floral Parade. The members are all high school girls wearing blue and red blouses, black skirts, black calf boots, and black wide-brimmed hats with red plumes. Each carries a white shield with a single red letter which together spell out "CENTNENNIA[L]" (the L is out of frame). There is a large crowd lining the street. Nearby street signs read "E BURNSIDE" and "SE UNION".
A photograph of the B.W. Emery House, a white two-story house located at the corner of Fifth Street and Hood Avenue. There are trees and flowers around the house. Harry Buckle, the husband of Ruby Emery Buckle, B.W.'s daughter, stands outside.
Black and white aerial photo of Barger Mills Inc., a lumber mill in Gresham. Photo shows the mill's location adjacent to the Mt. Hood Railway line where it crosses Eastman Ave. (223rd). complex consists of a main building with large sign reading "BARGER MILLS INC." along with warehouse buildings, a wigwam burner, and lumber yard. There are two homes on the site; the one on the far right edge of the photo belonged to the Rice family. Writing on back of photo identifies the location and Rice family home.
An empty cream-colored matchbook advertising Bateman Funeral Chapel. The front cover reads "A Wise Choice in Time of Need" and "Bateman Funeral Chapel" under an etching of the building, all in gold letters. The back cover reads "Bateman Funeral Chapel - 520 West Powell Boulevard - Gresham Oregon - Phone 665 - 2128" in gold letters.
An empty bronze-colored matchbook advertising Bateman Funeral Chapel. The front cover reads "Call anytime 665-6128 - B - Bateman's" in black lettering. The back cover reads "Bateman Funeral Chapel - Gresham Oregon."
Sepia tone photograph of the Gresham Odd Fellows Hall, a white two-story wooden building, front door ajar, with five individuals on the wood, columned front porch and a horse and buggy with a man and a child to the left of the building. A wooden carriage house stands behind the hall, and is identified as the "Beaver State Herald" building by a sign hung on the upper left portion of the porch. Small placard is affixed to the front of the hall reads "Gresham Lodge No 125 IOOF." A note in pencil on the back of the photo reads "About 1907, Timothy Brownhill in buggy with youngster, H.L. St Clair, George Metzger, Jesse Francis [Johnson], Dalles Simonson, Chase St. Clair."
An empty orange matchbook advertising Ben's Barber Shop. The front cover reads "Ben's Barber Shop - Gresham, Oregon" in blue italic script. The back cover is plain.
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 & white landscape photo of Bill & Esther Jenne standing next to a car, on what appears to be a sandy beach. Both are dressed formally. License plate on front says "DEALER | 485-D | ORE | 1928" Handwritten on back in black ink "William Forrest Jenne | & | Esther Peterson Jenne"
Bill of lading to T.E. (Talbert) Lusted from the Steamship Ajax in Portland, June 23, 1875. The bill is for a single package of 32 feet (likely sq. ft.) at a total cost of $27.10 including $0.50 for storage. Signed by Weidler. Letterhead includes a line illustration of the steamer.
Photograph of bowlers at the Oregon State Bowling Tournament at the bowling alley Rose City Bowl, in Portland. Back row from left to right: Larry Barnes, Wes Jackson, Ted Mullan, and an unidentified man. The seated man is Walt Huntington.
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).
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."
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.
Two copies of same photo. Black and white photo taken outside, in front of the porch of the Burton family home on Cleveland Avenue in Gresham.. Five adults, two men and three women: from left, Fern Burton, Roy Burton, Addie Louise Burton, Bill Torrey, Grace Weston. Men are wearing suits, ties, hats. Women in dresses.. People: Burton, Roy Burton, Fern Burton, Addie Torrey, Bill Weston, Grace
Black and white photo, taken outside in front of the Burton house on Ava Street in Gresham. Five people, from left: Fern Rifer, Roy Burton, Addie Louise Burton, Bill Torrey, Grace Bluhm. The two men are standing in back, both wearing white caps. The three women in front in dresses.. People: Rifer, Fern Burton, Roy Burton, Addie Torrey, Bill Bluhm, Grace
A woman, Mary Crane, holds 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.
Black and white photo of a traveling mechanic fixing a flat tire on an unpaved road between Portland and Gresham. Image shows the car pulled over to the side of the road and supported with jack; one man is kneeling next to the rear tire with another man and woman standing and watching. The mechanic's car is partially in the frame, parked on the road. Mechanic may be Clifton Harris, who worked as a traveling mechanic or "car doctor." People: Harris, Clifton; Christensen, Virginia
Oval portrait of the Nelson family in 1911 or 1912. The front caption identifies the year as 1911, and the family members as Carl and Alma Nelson with their children Lillian, Leonard, Sven, Clifford, and Olaf. The location of each person is not specified. A note on the back dates the photo to 1912, and adds that there were three children born later to the family: Alice, Robert, and Chester.
Photograph of Carl and Alma Nelson, Swedish immigrants to Gresham. The back has biographical information for each of them: Carl Leander Nelson Born Bodestad, Holland Sweden - 3/16/1882 Alma Josifina Olson Born Ledberg, Holland - 2/16/1879
