Black and white photo of the 1908 Multnomah County Fair. Building with banners on the front, three tents in landscape. Sign to the right of the building says "GRANGE | HEADQUARTERS." Two wagons with horses in front and to right side of building. Other people and horses in front and to side. Tree covered hills behind (Wallula Heights). View is looking west. Handwritten on upper right corner of photo "first fair-1908 | at the present | location" White border around photo.
Class photo of 6th graders at East Gresham School in 1950. The students are standing and seated in three rows in front of the main entrance to the school. The teacher, possibly Helen Tuttle, is standing behind the third row at the right of the photo. Tom Buckner is identified as sitting in the front row, 2nd from left.
Black and white photo, horse harnessed to a plow, with Edward Aylsworth driving the plow. He is wearing a hat, white shirt, and pants. Tree in immediate background. Handwritten on back "Edward Aylsworth 1920's? | belongs to | Marjorie Aylworth Schedeen". People: Aylsworth, Edward Schedeen, Marjorie Alysworth
Portrait photograph of Elizabeth Giles Abegg Lilly in a dress & bolero jacket purchased at Meier & Frank in 1933 for $16.00 (over $370 today). The outfit was worn when she was 17 for her Grant High School Prom. There is a studio signature for a Portland photographer in the bottom left corner of the photograph.
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.
Photograph of Emily and Ted Mullan standing behind the Service Parts counter at Mullan Farm Equipment, located at 12 Mile Corner in Gresham. The caption on the back of photo identifies time period as early 1960s.
Photograph of the engine room in the Gresham Berry Growers' cold storage plant, showing three steam boilers. There is a stamp on the back for Delano Photographics, a Portland-based photography studio known largely for its aerial survey work.
Black & white photo of Esther Peterson (Jenne) as a young woman, wearing long white dress and large hair bow, holding a tennis racquet and ball as if posing to serve. She is standing in front of a large pile of wood or lumber. Handwritten on back "Esther | Jenne"
Black and white photo of the Euphemia Butler homestead in the Pleasant Valley area. Two-story farmhouse with pyramid hip roof and a woodshed stands at left of photo and a barn at the right further in the distance. Cleared land in foreground; possibly cultivated but type of crop is unclear. Photo is a c.1980s reproduction. People: Butler, Euphemia; Clinton, Ralph
Portrait of Evelyn Metzger Burton with an Irish Setter dog. She is wearing a skirt and sitting on a log in front of a bush outside, and the dog is standing by her knee.
A hardcover ledger with "Record" stamped on the front. The pages contain accounting of costs and sales made by the Fairview Cheese Company (later known as the Fairview Cheese Manufacturing Company). The first entry was made by company owners H. C. Campbell, Rufus Mallory, and C. F. Swigert on July 1, 1901. Entries date from July 1901 to December 1903.
A photo mounted on cardboard of farmers leading horsedrawn carts of potatoes down Powell street for shipping. Caption written in pen on back of photo: "Rockwood farmers are shown here bringing potatoes to Gresham to ship to Ohio. The camera is looking West down Powell St. Mrs Frank L Lalonde, 150 NE 5th, picture owner, puts the date at about 1906. The picture is one of the first donated to the City to help reconstruct the area's history. All pictures will be duplicated and then returned. They may be taken to the Gresham Outlook, the Chamber of Commerce, or the Gresham Library."
Poster advertising a dance at the Chamber-Legion Hall in Gresham for the benefit of the Gresham Volunteer Fire Department and First Aid Squad. Black text on plain off-white ground. Text reads: "Firemens - First Aid Squad | DANCE | Prceeds for Benefit Fund of Gresham Volunteer Fire Department and First Aid Squad | Chamber-Legion Hall, Gresham | FRI., OCTOBER 30 | MUSIC BY | Dahlquist's Orchestra | Springer's Music | Admission $1.00 per Couple | PURCHASE TICKET FROM ANY FIREMAN | EVERYBODY WELCOME!"
Photo of First Baptist Church, also known as Bethel Baptist Church, at the southeast corner of Powell and Walters. The Gresham Grade School building visible in background.
Sheet of stationery with First National Bank of Oregon letterhead. The first line is company name and turquoise/black "1" symbol. Second line specifies Gresham branch and gives address and phone number. "1" symbol is repeated as a watermark in the center of the page.
Booklet with paperboard covers; titled "FIRST STATE BANK | GRESHAM, ORE." Green fabric binding. Front cover is inscribed "Edward S [illegible] | Gresham". Interior pages are blank. Interior back cover inscribed "Edward, S." Publisher's logo on interior front cover: "ROYAL | PASS BOOKS | U.S. BANK NOTE CO. | INDIANAPOLIS". No entires in the 8 page lined booklet. People: Ogle, K. Lynn; Ogle, Shirley
A photograph of the Floral Exhibit hall at the 1946 Multnomah County Fair. In frame are a flowering tree with many flowers beneath it. Past the tree is a scene identified as a recreation of the "old mill" per a label on the back of the photograph.
Photograph of the floral exhibit hall at the 1946 Multnomah County Fair. The photo was taken from behind a rail, with a view down the length of the hall, capturing a recreation of an old mill, trees, flowers, and an artificial waterfall.
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.
Black and white photo of Frank Escobar's home at 33 N.W. 1st St in Gresham. The house is a very small, single-story, wooden frame structure with a row of rose bushes in front and trees at the back. The road in front (1st Street) is unpaved. A man, likely Frank Escobar, is sitting in a chair next to the porch.. People identified: Escobar, Frank
Fitted knee-length women's coat. Coat is deep fuchsia wool with silver fox fur trim lining the bottom (approximately 12"). Long sleeves have wide (2") cuff. Placket has visible and not visible fasteners with multiple methods of closing and displaying, with a large red tie encircling the waist. Inner black label has silver Fromm logo embossed and "Fromm "Bright with Silver" Pedigree F 4704" in silver thread.
Black and white studio portrait of young woman. Wearing white dress, seated, dark background. She is holding a rolled up paper item, possibly a diploma.White border around photo. Handwritten on back " 1924 | GENEVIEVE | MANNARY | Gresham Hi Graduation". People: Mannary, Genevieve
Photograph of the George H. Williams, a Portland Fire Bureau fireboat, putting out a fire on the west bank of the Willamette River. Water cannons are seen in operation on both the bridge and the stern of the boat as well as on top of the mast. On the opposite bank are buildings with signs for Phoenix Paint - W.P Fuller & Company, and Blake McFall Company, as well as a sign for W.P Fuller + Co. Warehouse No. 2.
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
Program for Getting to Know You 1962, a Big and Little Sister tea and fashion show, put on by Gresham High School. The program is 4 pages, with a light blue paper cover.
Program for a Getting to Know You installation ceremony at Gresham High School. The program is printed on light blue paper, and has a list of incoming and outgoing officers.
Black and white photo of a young woman seated on a bench next to an automobile jacked up and missing its back wheels; wheels and tools on the ground nearby. Woman is wearing a loose outfit and bucket hat; posing with an exaggerated glum posture and facial expression. Back end of car is visible with license plate for 1919. Photo taken on a road between Portland and Gresham. People: Christensen, Virginia
Black and white snapshot of young girl, possibly LaVerne Caffee (Walrad), holding a doll. She is standing outside with a brick wall and vegetation behind her. She is wearing a light colored, knee length dress with a collar. She has short dark hair and is smiling. Photo postcard print.. People identified: Walrad, LaVerne (Caffee)
Black and white postcard photograph of a white goat with a leather harness around its head and neck, pulling a small cart. There is a hand holding the reins, possibly belonging to Burton Walrad, Jr., but the rest of the body is out of frame. Attached to the harness are two ribbons, reading "Multnomah County Fair 1916." Another photo of the same goat shows the ribbons also read "Second premium" and "Gresham, Ore." There is a building in the background that appears to be an exhibition hall at the Multnomah County Fair. Attached to the goat's harness is a small cart with four wheels that advertises both "Fisher's Poultry Foods" (with an illustration of a hen and the text "scratch food chick starter egg producer") and "Fisher's Calf Meal" (with an illustration of a bag of Fisher's Calf Meal, an illustration of a man feeding a large calf in a farm setting with a mountain, possibly Mt. Hood, in the background, and the text "As good as the mothers milk"). There is writing on the back of the postcard suggesting it may have been reprinted in a newspaper.. People identified: Walrad, Burton
Two items: A) Certificate of ten shares of capital stock in the Grange Fair Association issued to J. M. Short. $5.00 per share. The certificate is signed by the President of the Association, H. C. Davis. B) Envelope from the Office of the Secretary of Multnomah County Fair, August 20-26, 1951.
Map of part of downtown Gresham as it appeared in the 1930s, compiled from recollections of residents and various primary sources.
Map area: SE Metzger to NE 2nd St and SE Linden Ave to SW Walters Rd.
Shows Johnson Creek, Metzger Hill, Pioneer Cemetery, business and residential sites. Powell Blvd is listed as Powell Valley Rd.
Map legend, copied from pg. 62-63 of "Gresham: Stories of Our Past, Before and After the World Wars" book:
1. Schultz home and apartments
2. Schultz service station; later Foreman, Hodge's
3. Todd Barber Shop
4. Post office, later Moore McKeel Restaurant
5. First State Bank
6. Davidson Drug Fountain, Fred Powell, druggist
6A. Stairway to Drs. Ott, dentists
7. Lundquist & Gilberson, Howitt's Meat Market
8. Masonic Hall
9. Raker Ford Garage, later McRobert Ford
10. Welty Brothers Garage
11. Burch' s Second-Hand Store
12. Thompson Barn, later Ernie Winter's Garage
13. Japanese Garderner, T. Miyasaki
14. Railway Agent's residence
15. Railway Interurban depot
16. P.E.P. Co. substation
17. Pickle factory, Welty Bros. Wrecking Yard
17A. Roy Lewis, then Welty residence
18. Archie Alyea residence
18A. Alyea's private bridge
19. Witherows' Restaurant; later Wellings
20. Hamline & Hoss Garage, Fancher Auto
21. Huge elevator for cars, later Wheeler Barber
22. A. J. W. Brown, meat market
23. Piggly Wiggly operated by E. R. Walser
24. Peterson's Delicatessen, later PGE
25. Smith's Restaurant, later Hardings
26. Thoren Bros. woodworking sales office
27. Moyer Theater: Cafe, beauty shop on sides
28. Metzger weigh scales in the street.
29. Metzger feed store.
30. Metzger feed mill.
31. A. W. Metzger & Co. Grocery and Hardware
32. West Coast Telephone Co.
33. H. H. Mealey Jewelry
34. Dowsett-Welling Rexall Drug Store
35. Aylsworth & Martin Clothier
36. Post Office and Walter's Beauty Shop
37. Peter Leonard Taylor Shop
38. Carl Dahl Shoe Shop
39. City Recorder, later J. Ross Brown Realty/Ins.
40. City Hall, Fire Station
41. Fred Howitt residence
42. Bus Stop Cafe
43. Ivy Service Station, Christenson & Tillstrom
44. Ernie Christenson residence, later E. R. Walser
45. Hank Lowe home/beauty; Peterson Plumbing
46. Odd Fellows Hall and Rebecca Lodge
47. unknown
48. Brockway & Nelson, Dodge dealership
49. Green's Woodworking Shop
50. Chris Satter residence
51. Fun Center, bowling alley.
52. Methodist Episcopal Church
53. Old Methodist Church parsonage, Walser home
54. Smith home, Vick and Walt
55. unknown
56. W. J. Cooper residence
57. Dr. Alfred Thompson residence
58. Wilsons
59. Faye Gunther residence
60. Fieldhouse Fancher Chevrolet dealer
61. .... Erickson for short time.
62. Rental house, George and Donnie Lintner
63. George and Grace Page (Don and Jean)
64. James and Hester Lawrence; Hjaltalin family
65. James and Vivian Gordy Lawrence residence
66. Frank and Josie Metzger residence
67. Virell's
68. Bergland's
69. Gates Funeral Home; Carroll Funeral Home
70. Winter's residence
71. Ernest and Mary Mallett residence
72. unknown
73. .... McQuary (ran Red & White Grocery)
74. Franz and Elizabeth Olbrich residence
75. Private road to Will Metzger residence
76. C. J. Lundquist residence
77. A. W. "Bert" and Eva Metzger residence
78. J. W. Steffanson residence
79. .... Bergstrom or Roy Bunting
80. Elva and Jemima Ann Camp residence
81. Melvin and Katie Camp residence
82. Boughner rental
83. Eleanor Boughner residence
84. George and Harriet Metzger residence
85. Harry Bjur residence
86. Al Camp residence
87. Dick and Kate Jennings family
88. Lock Lewis family
89. .... Bratzel
62
90. ... Coe
91.
92. Carl and Tilda Dahl family (Loretta, Raymond)
93. Henry Tilgner family (Roy, Glenna, Bob, Billy)
94. Jim Cogswell home (with a pond)
95. Frank Beers family
96. Roy Lewis family
97. Adel Zurcher
98. Fred Hills family; later Ben and Clara Owens
99. Inez Lusted
100. Ed and Nora Rusher family
101. Vern Cole family
102. Glen Franks residence
103."Shorty" Anerson residence
104.Copeland Lumber Yard
105. Portland Stages Garage
106. Roy and Ella Pererson, son Darrell (Pete)
107. ... Balmer family
108. Breniser family
109. Old wooden foot bridge
110. Inez Lusted
111. Eli Parker
112. Ed Stubbs office
113. Thompson apartments
114. New Methodist parsonage
115. Dee's Inn and Out
116. Brown Flower Shop
117. unknown
118. Chris Satter's Market
119. Harding Cafe
120. Ed Bjur residence
121. Emanuel and Daisy Miller residence
122. Walt Tilistrom residence
123. Dr. Griffith's office
123A. City Hall courtyard
124. Joe Chiodo Plumbing
125. Bjur Electric
126. Stairs to Dr. Adix office and apartments
127.
128. Frank Escobar residence
129. Ronald Stookey residence; now Post Office
130. A. J. W. Brown residence
131. Jacob Metzger residence
132. Dr. Adix residence
133. Ralph Deaville residence
134. Gresham Grade School
135. Baptist Church
136. Church parsonage; Walser family first residence
137. Grange Hall
138. Raker residence
139. Hand car shed
140. Horseshoe Swamp
141. Hobo Camp
