Photograph of a Multnomah County 4-H Group at Oregon State College summer school in Corvallis. A signature for Howells Studio is on the bottom right of the photo.
A 12 inch by 16 inch paper diploma issued by the Multnomah County Fair in September 1913 to the Gresham Grange, for "a Grange Exhibit." The diploma is signed by H.A. Lewis, president of the Multnomah County Fair Board. There are several pieces torn from the decorative edge of the diploma.
A complimentary pass to the 1918 Multnomah County Fair for William H. Gore and wife. The pass was issued by K.A. Miller, secretary. Pass includes the Fair shield and describes the fair as the "twelfth annual exhibit." The fair was held September 19-21, 1918.
A Multnomah County Fair Stock Certificate issued to M.H. Wheeler on December 9, 1912. Shares sold for $5 each, Wheeler purchased one. Listed as certificate issuance no. 76. The certificate is signed by a president Lewis, no first name given.
Program/schedule of movie screenings at the New Gresham Theater for August 1939. Leaflet with single fold; cover lists name, proprietor (H.H. Moyer), prices, and location (Powell Valley & Roberts), phone Gresham 267. Interior and back pages list film titles, some with synopsis and starring actors. Some movie screenings accompanied by Disney cartoons, news, and "traveltalk."
Photograph of men seated at tables in a basketball court. The caption says "Annual Cutting of the North Pacific Canners & Packers," held at Stayton Canning Company Co-Op plant in Stayton, Oregon, December 12, 1953. The company, later known as NORPAC, was a farmer-owned cooperative and one of Oregon's largest producers of fruits and vegetables.
Black-and-white aerial photo of a school building and the surrounding fields, forests, and neighborhoods. "North School" is written in pencil on the back.
A photograph of the office of the Beaver State Herald, an early Gresham and Lents newspaper. newspaper office. Left to right: Dalles Simonson, owner H.L. St. Clair standing at press, Unknown man at table, editor Timothy Brownhill, and compositor (aka typesetter) Jessie Frances Johnson (identified elsewhere as Jesse Frances).
An empty reflective gold-colored matchbook advertising Oregon Trail Savings and Loan Association. The front cover reads "503-666-4501" and "Oregon Trail Savings and Loan Association" over a wagon wheel. The back lists the locations of 4 branches in Gresham, Sandy, and Portland, and has an FDIC insured logo. The inside of the matchbook advertises the savings rates at the institution, and has a calendar for 1974.
A Certificate of Improvement awarded to Mary Lou Chastain on May 15, 1934 for "Improvement in the Palmer Method of Business Writing" from the A.N. Palmer Company. The certificate was issued in Portland, and is signed by the "Board of Awards": S. W. Palmer, C. J. Newcomb, and A.A. Davis. There were two small round metal lapel pins attached to the certificate that have been removed for preservation.
A photograph of the interior of Pankratz Paint & Wallpaper, in downtown Gresham. There are shelves of paint cans on the right side of the store, and flags advertising paint brands strung across the room. A note in pen on the top right of the photo says "Ben and Anna, opened 1927."
Photograph of a Pleasant Valley exhibit at the Multnomah County Fair, featuring produce, canned goods, sheaves of wheat, and dairy products displayed on tiers. A sign hangs over the display reading "Pleasant Valley."
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.
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.
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
Photograph of a horse racetrack scoreboard at the Gresham Park Track in the Multnomah County Fairgrounds. The photograph was taken by Chester Buchtel, a fireman and one of the most prolific serial arsonists in Oregon history. Buchtel was committed to Oregon State Hospital in 1925, and was released after some years; he later became a Portland-based photographer.
Two war ration books issued to Galen Calvin Fancher and his wife Mildred Viola Fancher in 1942. The books consist of an outer folder and two "books" pieces of paper folded in four to form a book. There are four ration stamps left in each of the books. Galen Calvin Fancher's book also has 4 stamps in it that could be used to purchase food worth eight "points" each - likely canned fruit. Each book has notes recording the purchase of 15 pounds of a rationed good in August 1942 and August 1943.
Photograph of Reverend Dr. Alfred Thompson and his wife Elizabeth Thompson standing in front of their house, located on the corner of SW 2nd and SE Roberts. A dog is laying on the front porch. The photo is mounted on cardboard and has a stamp for Schneider, a Gresham photography studio, in the right corner.
Black-and-white portrait photo of Robert L. Jennings, a uniformed man with a slanted helmet. Inscribed on the back: "Robert L. Jennings"; "To Mom and Dad, With love, from Your Son, Bob", and a glued-on newspaper article ("Greshamite Killed In Hawaii Attack", reads the headline of the piece, which goes on to discuss Private Jennings' death.)
A photograph of a group of adults and children standing outside of Rockwood School District No. 27 in the 1890s or early 1900s. A sticker caption on the photo identifies one of the men in the photo as John Brown, an early settler in the Rockwood area. The school was located off of 181st and Stark.
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.
Sepia toned studio portrait of Rosable (Rose) Metzger. She is wearing a dark dress with ruffled shoulders. Her hair is tied in a knot bun on top of her head. Her head is cocked to the left and she is looking at the camera. Photo is from the waist up, gray backdrop. Photo is in a dark gray and tan cardboard frame. Bottom of frame has imprinted in gold in script "Burn's | cor 6th | & | MORRISON" Printing is on the outline of a painting platte with brushes. Handwritten on back "ROSE METZGER". People identified: Metzger, Rose "Rosable"
Photograph of a school bus picking up children at the Vernon School in Northeast Portland to work as berry pickers for the Gresham Berry Growers. The photo has been cut on the left side.
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."
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 portrait photo of a suited man with a helmet beneath a massive lattice of bridge work; the man is longtime superintendent Gordon Russell, who is to be honored at a reception at St. Henry Hall on Thursday night.
Photograph of three women operating a telephone switchboard at Multnomah and Clackamas Telephone Company, wearing headsets. Women are Lillian Markwart, Ora Sweek, and Oral "Orie" Sweek. Mounted on brown cardboard backing with decorative border.
Photograph of three men standing next to a Farmall tractor, ridden by one man, in the middle of a potato field on a farm off of Regner Road. From left to right, the men are Ted Mullan, unidentified, unidentified, and Carl Ekstrom. This photo was taken shortly before or after 2218C, and is in black and white.
Photograph of three men standing next to a Farmall tractor, ridden by one man, in the middle of a potato field on a farm off of Regner Road. From left to right, the men are Ted Mullan, unidentified, unidentified, and Carl Ekstrom. This photo was taken shortly before or after 2218A, and is in color.
A photo of women and a young girl at the staple machine in the Thayer Box Factory, located in the back of Metzger's Feed Store at 100 Block East Powell in Gresham. A man is standing on the left of the photo watching the women. There is box material and constructed boxes, likely hallocks for holding small fruits and vegetables, all over the room. A caption on the back of the photo identifies the young girl as Robin S Thayer, and the woman on the right at the machine as her mother Vera Thayer. The women in between them are variously identified as Mrs. Leslie, Mrs. Easton, and/or Mrs. Patterson.
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."
