Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

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Small collection of black and white photographs depicting the exterior and interior of the country house of Gerald E. and Mary Moir Livingstone Beebe in Lake Oswego, Oregon, designed by Ernest F. Tucker.

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Collection consists of a small number of photographs and one watercolor print of the exterior of the John W. Kern house on SE Powell Blvd. between SE 29th and 31st streets in Portland, Oregon, just before it was torn down. Kern was the son-in-law of Clinton Kelly.

Abstract Includes work by photographer Al Monner for the Oregon Journal newspaper from 1936 to 1974. A small selection of pre-1938 photographs were likely taken for the Oregonian newspaper, where Monner worked from 1936 to 1938. The photographs cover a wide variety of people and topics, primarily in the greater Portland area. Of particular interest are photographs documenting World War II efforts in Portland, as well as large dam-building projects. Large-format negatives from 1936 to 1959 have been...

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Oral history interview with Al Monner conducted by Donald J. Sterling from February 25 to March 4, 1993. Monner was a photographer for the Oregon Journal and the Oregonian newspapers in Portland, Oregon.