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Family portraits, 1880-circa 1910

 Series
Identifier: Series 2

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Small collection of photographs taken by and relating to Helen Plummer Gatch and her family. The images date from 1880 to around 1910. Gatch's photographs include cyanotype coast scenes in the vicinity of the family's summer cottage at Newport, as well as black-and-white prints depicting her children, Thomas Leigh and Orytha Gatch, and other family members, including Governor Stephen Fowler Chadwick and his wife, Jane Ann Smith Chadwick. Among these images is a photogravure of an award-winning Dutch genre print. In addition to photographs by Gatch, the collection includes portraits of her, of her husband, Claud Gatch, and of other unidentified family members that were taken by professional portrait photographers in Portland and Salem, Oregon.

Dates

  • Creation: 1880-circa 1910

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.21 Cubic Feet (1 slim letter document case)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

Contact:
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Portland OR 97205 United States
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