Dixon family photographs

Collection

Identifier: Org. Lot 1421

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of six photographic portraits of members of the Dixon family dated from approximately 1870 to 1945. Portraits include Roscoe Dixon, Theresa Townes Dixon, Mabel Christine Dixon, and Chester Ingersol Dixon.

Dates

1870-1945

Creator

Dixon family (Family)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical Note

Roscoe Dixon was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1843. He escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad. He later moved to Astoria, Oregon, where he owned Roscoe’s First Class Oyster Saloon in the 1880s. Roscoe married Theresa Antoinette Townes Brown in 1892. Brown was born in Macon, Georgia, circa 1858. The Dixons had three children, Chester Ingersol Dixon, Mabel Christine Dixon, and Theresa Virginia Dixon (later Theresa Dixon Flowers). The family moved to Seattle, Washington, by 1890.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection consists of six portraits of members of the Dixon family of Astoria, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, dated from approximately 1870 to 1945. Roscoe Dixon and his wife, Theresa Dixon, were early Black residents of Astoria. Roscoe Dixon owned Roscoe’s First Class Oyster Saloon in Astoria in the 1880s.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Theresa Dixon Flowers, June 1984 (Lib. Acc. 16846).

Existence and Location of Copies

The Dixon family photographs are viewable online in OHS Digital Collections.

Related Materials

Additional materials donated by Theresa Dixon Flowers are designated Org. Lot 865, Flowers family photographs, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.