E. C. Goddard & Co. photographs

Collection

Identifier: Org. Lot 1407

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection comprises two black-and-white photographs showing the retail shoe business of Edmund C. Goddard (and later Joseph F. Kelly) at two locations in Portland. The photographs date to circa 1895 and 1905.

Dates

Creation: 1895-1910

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

Edmund C. Goddard was born in Monroe, Wisconsin, in May 1862. He arrived in Portland in 1888 and started his career in shoe retailing in 1890 as an agent for James Means shoes. E. C. Goddard & Co. began officially in 1893, and moved to 129 6th (now 521 NW 6th Ave.) in 1895. Five years later, Joseph F. Kelly joined Goddard as business partner and moved the business to the Oregonian building, at the corner of SW 6th and Washington Streets. Goddard retired from shoe retail in 1910 and spent time on his farm in Underwood, Skamania County, Washington, where he died on June 12, 1918.

Goddard married Minnie McCracken in 1899 and they had one daughter, Elizabeth.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder in a shared document case)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection consists of two photographs of the E. C. Goddard & Co. retail shoe store in Portland, Oregon, circa 1895 and 1908. Edmund C. Goddard was in the retail shoe business from 1890 to 1910.