North Bank Road photograph album
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of a photograph album, possibly compiled by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, containing 127 black and white photographs, 1911-1912, of landscape scenes along the Oregon Trunk Railway. A label on the front of the album reads: "Photo file / Advertising Dep't / The North Bank Road." Handwritten in ink above the label are the words "Old pictures / Oregon Trunk." The bulk of the photographs in the album are by photographer Fred H. Kiser; some are by the Angelus Studio and Benjamin A. Gifford. Subjects and places depicted in the photographs include the opening of the Celilo Bridge; Government Canal on the Columbia River; Kloan Bridge; the Deschutes River; Sherars; Tygh Valley; White River; Mt. Hood; Mt. Jefferson; the Three Sisters; Willow Creek Canyon; Crooked River Canyon; Cline Falls; Benham Falls; and the Warm Springs Reservation. Printed captions are pasted on most album pages, and some pages are stamped "Photographs SP & S Railway." Some photographs are missing.
Dates
- 1911-1912
Creator
- Kiser, Fred H. (Photographer, Person)
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.
Extent
0.29 Cubic Feet (1 custom box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photograph album, possibly compiled by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, containing black and white photographs, most taken by Fred H. Kiser, of landscape scenes along the Oregon Trunk Railway. Among the subjects depicted are the Celilo Bridge, the Deschutes River, the Tygh Valley, Mount Jefferson, Crooked River Canyon, and Benham Falls.
Processing Information
Album was titled "North Bank Road Advertising Dept. photograph album" prior to February 2023.
- Benham Falls (Or.) -- Photographs
- Canyons -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Columbia River -- Photographs
- Deschutes River (Or.) -- Photographs
- Jefferson, Mount (Or.) -- Photographs
- Landscapes -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Oregon
- Oregon Trunk Railway -- Photographs
- Photographs
- Railroad bridges -- Columbia River -- Photographs
- Railroad tracks -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Railroads
- Railroads -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Rivers -- Oregon -- Photographs
- Three Sisters (Or.) -- Photographs
- Tygh Valley (Or.) -- Photographs
- Warm Springs Indian Reservation (Or.) -- Photographs
- Waterfalls -- Oregon -- Photographs
- photograph albums
- photographs
Creator
- Kiser, Fred H. (Photographer, Person)
- Angelus Studio (Portland, Or.) (Photographer, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the North Bank Road photograph album
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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Portland OR 97205 United States
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