North Bank Road photograph album

Collection

Identifier: Album 275

Staff Only

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

Creation: 1911-1912

Creator

Kiser, Fred H. (Photographer, Person)
Angelus Studio (Portland, Or.) (Photographer, Organization)

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

Additional Description

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.