Harriet Park Cramer photographic collection

Collection

Identifier: Org. Lot 477

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection includes 83 black and white photographs, 1931, of Elijah "Lige" Coalman; Caroline Augusta Kamm at the Kamm home; the Kamm children, including Carolyn and Katherine; the interior, exterior, grounds, and gardens of the Kamm house; children and staff at the Fruit and Flower mission; and the grounds of the E. B. MacNaughton estate. The collection also includes 62 nitrate negatives.

Dates

1931

Creator

Cramer, Harriet Park (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.

Biographical note

Jacob Kamm was born in 1823 in Switzerland. He came the United States as a small child with his parents. He was a pioneer steamboat engineer and transportation tycoon who made his fortune in Oregon. He became part-owner in the Jennie Clark, the first sternwheeler in the Pacific Northwest. He married Caroline Gray in 1859. He was one of the founders of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company with John C. Ainsworth. His company, the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, controlled boats on all the important western rivers. He died in Portland in 1912.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (8 folders in shared box; 62 negatives in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Photographic prints and nitrate negatives depicting Caroline Augusta Kamm, the Kamm children, and the Kamm house in Portland, Oregon; Elijah "Lige" Coalman; children and staff at the Fruit and Flower mission; and the grounds of the E. B. MacNaughton estate.