Unidentified family and Portland Fire Department photograph album
Scope and Contents
Collection consisting of 245 black and white photographs and photographic postcards, 1 color postcard, and a newspaper clipping, dating from approximately 1900 to 1951. Most of the images are contained in a photograph album; 12 photographs and postcards, as well as the news clipping, are loose. Roughly half the photographs in the collection depict unidentified Portland Fire Department firefighters, firehouses, and vehicles, as well as fire department floats in the Portland Rose Parade. The newspaper clipping, cut from Page 4 of the March 5, 1951, edition of the Oregonian, features photographs of Portland's new central fire station. The remaining images in the collection consist of unidentified family snapshots, including group and individual portraits of adults and children; images of vehicles, houses, outdoor scenes, and boats and ships; and photographs taken at a funeral. Several loose photographic postcards, which were in an envelope glued in the back of the album, are postmarked or dated 1928, and have handwritten messages addressed to Mr. and Mrs. George Starr of Salem, Oregon.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1900-1951
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 album in shared flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection of black and white photographs and photographic postcards, most contained in an album. Roughly half of the images depict unidentified firefighters, fire engines, and firehouses of the Portland Fire Department in Portland, Oregon, as well as fire department floats in the Portland Rose Parade. The remaining images consist of unidentified family snapshots, including portraits of adults and children, and images of vehicles, houses, outdoor scenes, and boats and ships.
Subject
- Portland (Or.). Fire Department -- Photographs (Organization)
- Portland Rose Festival (Portland, Or.) -- Photographs (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Families -- Photographs
- Fire departments -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
- Fire engines -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
- Fire fighters -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
- Fire stations -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
- Funerals -- Photographs
- Oregon
- Parade floats -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
- Photographs
- Portland
- Ships -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
- Title
- Guide to the unidentified family and Portland Fire Department photograph album
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012; revised 2025
- 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.
Revision Statements
- 2025-01-09: Minor revisions to correct extent and conform to current standard.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland OR 97205 United States
5033065204
5033065240
libreference@ohs.org