Tabor family photographs
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of photographs collected by the Tabor family. Most of the photographs are believed to have been taken or acquired by J. W. Tabor and Margaret Tabor during a trip to Portland, Oregon in 1895. Subjects include various views of Portland, including City Park (now Washington Park) gardens and bear pit, Mount Tabor reservoir, the Portland Heights cable car line, the Willamette River waterfront, and the Morrison Bridge; Celilo Falls; photographs of James Waucop Tabor, Margaret S. McNulty Tabor and her cousin, Alice Bachman Bettner; and a coroner's investigation of a body found in a mining camp near Granite, Oregon. None of the photographers are identified.
Dates
- Creation: 1885-1895
Creator
- Tabor, James Waucop, 1865-1948 (Person)
- Tabor, Margaret S., 1873-1961 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Materials in this collection are in the public domain.
Biographical Note
James Waucop Tabor, more commonly known as J. W. “Walkie” Tabor, was born in Granite, Oregon in 1865. His parents, Albert Gallatin Tabor and Mary Jane McCausland Tabor, started a gold mining claim near what was to become Granite in 1862. The Tabor family operated several mining claims and businesses in Grant County, Oregon.
Margaret S. McNulty was born in Canyon City in 1873. She married J. W. Tabor in 1893. J. W. Tabor died in La Grande, Oregon in 1948. Margaret Tabor died in Baker City in 1961.
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (2 folders in a shared document case) : 21 cabinet card photographs
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of 21 card photographs collected by J. W. Tabor and Margaret Tabor dating to circa 1895 and depicting Portland, Oregon, Celilo Falls, and Granite, Oregon.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Theresa Tabor Fowler, August 1999 (Lib. Acc. 23983 and 24019).
Existence and Location of Copies
General
Collection was titled "Theresa Tabor Fowler photographs collection" prior to May 2021.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Tabor family photographs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Laura Cray
- Date
- 2021
- 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
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland OR 97205 United States
5033065204
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libreference@ohs.org