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Box 1

 Container

Contains 21 Results:

Elsie Valley, Oregon, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Includes views of valley, Lindgren family, and boy with fawn.

Dates: 1908

Hamlet, Oregon - berry picking, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of Mrs. Albert Hill and Henry Hill picking raspberries; Andrew Hill children picking wild berries; and Marie Holst Pottsmith and huckleberries.

Dates: 1908

Hamlet, Oregon - farming, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of the Albert Hill farm, a horse-drawn reaper cutting grain, and a work horse.

Dates: 1908

Hamlet, Oregon - farms and homesteads, 1908, circa 1956

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes views of Henry Piekkola's stump house and homestead cabin; August Tokola farm; and Harvey Mowick farm.

Dates: 1908; circa 1956

Hamlet, Oregon - outdoor recreation, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of fishing, hunting, a Fourth of July celebration, and picnics.

Dates: 1908

Hamlet, Oregon - Albert Hill and Andrew Hill families, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 119 sheet film negatives taken by Marie Holst Pottsmith, as well as 129 access prints made by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library in 1986. Ten of the prints in this collection do not have corresponding negatives. Pottsmith took many of the images during the eight months in 1908 that she taught in the remote Finnish community of Hamlet, Oregon. These images document the people and community life in Hamlet, including farming, the school, and...
Dates: 1908

Hamlet, Oregon - Frank Haikura and Herman Jackson families, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of 119 sheet film negatives taken by Marie Holst Pottsmith, as well as 129 access prints made by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library in 1986. Ten of the prints in this collection do not have corresponding negatives. Pottsmith took many of the images during the eight months in 1908 that she taught in the remote Finnish community of Hamlet, Oregon. These images document the people and community life in Hamlet, including farming, the school, and...
Dates: 1908

Hamlet, Oregon - other families, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of the Andrew Lampi family; Mrs. Makela (mother of the Hill brothers -- Makela was their Finnish family name); Mrs. Mattson; and the Sarpola family.

Dates: 1908

Hamlet, Oregon - road and trail, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Includes views of packing in mattress over trail; building wagon road; and Marie Holst Pottsmith with others in wagon heading out over the newly completed road to Necanicum, Oregon.

Dates: 1908

Hamlet, Oregon - school and teacher, 1908

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of students Alfred Haikura, Alvered Hill, Evelina Hill, Hilma Hill, Eli Lampi, Phemi Lampi, Fred Mattson, Alex Sarpola, and Alma Sarpola, as well as teacher Marie Holst Pottsmith at school and at Albert Hill farm. Includes view of her in her bedroom, preparing lessons, and washing clothes in front of the sauna, which she used as a darkroom.

Dates: 1908