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photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 502 Collections and/or Records:

Rees family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1188
Abstract

Two photograph albums and a small quantity of loose photographs, postcards, and ephemera that were once part of the albums. The images date from 1900-1958 and are primarily black and white snapshot portraits depicting members of the Rees family and others, both adults and children. Subjects also include cars, outdoor sports and other activities, the area around Shaniko, Oregon, and trips to sites on the coast.

Dates: 1900-1958

Jude Reiter photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1153
Abstract

Collection consists of two photograph albums relating to Jude Reiter and the Reiter family, as well as a small number of loose photographs from the albums. Subjects include Reiter's social life and education at Allegheny Preparatory School and Pennsylvania State College; other social and recreational activities; and scenes in Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania; New York City; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Oregon and Washington; Minnesota; Alaska; and Colorado.

Dates: 1901-1917

Relf and Thompson families collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1079
Abstract

Photographs and ephemera of Huston Relf and Melvin Thompson, Black residents of a house at 25 NE Prescott Street, in the Albina neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon. Photographs include: family in Alabama and Oregon; outings and recreation; street scenes; and the Lac a Wonica Cleaners at 3632 N. Williams Avenue, run by Melvin and Katie Thompson. The materials were found in the house at 25 NE Prescott after it was sold by the estate of Huston Relf in 2000.

Dates: circa 1930-1979

Herbert Retzlaff photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 589
Abstract

Small collection of photographs of Herbert Retzlaff, primarily while he was an employee at Fred Meyer, Inc., and of Jack Crocker, Fred G. Meyer, and Albena J. Skubic. Retzlaff began working as an accountant for Fred Meyer Inc. in 1939, and he later became a vice president of the company.

Dates: 1952-1970

Ann Haseltine Hill Russell photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1113
Abstract

Thirteen black and white copy prints of photographs related to Ann Haseltine Hill Russell, a marble sculptor and pioneer of Ashland, Oregon, and family members. Photographs include Russell with some of her marble work, and marble bows she sculpted; family members, including her son, James B. Russell, and a Russell family reunion; and the Russell home in Ashland.

Dates: circa 1900-1930

Carl P. Russell collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 294
Abstract

Two drawings with notes and two color photographs of a wolf trap and a hand-forged beaver trap, used in Carl Parcher Russell's 1967 book "Firearms, Traps & Tools of the Mountain Men."

Dates: circa 1964

Ryan's Auto Court photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 458
Abstract

Seven black and white photographs of Ryan's Auto Court, a motel near Portland, Oregon. The photographs show the motel buildings and grounds; a close-up of a sign at the motel; and an unidentified man standing in front of the motel office.

Dates: 1946 October 5

Photograph of S. S. Quito crew members

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1127
Abstract

One mounted black and white photograph of six unidentified members of the crew of the S. S. Quito. They are on the deck, facing front and in uniform.

Dates: circa 1900-1922

Andrew Sabisch photographic collection on the Morris W. Fechheimer residence

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 750
Abstract

Eleven black and white photographs, circa 1880-1919, depicting the interior and exterior of the Morris W. Fechheimer house on the northwest corner of SW 7th and Stark St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1880-1919

Elaine W. Sadring collection of Mount St. Helens materials

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 953
Abstract

Photographs of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, four sermons by Lincoln Y. Reed about the eruption, and a 1950s report about Mount St. Helens by Beatrice Buzzetti, all of which were compiled by Elaine W. Sadring (1924-2002). Sadring was a resident of Portland, Oregon, and a member of the First Congregational Church of Portland, where Lincoln Y. Reed was pastor in 1980. Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, killing 57 people and causing major destruction in Washington state.

Dates: circa 1951; 1980