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Pioneers -- Oregon -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Cartes-de-visite photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 500
Abstract

This artificial collection consists of cartes-de-visite photographs donated to the Oregon Historical Society prior to 2010. It includes portraits taken from about 1855 through the early 1900s. The collection also includes images of locomotives, ships, buildings, and landscapes in the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 1855-1905

Cased photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1414
Abstract

Collection consists of approximately 630 cased photographs, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes (also called ferrotypes) dating from approximately 1840-1900. The photographs are primarily portraits of early migrants to Oregon and the western United States. Also represented are early Oregon street and residential scenes.

Dates: 1840-2000; Majority of material found within 1840-1900

Early Oregon emigrant families photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 177
Abstract

Album containing card photographs, circa 1860-1869. The images are studio portraits depicting various early emigrants to Oregon and family members. Handwritten notes identify many of the people in the album.

Dates: circa 1860-1869

Robert Morrison photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 579
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs, largely card photographs, and tintypes, most of which are studio portraits depicting early emigrants and political figures of Oregon. The collection also includes two photographic postcards of stagecoaches and an image of the blockhouse at Fort Umpqua.

Dates: circa 1858-1902

Old Oregon Trail Centennial photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 104
Abstract Collection consists of pages from a disbound photograph album compiled by the Old Oregon Trail Centennial Commission and presented to the Oregon Historical Society. The photographs depict people, places, events, and other scenes associated with the Old Oregon Trail Centennial, and caption information is included. Events depicted include ceremonies, parades, re-enactments, and banquets; the photographs particularly feature commemorative activities in Champoeg, Baker, and Portland. Members of...
Dates: 1943

Pioneer tour photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 604
Abstract

Black and white photographs, 1913, depicting a group of early emigrants to Oregon on a tour of pioneer landmarks in the Pacific Northwest, including graveyards, residences and battle sites. Each photograph has an extensive handwritten description on the back.

Dates: 1913

Zimmerman family photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 681
Abstract

Eighteen black and white photographs of the members of the Zimmerman family, including an image of their house. People identified in the collection include: George Zimmerman, Oka Zimmerman, Forest Steward and Hazel Steward, Celia R. Dromgoole, Peter Zimmerman, Frank Zimmerman, Christian Zimmerman, Edward Zimmerman and Sophia Louisa Zimmerman.

Dates: circa 1890-1912