Frank Patterson
After his first marriage ended in 1921, he remarried and moved to the Medford area, where he specialized in photos of the Crater Lake area. About 1926 he started doing postcards of towns, buildings, commercial spots, etc. from the Medford area to Red Bluff, California. He also traveled from Grants Pass, Oregon to Ukiah, California along the Redwood Highway. In the summer of 1928 be moved to Santa Rosa, California and added Sonoma County to his postcard list. At one time be had 228 dealers selling his postcards.
In 1940 his photography career was interrupted when he was sentenced to San Quentin Prison, where he served six years for "Lewd and Lascivious conduct with a child under the age of 14". He had pleaded no contest, and did not admit anything. During this time his business was sold to Robert Laws.
Upon his release, Patterson went to work for Bear Photo is San Francisco, where he was employed from 1946 till 1959. He died in 1961 in Napa State Hospital, where he was sent after developing Alzheimer's.
--Summarized from the Redwood County and Vintage Postcards site at www.digthatcrazyfarout.com/redwoods.
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Arriving at the Summit of Mount Hood - 1910s
Columbia River Railroad Bridge at Celilo - c. 1912
Fishing, Old and New, at Celilo Falls - 1910s
Forest Road near Diamond Lake - c. 1928
Getting in Line at Hood River Depot - 1910s
Hood River from the Eastside Grade - c. 1910
Hood River, Looking East on Oak towards Downtown - c. 1910
Hood River, Looking West on Oak at 2nd - c. 1910
Horseshoe Curve in Siskiyou Mountains - c. 1925
Looking East along the Summit of Mt. Hood - 1910s
Lower Serac, at Mount Hood - 1910s
Lunch at Mazama Camp - 1910s
Oregon Caves Resort, Old Chalet - c. 1925
Overlooking Celilo Falls, with New Bridge - c. 1912
Overlooking the Pinnacles at Mount Hood - 1910s
Passing Phantom Ship by Boat, Crater Lake - c. 1925
Rogue River, on the Pacific Highway - c. 1928
Switchbacks Between Grants Pass & Crescent City - c. 1925
The New Medford Airport - c. 1930
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