Group Portraits
- A Croquet Game in Corvallis - circa 1885As low as $5.00"Modern" croquet reached England in 1850, and spread rapidly throughout the English colonies after complete croquet sets became available from manufacturers. Learn More
- A Gathering at Schnoerr Park - circa 1920As low as $5.00A well-dressed group poses for a portrait at Schnoerr Park, located across the Tualatin River from the town of Willamette. Learn More
- A Walk to Canemah, West Side Mills in Background - 1895As low as $5.00A large group of Willamette Falls area young people stop for a photo on a Sunday afternoon, on a walk to Canemah. They were probably going to visit the park at the end of the trolley line. Learn More
- After Supper at Mack's Camp, Elma, Washington, c. 1905As low as $5.00A group of loggers poses on the tracks in their camp at Elma, in Grays Harbor County on the west end of Washington State. The size of the kitchen crew indicates they were well fed! Learn More
- Air Conditioned Cafe, Vale - 1941As low as $5.00According to his notes, this photo was created by Russell Lee on the Fourth of July in 1941. Learn More
- Alfred Lewelling, Pioneer Horticulturalist, and his Family - c. 1860As low as $5.00When Henderson Lewelling brought his family to the Willamette Valley along the Oregon Trail in 1847, his then-15-year-old son Alfred drove the ox-team that pulled the now famous "tree wagon", filled with over 700 fruit tree starts. Learn More
- At Least We Have Beer! - circa 1900As low as $5.00As the man on the right shows off his catch, the rest of the men raise their glasses to toast the occasion, somewhere in the woods near Pendleton. Learn More
- Beer and Chickens - c. 1910As low as $5.00Old Oswego appears to have been a place where people knew how to have fun. At least this photo of men holding both beers and dead chickens indicates that. Learn More
- Bill Grisdale & Crew at Simpson's Camp No. 1, near Shelton - c. 1900As low as $5.00Bill Grisdale, in the white shirt standing beside the tender, was the nephew of Sol Simpson, who founded Simpson Logging Company in 1890. Learn More
- Bolton Baseball Team - c. 1930As low as $5.00The Bolton baseball team poses for a portrait on the front steps of the old Bolton School. The coach, in the back row, is Mayor Frank Hammerle. Learn More
- Building the Railroad Bridge Across the Willamette at Wilsonville - c. 1907As low as $5.00A construction crew poses in front of the almost-completed railroad bridge at Wilsonville, built for the Oregon Electric Railway. Learn More
- Camping at Gearhart Park - c. 1894As low as $5.00We're looking at a well-developed campsite at Gearhart Park, known as the first planned resort community in Oregon, begun in 1890. Learn More
- Camping at Wilhoit Springs - c. 1890As low as $5.00Vacation time - 1890 style. A large group entertains themselves while camping at Wilhoit Springs south of Molalla. Learn More
- Clowning Around at Schnoerr's Park - circa 1920As low as $5.00Schnoerr's Park was a private gathering place located across the Tualatin River from the town of Willamette, operating from about 1900 to the 1930s. Learn More
- Concrete Workers, Oregon City - c. 1915As low as $5.00From the early part of Ralph Eddy's career, this image is restored and printed from his original glass negative. Learn More
- County Road Crew Near Hoodsport - c. 1895As low as $5.00At first glance this group portrait appears to be a very diverse logging crew, but a second look reveals that in addition to saws and peaveys, many shovels and grub hoes are visible. Learn More
- Crew with Municipal Engine Co. Gas Cement Mixer - c. 1914As low as $5.00Somewhere in the Portland area, a crew pauses from their concrete work to have their picture taken. Their main equipment is an early version of a gas-powered cement mixer. Learn More
- Dance Hall at Schnoerr Park, near West Linn - c. 1910As low as $5.00People are enjoying themselves at Schnoerr Park, across the Tualatin River from the Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. Learn More
- Dinner at Eagle Point, Steel Excursion to Crater Lake - 1903As low as $5.00This photo showing much of the 1903 Steel Excursion was taken by Fred and Oscar Kiser, who were the official photographers of that trip. Learn More
- Drinking Beer in Oswego - c. 1910As low as $5.00The guys gather a century ago to drink beer in their host's back yard. Has much really changed since then? Learn More
- Entrance to Lincoln Bench School - 1939As low as $5.00Part of a group of photos taken by Dorothea Lange near Ontario, in Malheur County, this view shows the school building and grounds looking through the front gate. A large school bell is visible in the tower of the modest building, ready to call the children to classes. Learn More
- Five Young Ladies Rehearsing Their Parts - c. 1892As low as $5.00In this early Benjamin Gifford photo, we see five girls in matching dresses apparently rehearsing for a stage performance. Learn More
- Four High School Girls at a Sleep Over - c. 1914As low as $5.00This wonderful photo by an unknown photographer was created by either a professional or a talented amateur. The quality of light creates a classic scene. Learn More
- Four Mennonite Women in Traditional Dress - circa 1915As low as $5.00These women are part of the Mennonite community that was first established in the Willamette Valley in about 1880, with their initial members moving from the midwest. Learn More
- Four Northern Shoshone & Bannock Men - c. 1895As low as $5.00The two standing men in this photo are identified: Jack Edmo, a Northern Shoshone, is on the left, and Joe Warren, a Bannock, is on the right. Learn More
- Fourth of July Picnic near Rock Creek, Oregon - 1908As low as $5.00A good-sized group gathers for a rather fancy Fourth of July picnic near Rock Creek, Oregon, a community located just west of Haines, which is itself northwest of Baker City. Learn More
- Front Street in Portland in 1852As low as $5.00This circa 1900 photo was copied from an original daguerreotype attributed to Joseph Buchtel. It shows Front Street from Ash Street to Salmon Street, with the docks in the distance. Learn More
- Gathering at the Wapanitia Store - Circa 1896As low as $5.00Wapinitia's post office was established in 1878, at its location in Wasco County about 40 miles south of The Dalles, at the southern end of The Dalles - Wapinitia stage line. Learn More
- Girls Studying Their Reading Lesson - 1939As low as $5.00This photo of six girls was taken on the steps of Lincoln Bench School, near Ontario, in Malheur County, by Dorothea Lange in October, 1939. Learn More
- Happy Campers - c. 1900As low as $5.00This group of campers inspires the rest of us to load up our canvas tents and wooden stools and take to the woods. They certainly are enjoying themselves. Learn More
- Henry Gans' Grocery, Oswego - c. 1890As low as $5.00Henry Gans and his family gather outside their dry goods and grocery store on the south side of McVey Avenue, near Bickner Street. Learn More
- Hop Farmers Conversing on a Drug Store Corner - 1939As low as $5.00This Depression-era photo of an Independence, Oregon street corner shows a gathering of local hop farmers discussing politics and other pressing issues of the day. Learn More
- Hop Pickers, Near Skokomish Reservation - c. 1900As low as $5.00We don't know the names of these women or their daughters, but they are typical of many residents of the Skokomish Reservation who worked in nearby hop fields at the turn of the last century. Learn More
- Hop Workers near Mount Angel - 1909As low as $5.00With historic group photos, if you look closely, you can almost hear the individuals telling their stories. Here we see hop workers, an occupation that both then and now was plain hard work. Learn More
- In the Longhouse - Funeral of Chief Tommy Thompson - 1959As low as $5.00This solemn photo was taken by Allan de Lay in April, 1959, at the indoor ceremony in the longhouse at Celilo. Learn More
- In Their Sunday Best - c. 1898As low as $5.00Five siblings line up on a rustic porch - likely in a logging camp - to pose for a family portrait. Their hats alone make the photo notable. Learn More
- Lunch at Mazama Camp - 1913As low as $5.00There are lots of fascinating details in this photo of the climbing club the Mazamas as they break for lunch, during a climb at Mt. Adams. Learn More
- Lunch on Road to Crater Lake - c. 1908As low as $5.00A group of tourists, probably traveling by stagecoach, stop at the side of the road to Crater Lake to enjoy a lunch break. Learn More
- Marine Band Members at Camp Compson, Gladstone - 1893As low as $5.00An annual gathering of the Oregon National Guard brought these three (four, if you count the fellow asleep in the tent) musicians to Camp Compson in August of 1893. Learn More
- Members of the Pure Mountain Water League - 1916As low as $5.00These distinguished members of the Pure Mountain Water League, most of them from Oregon City, were among the original promoters of the South Fork Water Project, built to bring clean water from the upper Clackamas River to Oregon City. Learn More
- Miners at Their Camp near La Grande - circa 1890As low as $5.00A crew of about thirty men pauses for a portrait (and a smoke) at their small hard rock mine somewhere near La Grande, in Union County. Learn More
- Montgomery Ward Employees, Pendleton - 1929As low as $5.00Dudes! The employees line up in their best western wear for a group portrait - perhaps in anticipation of a big sale. Learn More
- Nearing Summit of Castle Crest, Steel Excursion to Crater Lake - 1903As low as $5.00Some of the twenty-seven members of the Steel Excursion make their way to the top of Castle Crest, near where Crater Lake Lodge now stands. Learn More
- Nursing Students, The Dalles General Hospital - c. 1919As low as $5.00This image of a class of nursing students and their two instructors demonstrates Gifford's skill at using natural light when working outside his own studio. The sheer curtains soften the light and even the stark walls of the hospital. Learn More
- O. S. Olson Mining Outfit, Eastern Washington - 1910As low as $5.00O. S. Olson was a mine owner who worked in Colorado in the early 1900s, and then in Idaho in the teens. His name is written in pencil on the back of our original photo. Learn More
- On Rim of Crater Lake, Will G. Steel Excursion - 1903As low as $5.00Some of the principals of the Steel excursion are artfully posed on the rim of Crater Lake by the excursion's photographer, Fred Kiser. Learn More
- One Day's Catch at Big Lagoon - 1908As low as $5.00Four college-age men show off their substantial catch, while camping in the woods near Big Lagoon, north of Arcata, California. Learn More
- Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University) Football Team - 1916As low as $5.00The 1916 Oregon Agricultural College Aggies played in the Pacific Coast Conference and finished third. Sounds pretty good, till you realize there were only three teams in the conference. Learn More
- Oregon Girls in New York - c. 1910As low as $5.00These young women from Oregon are posing in front of the Hotel Martha Washington - the first women's only hotel, opened a few years earlier in 1903. Learn More
- Oswego Baseball Team of 1914As low as $5.00Most towns in Oregon fielded amateur baseball teams in the early part of the 20th century, and Oswego (now Lake Oswego) was no exception. Learn More