Group Portraits
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Beer and Chickens - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Old 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 -
Bolton Baseball Team - c. 1930
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The 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 -
Camping at Wilhoit Springs - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Vacation time - 1890 style. A large group entertains themselves while camping at Wilhoit Springs south of Molalla. Learn More -
Crew with Municipal Engine Co. Gas Cement Mixer - c. 1914
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Somewhere 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 -
Drinking Beer in Oswego - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The 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 - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Part 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. 1892
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In this early Benjamin Gifford photo, we see five girls in matching dresses apparently rehearsing for a stage performance. Learn More -
Four Northern Shoshone & Bannock Men - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The 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 -
Front Street in Portland in 1852
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This circa 1900 photo is 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 -
Girls Studying Their Reading Lesson - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 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 -
Grandstand at Schnoerr Park, near West Linn - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00People are enjoying themselves at Schnoerr Park, across the Tualatin River from the Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. Learn More -
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Henry Gans' Grocery, Oswego - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Henry 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 - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 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 Workers near Mount Angel - 1909
$25.00 As low as: $12.00With 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 -
Lunch at Mazama Camp - 1910s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00There are lots of fascinating details in this photo of the climbing club the Mazamas as they break for lunch, probably after a climb on Mt. Hood. Learn More -
Marine Band Members at Camp Compson, Gladstone - 1893
$25.00 As low as: $12.00An 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 - 1916
$25.00 As low as: $12.00These 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 -
Nursing Students, The Dalles General Hospital - c. 1908
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 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 -
One Day's Catch at Big Lagoon - 1908
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Four college-age men show off their substantial catch, while camping in the woods near Big Lagoon, north of Arcata, California. Learn More -
Oregon Girls in New York - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00These 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 -
Pacific University Football Team - c. 1911
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In this photo taken 20 years after Pacific University began its football program, the team poses at practice. It's not clear whether they removed their helmets for the photo, or just hadn't started wearing them in 1911. Learn More -
Pendleton Hose Team - 1897
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Pendleton Hose Team at the 1897 Eastern Oregon and Washington Firemen's Tournament at Baker City. Learn More -
Photo Engravers' Picnic at Canemah Park - 1913
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Banners on the electric locomotive identify this scene for us - a picnic of the Portland Photo Engravers' Union held at Canemah Park south of Oregon City on August 10, 1913. Learn More -
Play Time at the Oregon Coast - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Having fun at the beach, 1900 style. Great bathing outfits! Learn More -
Portland Wire & Iron Works - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Four of the men are identified in this group portrait of employees of the Portland Wire & Iron Works, located at 84 North Second Street in Portland, at the corner of Everett. Learn More -
Ready for a Night on the Town - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Four young couples pose for a photo in Oswego while getting ready for some type of special occasion. Note the boutonnieres worn by two of the young men. Learn More -
Road Trip to the Beach - 1917
$25.00 As low as: $12.00These folks know how to have fun! A group of sisters from Portland (and their boyfriends) take a car trip to the Oregon beach. Learn More -
Road Trip to the Woods - 1917
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A group of sisters from Portland and their friends stop in the Oregon woods on one of their road trips. Learn More -
Salmon Fishermen, Columbia River - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A great group portrait of a salmon fishing crew showing off their catch, likely near the mouth of the Columbia. The second fellow from the right appears to be the supervisor. Learn More -
Sawmill Gang and Mill at Round Lake - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The muddy yard hints at the Pacific Northwest location of this small mill near Round Lake, north of Camas, Washington in Clark County. The term "gang" comes from the handwritten title on the original photo. Learn More -
Sightseeing at Willamette Falls - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A group of students has their picture taken overlooking Willamette Falls. Great outfits. Learn More -
Telephone Party at Government Camp Hotel - c. 1925
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 1920s view shows a "Telephone Party", mostly young telephone company employees either before or after an ascent of Mt. Hood. The exact dates of their excursion are given - July 19th and 20th, but the last digit of the year is now illegible. Learn More -
The Pledge of Allegiance, Fourth of July - 1941
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Residents of Vale, Oregon, near the Idaho border, prepare for the Pledge of Allegiance in this 1941 photo by Lee Russell. Learn More -
The Saldern Crew Pauses in a Cut on their Logging Road - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The logging crew poses in a substantial earth cut made for the logging railroad that supported their operation. It's not clear whether these men helped build the railroad grade as well as doing the logging. Learn More -
Villard Gold Spike Excursion at Multnomah Falls - 1883
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Villard "Gold Spike" Expedition gathers at Multnomah Falls, 1883. Learn More -
W. H. Partridge & Other Passengers Return from Alaska - 1886
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This mixed party returning from Alaska by sidewheeler steamer in 1886 apparently includes the photographer William H. Partridge. Learn More -
Wheat "Thrashing" near Arlington - 1900s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The crew gathers after threshing wheat near the town of Arlington, in Gilliam County. Learn More -
Work Crew at Willamette Falls Locks - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The crew lines up on the side of the locks facing the river, as water seeps through from the full chamber behind them. Learn More -
Workers at Newberg Pressed Brick Company - c. 1904
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Twenty workers from the Newberg Pressed Brick Company pose proudly in this circa 1904 view by Samuel Hobson. Learn More -
Workers in Boiler Room, Marshfield (Coos Bay) - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00There are not a lot of windows in this view of a Marshfield boiler room, so the photographer has opened the doors to bring in some light. There's also a light source behind us, illuminating the faces of the workers. Learn More











