PORTRAITS
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A Gymnast from Monmouth - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A student gymnast from Oregon State Normal School in Monmouth (now Western Oregon University) poses for a studio portrait taken by Scio photographer Clinton Harnish. Learn More -
A Proud Father with his Daughter - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Taken by photographer E. G. Cummings of Lewiston, Idaho, this cabinet card view shows a Native American father, likely Nez Perce, proudly holding his daughter. Learn More -
A Very Small Boy, with a Prosthetic Hand - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This early Bowman portrait features a very small Native American boy with a prosthetic hand, standing on a wicker chair. Learn More -
A Very Small Girl in a Plaid Dress - c. 1874
$25.00 As low as: $12.00We don't know the name of this young girl, but we do know the original small-format CDV photo was taken by Buchtel and Stolte, at 91 First Street in Portland. Learn More -
Agnes Dolph, Daughter of Sen. Joseph Dolph - c. 1875
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A well-to-do girl in a wonderful fringed dress, posed next to perhaps a family heirloom? Learn More -
Albert G. Walling, Early Oregon Publisher - 1872
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A. G. Walling emigrated with his family to the West Linn area now known as Robinwood in 1849. Learn More -
An Optometrist with his Lenses - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A young optometrist from Rainier, Oregon demonstrates his trial frames and a folding case holding over a hundred sample lenses. Learn More -
At the Mouth of the Tualatin - c. 1930
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In a location that looks much the same today, a young woman poses on a rock where the Tualatin flows into the Willamette. The original for this view is a hand-colored print from a black and white photograph. Learn More -
Benjamin Stark, Portland Founder & U.S. Senator - c. 1861
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Born in Louisiana in 1820, Stark sailed to Oregon in 1845, where he soon purchased Asa Lovejoy's share of the land that eventually became downtown Portland, for $390. Learn More -
Bertha Townley, with her Doll Carriage - c. 1889
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Bertha Townley, of Weiser, Idaho, here proudly shows off her doll and carriage in a formal portrait created in Hazeltine's Baker City, Oregon studio. Learn More -
Boy from Salem in Military Garb - c. 1862
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Early tintypes can rarely be attributed to specific photographers. We know this view was by Joseph Buchtel, as the original has an advertisement for his Salem "branch gallery" glued to its back. Learn More -
Bringing a Stein of Beer - c. 1872
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In early photography, cameras were so bulky that occupational photos were usually shot in the studio. Here we see a bar keeper bringing a glass beer stein to a customer. Learn More -
Captain Charles Wilkes - 1863
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Born in 1798, Captain Charles Wilkes is best known for leading the United States Exploring Expedition, which circumnavigated the world from 1838 through 1842, and spent significant time in the Pacific Northwest in 1841. Learn More -
Chief Charlot, Flathead Reservation - 1908
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Known for his scenic Montana stereoviews, photographer Forsyth created this portrait shortly before Charlot's death in 1910. Charlot led the struggle for his people to remain in the Bitter Root Valley. Learn More -
Chief Joseph, Nez Perce - 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This portrait of Chief Joseph was taken when he visited Washington, DC, in April of 1900. Learn More -
Clara Stearns, Only Daughter of Abigail Scott Duniway - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Shown here shortly before she died from tuberculosis in 1886, Clara Belle Duniway Stearns was the oldest child, and only daughter, of Oregon suffragette and author Abigail Scott Duniway.
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Colonel George Wright - c. 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Colonel George Wright graduated from West Point in 1827, and spent almost forty years as a military officer, much of it in the Pacific Northwest. Learn More -
Colville Mother and Child - c. 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This very early photo of a Colville mother and her infant child was taken by the Corps of Royal Engineers, likely near Spokane. Learn More -
Daughter of the Wild - 1907
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This evocative study of a young woman was created by James Haran, an award-winning Portland amateur photographer. Learn More -
Deputy Sheriff, Stationed at Large Hop Ranch - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This deputy sheriff is stationed at the paymaster's window for a Josephine County hop ranch that employed over 500 workers for the three-week harvest season each year. Learn More -
Dr. John McLoughlin - c. 1854
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Dr. John McLoughlin, often called "The Father of Oregon", needs little introduction to history buffs. The Canadian-born Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, he resigned in 1846 and moved to Oregon City where he became an American citizen. Learn More -
Dr. Sidney Marsh, 1st President of Pacific University - c. 1865
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Dr. Sidney Marsh was appointed President of Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove in 1853, and carried on as that position when the school became Pacific University in 1854. Learn More -
Edna Kash-kash, Cayuse tribe - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00One of a large number of portraits taken by Major Lee Moorhouse at the Umatilla Reservation, this photo of Edna Kash-kash shows her in front of her reed-mat tepee. Learn More -
Elijah Jones Davidson, Discoverer of the Oregon Caves - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Elijah Jones Davidson is best known for discovering the Oregon Caves in 1874. Born in Illinois, he came to Oregon as an infant in a wagon train in 1850. Learn More -
Eliza H. Marsh, Wife of Sidney Marsh - c. 1870
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Eliza Haskell, born in Ohio in 1841, married Sidney Marsh in 1860, when he was already the president of Pacific University. She was 15 years younger than her husband. Learn More -
Elkanah Walker, Early Oregon Missionary - 1871
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Elkanah Walker crossed the plains with his new bride, Mary, in 1838, at a time when the Oregon Trail had not yet been given its name. Mary was known as the "third woman to cross the Rockies". Learn More -
Elmer E. Charman, Future Oregon City Businessman - c. 1869
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Elmer E. Charman, taken at about the time of his father's death in the late 1860s. Learn More -
Elmer E. Charman, Possible Graduation Photo - c. 1881
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This is likely a graduation photo for Elmer Ellsworth Charman, taken when he graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College in Corvallis in 1881, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Learn More -
Father and Daughter, Astoria - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Father and Daughter portrait by Samuel B. Crow of Astoria. The father looks concerned. Learn More -
First Communion - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00There are a lot of professional photos of girls' first communions. This one, taken by Preston Hart in Oregon City, is especially appealing in its simplicity, as well as its lighting. Learn More -
Fish Hawk, War Chief of the Cayuses - 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Major Lee Moorhouse created a number of portraits of Chief Fish Hawk, including this striking closeup. Our reproduction is made from a large print - the original glass plate is in the University of Oregon collection. Learn More -
Frederic Homer Balch, Author of "The Bridge of the Gods" - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Frederic Balch died at the age of 30, shortly after the publication of his famous novel, "The Bridge of the Gods", in 1890. Learn More -
General Joseph Lane, Governor & Senator - c. 1859
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Appointed as Oregon's first territorial governor in 1848, Lane served as delegate to the U.S. Congress starting in 1851, and was Oregon's first senator after it became a state in 1859. Learn More -
George Gibbs, Northwest Geologist & Ethnologist - c. 1865
$25.00 As low as: $12.00George Gibbs was born in Astoria - the Astoria in New York, not Oregon. However, as a geologist and ethnologist, he contributed to the history of the Pacific Northwest, based on his studies of the languages of the indigenous peoples here. Learn More -
George H. Himes, Printer and Historian - 1865
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 1865 portrait was taken by Frank Dalton, shortly after Himes came to Portland from Olympia. Learn More -
George H. Williams, Judge & Senator - c. 1865
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This intense-looking gentleman was one of Oregon's longest-serving public figures, starting as Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court in 1853 and concluding as Mayor of Portland from 1902 through 1905. Learn More -
George Law Curry, Jeweler, Publisher & Governor - 1870s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00George Law Curry, born in Philadelphia in 1820, first entered the newspaper trade as an eleven-year-old printer apprentice in Boston. Learn More -
George Law Curry, Oregon's Last Territorial Governor - 1860s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00George Law Curry, a publisher and jewelry maker, served as Oregon Territory's governor on three different occasions. Learn More -
George Thorpe and Parents - 1860s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00I don't know much more than the name of the boy in the photo, but the image haunted me until I added it to this site. Learn More -
Girl Reclining in Gypsy Outfit - 1920s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00It's unclear whether these are this girl's regular clothes, or whether she is in costume. In any event, she and the photographer chose an unusual pose for her portrait. Learn More -
Grandma Soper, Willow Creek area, Malheur County - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Grandmothers (and grandfathers) often moved to Oregon during the Depression with their children's families when they came to look for better farming opportunities. Learn More -
Happy Papoose - c. 1925
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Yet another papoose image by Benjamin Markham of The Dalles, this view shows a laughing baby in a wonderfully detailed cradle board. Learn More -
Harvey J. Meacham, Co-founder of Meacham, Oregon - 1865
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Born in Indiana in 1828, Harvey John Meacham and his brother Alfred B. Meacham were early settlers in Eastern Oregon, who founded the town of Meacham in Umatilla County in the 1863. Learn More -
Harvey W. Scott, Shortly after Graduation - 1865
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Harvey Whitefield Scott, brother of Abigail Scott Duniway, is best known as the long-time editor and driving force behind the Portland Oregonian newspaper. Learn More -
Henry Harmon Spalding, Early Oregon Missionary - c. 1870
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Henry H. Spalding and his wife Eliza were two of the earliest Presbyterian missionaries to travel to Oregon country, settling into their new home in Lapwai, near Lewiston, Idaho, in November 1836. Learn More -
High Fashion in Baker City - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00There was plenty of fashion in Baker City in the 1890s, and Martin Hazeltine, the photographer, was sophisticated enough to capture it for us. Learn More -
In the Forest - 1923
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A Klamath man in traditional garb sits quietly in front of a Ponderosa pine, probably in the Klamath Basin. Learn More -
Indian Maid with Beaded Leather Bag - c. 1925
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This unidentified young woman from The Dalles displays a beautiful beaded leather bag - perhaps created by her own hands. Learn More -
Innocence, a Umatilla Girl - 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The clothes worn by this young girl appear to be her own, as evidenced by their stains and her toe peeking through one moccasin. Learn More -
James H. Bird, Circuit Court Judge - c. 1884
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This photo may have been taken before James Harrison Bird became Circuit Judge for the 7th Oregon District. We know he held that position in 1886, at the age of 29. Learn More
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