Black and white image of two women, one man, and a child forming a circle with their arms outstretched and holding hands. The women wear skirts and one wears a dark coat. The couple identified as August and Myrtle both wear thick, shawl-necked sweaters. The child wears a light-colored, short-sleeved shirt and pants, and a hat. A dog watches at the feet of Myrtle Blassing. Behind the group, thick undergrowth and tall trees can be seen, with an open area to the right rear of the image. 'August' is written on the picture near the man.
Black and white image of a large, Quonset hut-styled building, showing the round barreled roof on top of a wall with external buttresses. A row of pine trees is visible beyond the building, and an empty yard fills the foreground of the image.
Black and white image of a large, Quonset-hut styled building with a wide bank of windows above the entrance. A boardwalk leads up to the main entrance, and a number of window panes appear to be broken out above the first floor. Three men, including one in a uniform, stand in the lower left corner of the image.
A member of the local baseball team of Banks, Oregon circa 1900. The man is wearing a traditional striped baseball uniform of knickers and loose fitting, short-sleeved buttoned shirt, with a baseball cap. He wears a dark, long-sleeved shirt beneath the light-colored uniform shirt, and his knickers are tucked into thick, two-colored socks that disappear into lace-up boots. 'Banks' is lettered across the front of his shirt. He stands in front of a misty, romantic studio backdrop.
Sepia-toned image of two men standing inside a building with a number of desks and tables. A teller's cage fills the area directly behind the men, separating the entrance from the interior of the bank. Both men wear suit coats and ties. Otto Galaway, bank teller, stands to the image left of Wheelock Marsh, the vice-president. The Washington County Bank opened in 1909; Galaway left in 1921 to open a bank in Vernonia.
Black and white image of a two horse team hitched to a fire wagon. Mud flaps hang just behind the horses' hind feet. A large bell is attached to the footrest of the wagon, and there are side rails where men can stand. A tank with a hose can be seen on the footboard, too. A man in uniform and a boy sit on the wagon seat, and two men, also in uniform, and another boy stand on the side of the wagon, which bears a sign reading 'Fireman's M [illegible].' Two men dressed as clowns stand in the wagon bed, one wears a sack type garment gathered at the neck and sleeves and ankles. The second wears what appears to be a partially rotted Union soldier's uniform, and his makeup could indicate that the Zombie Apocalypse has deep roots in western Washington County. A sign advertising the office of the 'Forest Grove Press' hangs from the building directly behind the team, while the next building on the street appears to be a livery or possibly the fire station. A power pole with crossbars stands behind the far corner of the wagon.
Black and white image of a large airplane hangar with a number of airplanes parked on the tarmac in front of it. Ball-Ralston Flying Service was one of the first charter flight services opened at Hillsboro Airport, and was run by Ed Ball and Norman 'Swede' Ralston. They offered air tours of Washington County for $2.50.
Black and white image of a community. Two, two-story buildings sit across a street from a large field, one is gabled with a false front while the other is a large, square, two-story construction next to smaller, single block building. Several residences can be seen in the background, two of those are large, two-story homes with dormer windows protruding from their rooflines. Orenco was a 'company town,' built for workers in the short-lived Oregon Nursery Company.
Black and white aerial view of a farmhouse and an orchard, with hills in the background. A number of other farms and farmhouse can be see in the background. William G. Ide was a farmer south of Hillsboro; the 1930 Federal census lists his property as being on Grabel Road, off of Highway 219.
Black and white aerial image of Forest Grove, looking northeast. The track at Pacific University can be seen in the upper center left of the urban area.
Black and white aerial image of Forest Grove, looking south. Pacific University's track and gymnasium can be seen in the center left of the photo. The road running through the center of the image is Main Street, in Forest Grove.
Black and white aerial image of Cornelius, Oregon. The main road running from the lower center left to the upper center right is Tualatin Valley Highway or Baseline Street, and the railroad runs along the south side of the road.
Black and white aerial image of Beaverton, looking east. This appears to be downtown Beaverton, showing Farmington Road and Canyon Road or Tualatin Valley Highway.
Black and white aerial view of Hillsboro, looking north. The large square building in the lower center of the image is the Carnation factory at the south edge of town, and the Washington County courthouse can be seen a few blocks north on First Avenue. See WCMpic_015495 for a similar view, taken ten years previous.
Black and white view of Hillsboro, looking north. The Washington County Courthouse can be seen in the dark square of trees at the northwest corner of the city; identifiable by the Sequoias at the south entrance and the flagpole on the east side. The other darker square to the right and up one block is Bagley Park. See WCMpic_015500 for a similar view, ten years later.
Black and white image of a number of airplanes parked in an airfield. At least two runways can be seen in the background. Hillsboro Airport was founded in 1928.
Black and white image of a number of airplanes sitting on an airfield, next to a parking lot with cars. In the background are a hangar and other buildings. One of the airplanes is a Lockheed P-38, with twin booms, a design which saw extensive use in the Pacific during World War II. One of the trucks in the left image foreground belongs to the Ball-Ralston Flying Service, owned by Norman Ralston and Ed Ball, one of the first businesses opened at the airport.
Black and white image of Quonset hut style hangar, with a number of airplanes and cars parked in and around it. Several other buildings and another Quonset hut dominate the background, and trees can be seen in the far distance. An empty runway dominates the front of the image, with two small gasoline pumps at its edge.
Sepia-toned image of a two-story, Italianate house set in a yard surrounded by gardens and trees. Set in a four-acre block near the center of town, the house was built by a local dentist and his wife, George and Adeline Rogers, and was dismantled in the 1930s by new owners, who used materials from the house to build a new home nearby. The property is now a city park, Rogers Park.
A full-length studio portrait of Sarah Turner Crowther (1832-1915). Sarah immigrated from England to the United States at the age of 17. She moved to Washington County, Oregon in the late 1880s with her husband Israel Crowther, a weaver, and several of their children. They lived in Forest Grove for 25 years. In this photograph, she is pictured wearing a dark dress, a hat, shawl, purse and eyeglasses. She is standing on a fur rug, and behind her is a painted studio backdrop of a parlor scene. This photograph was likely taken in Forest Grove around 1900-1909.
A photograph of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Forest Grove, Oregon, as seen from the driveway on its southwest side. This facility opened as a retirement home funded by the Masonic Lodge of Oregon in 1922, housing sick and elderly Masons. In 1999, the retirement home moved to new premises on the north side of the property. The original buildings shown here were sold to the McMenamins hotel chain, which renovated and reopened the property as the Grand Lodge hotel in 2000.
