Portrait of a class of elementary school students, probably from a school within or south of Hillsboro, Oregon. The photo was presented to Isa Grabel by her father on December 25, 1908. The children and their teacher, Miss Wilcox, are identified in writing on the back of the photograph.
Group portrait of an elementary class from a school in Washington County, Oregon, possibly at a church building in or near North Plains. The teacher of the class was Ruth Troutman. She and many of the students, who are named on the back of the photograph, were residents of the North Plains area.
Photograph of the Watts School in 1912. The school building later became a community club building [see WCMpic_015475 for this building in 1953]. The Watts School is west of Forest Grove, Oregon, near the intersection of NW Gales Creek Rd and NW Stringtown Rd. The school is named after James Grant Watts, who helped to draft a city charter for Scappoose, a town just north of Washington County's border with Columbia County. His great-grandfather William Watts settled on a Donation Land Claim in Scappoose in 1852, making the Watts family one of the first European families to settle in the area.
Photograph of the new Hillsboro Fire Truck in 1939. It is parked outside of station number 2, which is currently [2012] in a newer building on Drake Road in Hillsboro.
Photograph of a group of men, women and children, who are standing around a creek. The crowd includes the Prickett, Rueter, Boose and Weitzhausen families.
Photo of a large two-story building, which has a sign on the front tower that reads 'Watts Community Club.' The community club was housed in the old school building [see WCMpic_015694]. This community club was located in Scappoose, Oregon, a town which lies just north of Washington County's border with Columbia County.
Photograph of several residences in Banks, Oregon. Along the right side of the street are, left to right, the Davies House, Galaway House, Grindle House, and the Willis house. Across the street, on the left side of the photo, is the John Carstens House and hop house.
Portrait of Main Street in Gaston, Oregon. A large welcoming sign reads 'GASTON We Advertise What We Have - And Have What We Advertise.' To the right of the sign are two stores, the Gaston State Bank and Bell & Owens Co. general store.
Portrait of Thomas Bagaley [spelling?] in carte-de-visite format. This format was most popular in the 1860s. It appears to have been addressed by Thomas Bagaley to Henry and Mary Bamford. The Bamfords moved to the small community of Hillside north of Forest Grove in Washington County, Oregon in 1883. In the 1860s, they were living in Illinois, so this photograph might be from that state. This photograph was donated to Pacific University by Ruby Bamford of Forest Grove.
