Black and white image of a group of students gathered outside of a school building with their teacher. Identified in museum records as the school at Roy, Oregon, this is most likely St. Francis School, associated with the Saint Francis parish. The church in Roy was an offshoot of the church in Verboort, Oregon, where most of the families in the area went to church until the early 1900s, when Roy gained enough population to support its own parishes. As of 2012, the school was still in operation. See WCMpic_013036 and WCMpic_013037 for other images of this school during this time period. All three photos are dated May 22, 1938, though there is no way to determine which photo was actually taken on that date.
Black and white image of a group of students in front of a large, two-story building. Almost all wear uniforms; the girls wear skirts, light colored shirts, and some wear dark scarves. The boys wear suits or sweaters over light-colored shirts with ties. Laurelwood Academy was a private school run by the Seventh Day Adventist church. Founded in 1904, the school closed in 1988 due to lack of enrollment.
Black and white image of a group of students in front of a large, two-story building. Almost all wear uniforms; the girls wear skirts, light colored shirts, and dark scarves. The boys wear suits or sweaters over light-colored shirts with ties. Laurelwood Academy was a private school run by the Seventh Day Adventist church. Founded in 1904, the school closed in 1988 due to lack of enrollment.
Black and white image of a group of young students arranged on the steps of their school. Rosedale School District was formed in 1921, then in 1955 was folded into the Hillsboro School District. The teacher is identified in museum records as Miss W. Truneboack.
Black and white image of a group of young students arranged on the steps of their school. Rosedale School District was formed in 1921, then in 1955 was folded into the Hillsboro School District. The teacher is identified in museum records as Miss W. Truneboack.
Black and white image of a group of school children arranged outside their school building for a photo. The original bell for this school is on permanent exhibit at the Washington County Museum.
Black and white image of a group of students gathered outside a large, wooden school building. Watts school served students living west of the Forest Grove area. Museum records identify the teacher in this photo as 'Miss Herman.'
Black and white image of a group of students gathered outside a large, wooden school building. Watts school served students living west of the Forest Grove area.
Black and white image of a group of students gathered outside a large, wooden school building. Watts school served students living west of the Forest Grove area.
Black and white image of a group of students gathered on the steps in front of their school. Witch Hazel school is possibly named after the Hazelwitch Farm, established in 1849. Two dates are listed for this photo in museum records, 09-10-1937 and 10-05-1936.
Black and white image of a single class of students standing on the front steps of their school. Witch Hazel school is possibly named after the Hazelwitch Farm, established in 1849. Two dates are listed for this photo in museum records, 09-10-1937 and 10-05-1936.
Black and white image of a group of school children of varying ages gathered on the front porch of a school. Glenwood School was located out on Highway 6, north of Forest Grove, and at one time had a railroad station, a post office, and a school.
Black and white image of a group of young children gathered on the sidewalk outside a brick school building. Gaston was one of the larger schools in the area, listing 158 students from ages 4 - 19 and drawing students from both Yamhill and Washington County. See WCMpic_012978, WCmpic_012980, for another image from this school year at Gaston.
Black and white image of a boys' basketball team, identified in museum records as that of Gaston School, 1937. The boy in the middle holds a basketball with the number '37' lettered on it, presumably indicating the year.
Black and white image of a group of children gathered on the sidewalk outside a brick school building. Gaston was one of the larger schools in the area, listing 158 students from ages 4 - 19 and drawing students from both Yamhill and Washington County. See WCMpic_012978, WCmpic_012980, for another image from this school year at Gaston.
Black and white image of a group of school children standing on the steps of their school. Note the boys wearing overalls; the 1930s was the first time this garment was widely used as children's clothing.
Black and white image of Hillsboro High School. Hillsboro is the oldest high school in the district. This building was complete in 1929, and later served as J. B. Thomas Middle school, until it was demolished in 2009.
Black and white image of two children sitting in the open cab of a (now antique) fire engine with ladders on the back. Lettering on the hood of the engine reads 'Hillsboro Fire Engine No. 1.'
Black and white image of a locomotive pushing at least two passenger cars along a track, while a group of people rush along a sidewalk beside the track. Museum records do not identify either the train or the date, but given the passenger cars, this is likely a pictures of the Vernonia, South Park & Sunset Steam Railroad, a nonprofit tourist and excursion train that ran from 1964-1969 from Banks to Vernonia. See WCM_012932, WCMpic_012940, and WCMpic_012936 for more images of this train.
Black and white image of an old railroad locomotive, identified as 104 Long --Bell, with two men standing beside it. Though museum records do not specifically identify either the engine or the men beside it, the locomotive is most likely a Baldwin locomotive run by the Oregon-American Lumber company. The Oregon-American lumber company harvested lumber in the Vernonia and Keasey area in the early 1900s, and delivered its lumber to market via a rail line that ran from Vernonia to Banks, and then into Portland via Cornelius Pass.
Black and white image of the crew and their engine, #105, of the V. S. P. and S. railroad. The Vernonia, South Park and Sunset Steam Railroad was a nonprofit venture that ran a tourist and excursion train from Banks to Vernonia in the last half of the 1960s. Supposedly named for its first engineer, Chet Alexander, this engine, #105, was built in 1925 and originally pulled trains that transported lumber from mills in Vernonia and Manning. Salvaged and restored for use by the V. S. P. and S. Steam Railroad, the train was In operation from 1965 to 1969, when the V. S. P. and S. folded. The engine was last known to be in storage in Merrill, Oregon. See WCM_012932, WCMpic_012940, and WCMpic_012936 for more images of this train.
Black and white image of a steam engine sitting on the tracks, mostly likely near Banks, Oregon. The Vernonia, South Park and Sunset Steam Railroad was a nonprofit venture that ran a tourist and excursion train from Banks to Vernonia in the last half of the 1960s. Supposedly named for its first engineer, Chet Alexander, the engine, #105, was built in 1925 and originally pulled trains that transported lumber from mills in Vernonia and Manning. Salvaged and restored for use by the V. S. P. and S. Steam Railroad, the train was In operation from 1965 to 1969, when the V. S. P. and S. folded. The engine was last known to be in storage in Merrill, Oregon. See WCM_012932, WCMpic_012939, and WCMpic_012940 for more images of this train.
