Black and white image of a few children standing outside of a stone or cement-sided building. The girls wear loose-fitting blouses and skirts typical of the 1920s, and the building material is no longer wood.
Black and white image of a large group of people gathered outside a school building, most likely the students and their parents. Two young boys have ascended the building and are sitting in the belfry.
Black and white image of a group of children and young adults standing outside of a large school building. Though they may appear to be old enough to be teachers, the older girls in the back row are more likely to be students.
Black and white image of young people swimming in a large pond area, while adults look on. Note that everyone wears a swimsuit with a top, ensuring that all chests are covered to the same extent. Many of the girls wear swim caps as well. Lost Park was an amusement park established in the late 1900s, and included a carousel in addition to the swimming hole and play equipment. Today, it is managed by Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District, though without the carousel or swimming hole.
Black and white image of an old wooden church building. A sign above the door reads 'Cedar Mill Community Church'. The church has some elements of Carpenter or American Gothic design.
Black and white image of a small house with a covered front porch and two side additions. Snow covers the roof and the ground, and is piled up on the fence rails. Several of the trees behind the house appear to have been burned off.
Black and white image of a group of boys and girls of various ages. The girls are attired as brides in white and wearing veils; the boys all wear suits.
Black and white image of a family standing on the porch of a general store. The ad for 'White River Flour' dominates the pediment above the porch, with 'Again at your grocers' written above it. A door that appears to lead into living quarters is on the image right, and a good number of boxes and bales are piled about, as if they had just arrived with their belongings. One window displays stacked cans of foodstuffs while the other has a display of hats.
Black and white image of a man and a woman. Her curly bangs and tightly drawn back hair together with the puffed sleeves of her dress were typical fashions in the 1890s. The Kattermans are listed in the 1900 census as farmers in the Beaverdam area, now occupied by the communities of Oak Hills and Cedar Mill. Born in Germany, Joseph arrived in the U.S. in 1888. Magdalena was born in Switzerland and immigrated in 1891. Most of the early European immigrants to the area were either born in the United States or from the British Isles, but in the late 1800s the Pacific Northwest, like much of the rest of the nation, saw an influx of immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia, as well as other Eastern European countries.
Black and white image of a man standing next to a neatly dug trench along Burnside Road in eastern Washington County. This water district supplies much of the eastern side of the county with water, drawing from Portland's Bull Run system. In 1948, the year after this picture was taken, Wolf Creek Highway was renamed the Sunset Highway in honor of the 141st U.S. Infantry Division, formed in 1917 and consisting of soldiers primarily from Washington and Oregon.
Black and white image of a man and a boy. They sit or lean on a pile of logs, and the man holds on to a collie at his feet while the boy holds a duck in his arms.
Black and white image of two men with a wagon loaded with hay. Drawn by a four-horse team, the wagon is stacked with bundled hay. The street is unpaved, but has concrete sidewalks and curbs on both sides, and the houses and brick fence on the left look relatively modern. A note on the back indicates that the hay could be flax, instead.
Black and white image of half a dozen men sitting on a combine, with one man laying inside the pipe that feeds the harvested crop from the blades into the back container of the machine. The machine is steam-powered; the gears for the engine are just visible in the far left of the image.
Sepia-toned image of a group of schoolchildren in front of their one-room school. The children range in age from early elementary to high school, and there are nearly equal numbers of boys and girls in the photo. One boy at the back left of the group brandishes a baseball bat. Prickett School was located north of Banks, Oregon, on Green Mountain and Woollen Roads, and in 1944 it consolidated with Banks. The schoolhouse burned down in 1947.
Black and white image of a street with a plank center, lined on either side by two-story buildings. Three people ride bicycles down the plank center of the street, and horse carriages are seen parked by several of the buildings. A building on the left side of the image advertises 'Livery, Feed Stable.'
Black and white image of Main Street, lined with brick buildings and other businesses. The street is paved, and two of the businesses on the street are Real Estate, offering loans, while two others are grocery stores. There is also a hotel, offering home cooking. Note the two men standing in the wood-paneled wagon in front of the Beaver Inn.
Sepia-toned image of a young man in a baseball uniform. He wears a structured hat rather than a baseball cap, and his glove has a web between the thumb and forefinger. His pants are quilted, and 'Glencoe' is lettered on his uniform shirt.
Sepia-toned image of a building with several men and a young boy standing in front of it. The boy wears a nice suit with short pants and stands next to a distinguished looking man who also wears a nice suit. The business appears to be both a bank and a land office, offering 4% interest on savings, fire insurance, and real estate loans.
Sepia-toned image of the few buildings and the railroad stop that made up the town of Timber at this time. The image is dominated by the makeshift flagpole, simply a tall tree that was not felled and has a flag fastened at the very top. Note the unusual wagon in the lower center of the image, and the official appearance of the man standing next to it in a cape and hat. Note, took that one of the main businesses in town is in a canvas tent, but there is a power pole and electric power lines in the image. Barrels and boxes are waiting at the rail stop, apparently to be picked up. The station itself is simply a railroad car.
Sepia-toned image of a city main street. There are boardwalks on either side of the dirt road, and at least two power poles in the image. A horse and buggy stand in front of the mercantile, and a number of people stand on the porches of at least one of the buildings.
