Black and white image several gabled buildings, two with false fronts. Primary is a building with large double doors and a sign reading 'Blacksmith shop' on the front facade. A man identified in museum records as James Lincoln Loving, the proprietor, stands just outside the shop's large door. He wears work clothes, a newsboy-style cap, and a leather apron. Another man sits on a bench nearby; most likely a man named Sylvester Culver. Numerous wagon axles, frames, and wagon wheels are parked in front of the shop and leaning against various walls and fences. A fenced yard separates the blacksmith shop from another building with a door and two windows in the front facade and a sign indicating it is Jacobsen's Shoe and Harness Shop. A man and a boy stand on the front porch; the man may be I. Jacobson, the proprietor. The third building in the image is the Berry & Dallas Prune Dryer, which dried apples, prunes, pears, pumpkins, and corn.
Black and white image of a parade of children down Main Street in Hillsboro. The children at the front of the group ride bicycles, most with bunting and streamers wound through their wheels and hanging from the handles. The children are dressed in everything from regular pants and dresses to several girls in bathing suits. Behind the bicycles are children wearing 'historic' clothing, including western wear. Some children wear uniforms, and some of the boys have on suits. Groups of adults watch the parade, and cars drive down the opposite side of the street. This photo was part of the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who also collected other images of daily life in the area.
Photograph of Broadway and West streets in Beaverton, Oregon, about 1892. Dave Wheeler drives the wagon, while several other people stand in the background.
Photographic postcard designated "No. 8," showing houses along "Residence Street" in Tualatin, Oregon. This was not the name of the street, but just a description of what appears in the image. This was taken facing south, probably near the modern intersection of Boones Ferry Road and SW Tualatin Road.
As of the time when this photograph was made (circa 1908-1920), the home towards the background with a small black mark drawn on it and smoke rising from the chimney belonged to the I. N. Robinson Family. The small white, single story building with a small cross drawn on it was a bakery. In the foreground of the picture, there is a railroad track, most likely on the Oregon Electric Railroad line, which was active between 1908-1933. Electrical and telephone lines run overhead. Four boys holding bicycles sit on the railroad embankment. Handwritten text on the back describes some of the landmarks in the photograph.
For a view facing north on the same street, see "No. 9" in this postcard series, WCMpic_022684.
Photograph of a large group of men and women square dancing in a street. They are members of the Tualatin Valley Council, which promotes square and round dancing.
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.
Looking north through the intersection of SE 3rd and Walnut Streets in Hillboro, Oregon. A dirt road runs north, between two grassy verges. Sidewalks run along each verge, and houses and two church buildings are visible, as well as power lines. A man stands on the sidewalk beside the house at the left. The church on the image left of the intersection is St. Matthew's Catholic Church, though the rectory now sits where this building is located, with the church on the northeast corner of the block. The house on the right is the Rice-Gates House at 308 SE Walnut Street, which was built in 1890. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. The house on the left is 272 SE Walnut Street, which was built in 1910.
Black and white images of a house being burned down. The house appears weathered and is in the midst of an overgrown yard. In the upper image, smoke pours from the home, which appears mostly as a dark blob. In the lower image, the house is clearly seen, backlit by flames at the front and with smoke pouring from the roofline. See WCMpic_015330 for an image of this house intact.
Black and white images of a house being burned down. The house appears weathered and is in the midst of an overgrown yard. In the upper image, a fireman directs a spray of water directly against flames on the roof of the house. See WCMpic_015330 for an image of this house intact.
Black and white images of a large, cross-gabled house from two different angles. the house is two story and features a cupola in the middle of the main section. A front porch with columns runs along the front of the home, and a large, well-kept lawn stretches out in front of the house. Museum records are not specific as to who owned the home or where it was located.
Black and white image of an intersection in a residential area. Trees line the street, blocking most of the houses, but a few small bungalow style homes can be seen. A station wagon is parked along the curb in the center of the image. See WCMpic_015265 for a view of this particular street and intersection fifty years previous to this one.
Black and white image of a residential street. The street is dirt, though a boardwalk extends along most of both sides. Several small, bungalow style homes line both sides of the street in the background, and power poles can be seen receding into the background of the image. There are only a couple of small pine trees in the image. Two small girls stand on the boardwalk at the right of the image. See WCMpic_015266 for a later view of this same street.
Black and white image of a house on the corner with a street light hanging across the intersection. A large sign on the power pole indicates that the museum is down the street, address 641 E. Main. The house is two story, cross-gabled, with a stucco exterior.
Black and white image depicting the exterior of an ice cream and soda shop. Signs in the windows indicate that everything from ice cream sandwiches to Polar King soft cones and hard ice cream to Pineapple and Chocolate nut sundaes are for sale here, in addition to sodas. Museum records indicate this shop was located at 10th and Baseline in Hillsboro, and later became a Dairy Queen. Currently (2012) is it a Moto-pizza shop.
Black and white image of a group of people gathered outside of a shop advertising typewriters, office supplies, and equipment. Northwest Typewriter Co. was located on Main Street in Hillsboro.
Black and white image of two men standing in front of a covered entry into a coffee shop. One man wears a white shirt, dark pants and a bow tie; the other wears a white shirt with a cook's hat and an apron.
Black and white image of four people, most likely the Flints and their two sons, standing in front of a two-story, cross-gabled farmhouse. A number of livestock animals are in the image, three horses hitched to a plow, another carriage horse at the far right, and a flock of sheep to the left. A dog stands between the woman and one of the men. Two of the men wear suits and hats, while the third is in shirtsleeves and holds the handles of the plow. The woman wears a high-necked, corseted dress and her hair is pulled back tightly into a small bun on top of her head. In the far background of the image is a large barn. The Flints arrived in Oregon around 1870, settling in the Scholls Ferry Area on 800 acres (purchased for $10 an acre.) This house was built in 1881.
Black and white image of a gabled farmhouse with a picket fence and a covered front porch. Alonzo Cady was Beaverton's first mayor and longtime postmaster.
Black and white image of a large, three-story Classical revival style home with a large covered porch and balcony surrounding it set in a grassy area with trees in the background. A young woman with a child in her lap sits on the porch railing, possibly Lillie and Harold Harding, daughter and grandson of the Sweeks. John and Maria Sweek built the original portion of the house in the late 1850s, after arriving in Washington County and taking up a Donation Land Claim. The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974. The current city of Tualatin sits on land donated by the Sweeks from their original land claim.
