Black and white image of a small, two-story building with a squared off front. A covered porch extends from the front of the building, and a single-gable building with large double doors sits next door to it. The buildings sit in a grassy lot, with power lines and tall cypress trees in the image. See WCMpic_14099 for an image of the blacksmith shop around 1900.
Black and white image of a two-story shop with a covered front porch. Half a dozen men and a number of horses and wagons are gathered in front of the building. Two men wear blacksmith's aprons and hold tools in their hands. The rest of the men wear suit jackets and hats. A large sign made up of a down-turned horseshoe and a wagon wheel is set up on the roof of the porch. To the image left of the building a woman sits in a carriage with two small children, identified in museum records as Mrs. Walter and her children. Advertisements for 'plug cut' tobacco and other products are posted on the walls of the building. The loft door is open, showing wagon wheels and seats. The road in front of the building is unpaved and muddy. Charles Walter's blacksmith shop was in Glencoe, which is now part of North Plains, just north of Hillsboro. See WCMpic_014102 for an image of this building in 1987.
Black and white image of the First National Bank in Hillsboro, with a banner across the street advertising the bank's open house. A large neon sign offers 'Drive in Banking.'
Black and white image focused on a dress shop exterior. Two lighted display windows are filled with goods, one depicting loose casual wear and a dress, and the other swimwear and other summer clothing. Statues and jewelry are scattered about the floor of each display space, depicting Asian deities and other figures of interest. A large sign above the window depicts a couple relaxing, the girl in a two piece swimsuit and the boy in short sand a t-shirt, advertising 'Sweethearts in Swim Suits, Catalina.' Two cars are parked on the street in front of the shop. This image was part of the H. E. McMullen bequest. Herbert McMullen was a local photographer who also collected other photographs and images of daily life in the area.
Postcard written to a family in Oregon City, wherein another relation gives orders concerning some trees and taxes. The writer of the postcard works in Hillsboro, Oregon, but the postcard is addressed to someone in Oregon City, Oregon.
Postcard from Zora Giltner to her mother and family. In it she gives an account of having a safe journey and of picking cherries. The image on the front of the postcard shows a city scene with a streetcar. The photo may be of Portland, Oregon.
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.
Black and white postcard image of a dirt street with poured sidewalks and power poles. An electric train follows tracks down one side of the street. A large brick building with Neo-Renaissance styling dominates the left edge of the image. Printed on the upper right of the image is 'Street Scene Hillsboro Oregon.'
Color image of a street with cars along it. A stop light hangs from wires near the middle of the image. Various store and business signs line the buildings along the road. According to museum records, this image dates from 1956 and looks down Main Street from its intersection with Second Street.
Black and white image of a slushy street with cars parked along either side and a large hump of snow down the middle. Museum records identify this as Main Street in Hillsboro during the winter of 1950-1951, when there was a great deal of snow.
Black and white image of a street at night, with neon signs aglow and holiday decorations hanging above the street. Museum records identify this as Hillsboro, Christmas, circa 1967.
Black and white image of a city street with cars parked along the sides and in the street itself. To the right is a sign for Commercial National Bank and to the left is a Piggly Wiggly grocery store. A truck parked in front of the store has a sign that reads 'Morehouse Glass Co.' on it. In the distance can be seen the Venetian Theater, Perfection Bakery, the offices of the Argus newspaper, the First National Bank, Kramien's and Delta Rexall's drug stores, and a number of other businesses, ranging from drug stores to card rooms and billiards and a malt shop.
Sepia-toned image of a muddy street with a wagon and a steam-powered ditch digger stuck in the mud. One man tries to lever the rear wagon wheels out of the mud while another man watches. In the center background, a large machine leans precariously to one side, while three men appear to be examining it. Power poles can be seen lining the street on either side, while spectators watch from the sidewalks in the background of the image. A one cent stamp is affixed to the back side of the postcard. Steam ditchers were a major innovation in the late 1800s and early 1900s, providing machine power to dig drainage ditches which once had to be dug by hand.
Black and white image of downtown Hillsboro, snowing snow piled around the street sign and on the sides of Main Street in Hillsboro. The streets are slushy, and pedestrians wear boots. A Piggly Wiggly store and a National Bank are the most visible businesses in the image.
Black and white image of a road grader removing snow from Main Street in Hillsboro. The businesses on the street behind it include a 'Shake Shop' advertising malted shakes on its neon sign, a dress shop, and Delta Drug Store.
Black and white image of the intersection of two streets in downtown Hillsboro, identified in museum records as 2nd and Main Streets, looking south. Two men are crossing the street, while cars wait to turn until they pass. A blinking light is suspended over the middle of the intersection. Many businesses are visible, ranging from 'Canton Cafe' serving noodles and chop suey, an auto parts store, a plumber, a Savings and loan, the law office of E. B. and Thomas Tongue, Jr. (on the second floor of the B and T Market corner building), and a furniture store. A 'Piggly Wiggly' Grocery store is just visible in the far left of the image.
A woman stands in front of a business called Dorothy's Shop, which offers typing, notary, and birth certificates. The surrounding businesses include a real estate office, a TV and radio store, and an insurance office.
Black and white image of the Hillsboro Courthouse at night. Lighted stars hang from the pediment on the front portion, and candles and other decorations are displayed in windows and on the columns of the entrance. Snow covers the ground in front of the courthouse.
Black and white image of a warehouse next to a rail line, with covering the ground. Lettered on the front of the warehouse is 'J. E. Morback. Farm Produce a Spe[cialty].' Two men stand on the loading dock, and a power line follows the railroad line into the distance.
Black and white image of people and vehicles lining a street along the sidewalks. Several carriages make their way up the packed road, which is littered with horse-droppings. The people gathered along the sidewalk appear to be dressed up for an event. Note, too, the mix of automobiles and horse-drawn carriages among the vehicles, as well as the power lines which crisscross the street and run between poles along the street itself.
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.'
