A young man sits in a buggy drawn by an emaciated horse. A wooden building with fabric canopy is at the right. The photo was taken at Broadway and West Streets. A sign identifies the building's occupant as Dr. R. I. Allen.
The church stood was the corner of Main Avenue and Second Street. It was dedicated in June 1926. The building was razed and the name later changed to Beaverton Christian Church. A 1920s car is parked on a muddy, unpaved street in front of the church.
Albert Muessig owned the business, located at SW Farmington Road and Cedar Hills Boulevard. The view looks northwest. The Muessig home is on the right. Part of the flour mill building was used as a cannery in the 1960's.
Left to right: A.M. Kennedy, W.B. Emmons, Victor Emmons, and Billy Boyd. The post office was located in the Cady Building on SW Farmington Road at the time the photo was taken. Notice the World War I -era newspaper.
A one-story wooden building has the store's name and Monopole painted on the facade. Men are standing on the wooden sidewalk and a horse-drawn wagon is at the left. Monopole was a well-known brand of canned goods. Mason Cady is at the right.
The two-story Hotel Beaverton and Beaverton Reporter were located on Farmington Road and Washington Street, east of Watson Avenue and across (south) from the train depot. Construction date has been tentatively identified as the 1880s. George Thyng owned the hotel about 1907 and sold it by 1910. This building was later known as the Commercial Hotel that was owned and operated by the Merlo family. An early address was 103 SW Farmington Road. The building was extensively renovated and later converted into apartments. It was torn down circa 1969.
Eight men, Beaverton's first hook and ladder fire fighting company, are marching in a July 4 parade on an unpaved street. Pictured are Earl Fisher, fife; Earl Evans, drum; Walter Chatterton, cant hook; Harry Summers, ladder. Other men are not identified.
Interior scene of customers and workers at what appears to be a soda fountain counter, possibly in a pharmacy. This photograph may have been taken in Beaverton, Oregon based on its source. A man stands at the left, leaning on the counter. Two women are seated on stools in front of the counter. A waitress is behind the counter. Merchandise is at the left, and Coca-Cola signs hang on the walls.
A man stands on a sidewalk in front of Cady & Pegg General Merchandise store on Broadway Street. Also visible are signs for a dentist and Beaverton Hardware. The structure is the brick Cady Building. The view looks west.
A 1920s vehicle is parked on Scholls Ferry Road; a driveway extends across the center of the photo. Low tree-covered hills are in the background. Two leafless trees frame the image.
A man, a woman and a girl or young woman pose by an early automobile. This photograph may have been taken in Beaverton, Oregon, based on its source, and likely dates from the 1910s-1920s. The man is learning against the hood, while a woman is kneeling by the left front tire holding a tool. Another young woman or girl is sitting on the running board. A house is partially visible in the background. No other information is available.
A woodframe home with corner porch has a plank sidewalk and two chimneys. A family is sitting and standing in the yard. Outbuildings are visible in the rear as is a fence and gate in the front. The residence was on 3rd Street between Main and Angel Streets. The view looks west.
One-story home with two-story addition that belonged to the Kennedy family is seen with snow on the ground and roof. It was adjacent to Beaverton-Bertha Highway, now known as Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway (State Highway 10). Kennedy was a farmer and later, Beaverton rural mail carrier.
Elizabeth Weber, Aurelia Weber, Agnes Kennedy, and Ann Hinchy are wearing white, ankle-length dresses. Each is holding a bouquet and wearing a long ribbon pinned to her left shoulder. Bouquets are on the floor in front of their feet.
Andrew Kennedy is at the wheel of a 1911 Brush automobile on an unpaved road. He was the carrier for Beaverton's Rural Route 1. He is wearing a uniform and hat.
Ivy May is about six years old in this photo. She is wearing a dark dress with a print pattern and standing in front of a wagon in an outbuilding. A calf is to her left. She was born in 1897 and died in 1987. She married Raymond Syverson in 1916. They divorced and she married Jacob Bany.
She is sitting on the running board of a car; he is leaning against the door. Both were pharmacists at Dean's Drug Store, located in the Cady Building. It was on the south side of Farmington Road. Irene Hetu became one of the first female pharmacists in the West. Her father, Dr. Theodore Hetu, was Beaverton's first dentist. His office was upstairs in the same building. The photo was taken in front of the Cady Building.
Four men wearing suits and hats stand on a sidewalk in front of a confectionery, which has a scalloped awning. The roof of a saloon is visible to their left. They are from left to right: Harry Barnes, Wallace Brown, Roy Berst, and Ed Brown. George Thyng owned the confectionery and August Rossi owned the saloon.
Bill Boyd, mail carrier, is wearing suit, tie, and hat and sitting in a one or two passenger horse-drawn buggy. U.S. Mail and RFD and a part of the route number are visible on the side of the buggy.
Four wood frame, gabled buildings and a windmill are seen. The Welter family built the greenhouses, growing lettuce in the winter and cucumbers in the winter. Mr. Welter took the produce in his wagon to sell in Portland. The buildings were located near the family home on Third and Lombard Streets.
Twelve men, women, and children sit in or stand in front of two cars. A wood frame building with lean-to is in the background. The Welter family immigrated to the United States, living in Illinois and Indiana before arriving in Beaverton in 1890.
