This brick two story building with a basement is located on the southeast corner of Pacific Avenue and Main Street, facing Pacific. There are two large arched openings in front to allow horses and wagons to enter. Just above the two openings is a sign LIVERY STABLE and at the top of the building is JOHNSON & SON. On the right side, Main Street side, there is are two signs on the wall JOHNSON & CO. LIVERY-STABLE and MASON EHRMAN & ?’S EXPORTS 5 CENT CIGAR There is also an unreadable sign on the sidewalk and one on the telephone pole. There are four men standing out front. The is no sidewalk and the street is packed dirt.
This wood two story building is located on A Street between 21st and 22nd Streets. The building looks very much like a home with a bay window on the left and a wide porch starting at the front door and going to the right front corner of the building. There is a white picket fence on the right side of the building and extends across the front. There are nine men and women on the porch and in the front yard, some are looking at the camera. The sidewalk is made of wood.
This concrete two story building is located on the southwest corner of Pacific Avenue and Main Street. On the left side, the Main Street side, is what looks to be an early Ford Model T roadster parked by the sidewalk, which is made from wood. The street looks to be packed dirt. One man is crossing Main Street going towards the bank while two men talk in front of the bank. Another man is walking south down Main Street. There is a fire hydrant on the bank corner. The second story corner windows that face the two streets has a sign DR. POLLOCK DENTIST. This bank building was extensively significantly remodeled in the 1950s and remains a bank today. To the right of the bank are two storefronts and a Forest Grove Streetcar. The streetcar is powered by overhead electrical lines. The Forest Grove streetcar system operated from 1906 to 1911
This wood single story structure was originally a home converted into a church in 1908. The church was dedicated in 1911 and served for 46 years. In this picture there is a sidewalk but the street appears to be packed dirt. No curb is present in the photograph. South Park High School on Elm Street was purchased and during remodeling was destroyed by fire in 1956. The current Catholic Church was built where the old high school stood.
This wood three story church with a bell tower at the front right corner of the building was located at the corner of 19th Avenue and Cedar Street. A stairway leads to the front doors on the second floor. The front and right side yards are unkept with tall grass and weeds. There may be some form of sidewalk as that portion of the photograph is of a lighter shade. The street is dirt and looks to be very rough. On the left side of the picture there are two houses with some out buildings in back of the first house. On the right side of the picture is the back side of another house facing Pacific Avenue. This Church was built in 1891 to replace the previous Church on this site but was consumed by fire in 1947. A brick Christian Church was then built in the site.
This wood three story church, built in 1891, with a bell tower at the front right corner of the building was located at the corner of 19th Avenue and Cedar Street. The left portion of the building was added on after the church was built. A stairway leads to the front doors on the second floor. There are three sets of double arched stained glass windows on the right front. There looks to be a dedication plaque on the right front corner of the building. The roof has seen better days. This Church was built in 1891 to replace the previous Church on this site but was consumed by fire in 1947. A brick Christian Church was then built in the site.
This brick three story building facing Elm Street was the first dedicated High School building and was called South Park High School. There is a concrete sidewalk in front and the street is paved with a curb. A flagpole that was present in an earlier photograph is on seen in this photograph. Also, the building has been added onto the left end with a single story extension. A new building is seen on the right at the corner of Elm Street and 17th Street. On the 17th Street side of the new building there is a mid to late 1930's school bus. At the far right of the picture on the school grounds and in the shade of a tree are two men (boys) wearing what looks like baseball uniforms. One has number 10 on the back. The building was sold to the Catholic Church and was being converted when it was destroyed by fire in 1956. The gymnasium, across Elm Street, was torn down in the mid 1980's. Across 17th Street is what would become Rogers Park. Due to a housing shortage during WWII the government had some trailers moved onto the city block.
This brick three story building facing Elm Street was the first dedicated High School building and it was called South Park High School. There is a sidewalk in front and it appears to be concrete. There is also a flagpole out by the street. The street appears to be packed dirt. The main entrance is in the middle of the front of the building. There are flower boxes in the two windows on each side of the main entrance. A man and a woman with a baby stroller are on the sidewalk. The building was sold to the Catholic Church and was being converted when it was destroyed by fire in 1956. The gymnasium, across Elm Street, was torn down in the mid 1980's.
A large brick building which is quite wide on the front side that faces Main Street. There is a sidewalk and paved street with a curb in the front. A telephone pole has an American flag at the top. The trees are bare but there are some windows open. This building replaced the former wood building of the same name in 1938. The building was sold to Pacific University and was vacant when it burned to a total loss in June 1970. Location was on the East side of Main Street at the intersection of B Street.
A large three story mansion. Originally the home of I. A. Macrum it was the Forest Grove Hospital from 1911 until 1918. The home later became Castle School, a kindergarten and later back to a residence. The home is on the National Register of Historic Places and is located on Cedar Street at 12th Avenue.
Photograph is colorized of a white building with PACIFIC COAST CONDENSED MILK CO. printed on the upper left, MANUFACTURERS OF printed in the upper central section which is above railroad tracks going in between the building. On the upper right is CARNATION CREAM. There is a water tower behind the building on the left. There is a white rail fence in the front and on each side of the tracks. A small building is off to the left and has a man door in the front. Railroad tracks are also on the right side of the building.
Picture was taken from north side of Pacific Avenue at approximately College Way intersection. View is of the south side of Pacific Avenue looking west. Corner building sign is POST OFFICE FOREST GROVE ORE. On the same building is s GRANGE HALL sign. There is also a World War II poster positioned at the curb. A woman is walking ease on the sidewalk. The next building does not have a visible sign. The next building is TIP TOP ICE CREAM and the sign behind it is ???GS then the GROVE THEATRE and CRÈME FREZE Vehicles appear to be late 1930s and early 1940s.
Colorized Picture taken at approximately at the intersection of College Way and Pacific Avenue. Picture is of south side of Pacific Avenue looking west. Street is packed dirt with wooden raised sidewalk. First store has a BICYCLES sign at the top of the building. The next sign is MISS KIRKWOOD MILLINERY. Nest is a FURNITURE sign at the top of the building and HOYT just above the display window. Next there is a barber pole out by the street and a very large pocket watch on the wall, then GOFF BROS. HARDWARE & IMPLEMENTS on the corner. Next is the 1st National Bank with ?? DENTIST in the second story window. Farther down is a street car and the Forest Grove Hotel. On the right side of the picture the sidewalk can just be seen with some storefronts down the block.
White building with CARNATION MILK PRODUCTS CO. printed on the upper left, MANUFACTURERS OF printed in the upper central section which is above railroad tracks going in between the building. On the upper right is CARNATION MILK. Above the CARNATION MILK PRODUCTS CO. printing and towards the center is a sign CONDENSERY No 2. There is a white rail fence in the front and on each side of the tracks. A small building is off to the left and has a man door in the front.
Due to a housing shortage during WWII the government had some trailers moved onto the city block that now makes up Rogers Park. Dr. and Mrs. Rogers built a mansion on the property where they retired. The house fell into disrepair and was dismantled where some of the materials were used in other houses during the war. This is on the corner of Elm Street and 18th Avenue.
Due to a housing shortage during WWII the government had some trailers moved onto the city block that now makes up Rogers Park. Dr. and Mrs. Rogers built a mansion on the property where they retired. The house fell into disrepair and was dismantled where some of the materials were used in other houses during the war.
William Skinner standing in a living room holding the Pacific University Boxer. Behind Mr. Skinner is a Crosley cabinet radio and phonograph player. Mr. Skinner was asked to weld one of the legs back onto the body, which he did.
William Skinner is standing in the entrance-way of Mayhew Jewelry store William Skinner is standing in the entrance-way of Mayhew Jewelry store on the corner of Mains Street and 21st Avenue. He is wearing a long sleeved button shirt with two breast pockets with pocket flaps and dark trousers. Merchandise can be seen in the two display windows and the reflection of an early 1930s two-door sedan that is parked across the street in front of the Masonic Hall. A clock in the store is at 1:28.
Picture taken inside a store from the front looking towards the back of the store. Two women are in the picture, one standing behind the left counter/showcase and the other sitting on the customer side of the same counter/showcase. This showcase contains bins of bulk consumables. There is an ornate cash register on the left wall along with shelves of canned goods. A scale is on the counter top next to the woman behind the counter and there is a dispenser for three sizes of paper for wrapping good is. A hand operated coffee grinder is next to the back wall. There is also a counter/showcase on the right side and the right wall is included in the picture. The close end of this showcase contains cigars. There is a Tip Top Bread cabinet at the fare end of the counter and shelves of canned goods on right side wall.
Picture taken from an elevated view of a lumber company town. Houses and building have been built in a shallow valley with a low ridge and a larger hill in the background
Four men standing in the middle of a logging trestle in a logged off area. There is a second trestle in the background with a small creek below both trestles.
Two men standing beside a steam donkey in the woods. One man is standing on the donkey sled beside the engine and the other man is standing on the ground beside the sled.
8 of 8 of a series of photographs showing unloading logs from a logging truck at Gales Peak Lumbermill. This picture shows two men standing on a log in the millpond. They have just unhooked the grappling hook while a third man steadies the log with a pole. A fourth man is standing by. The boom is off to the left in the picture. In the background is a 1953 or 1954 Ford pickup. This boom, produced by Wallace Dozers in Forest Grove, became the “Heel Boom” known throughout the Northwest for its advantages over older style booms in loading and unloading logging trucks.
