Hillsboro Horse Fair

Title

Hillsboro Horse Fair

Description

Sepia-toned image of horses being sold in downtown Hillsboro. A great number of men and horses fill the plank road between buildings on Main Street. Buggies and carriages are visible, and power poles line both sides of the street with power lines paralleling and crisscrossing the road. A 1 cent postage stamp with a postmark from Hillsboro is affixed to the back.

[Front] Horse Fair, Hillsboro Ore. Apr. 29, 1911. [Back] Miss Angie Harrington, Rockaway, Oregon. Tillamook Co. Dear Angie -- got home alright. Train was about 1/2 hr. late. Had two small slides. Didn't amount to much. I felt good after I got as far as Enright. Had 5 cars. Put one an[illegible] extra one [sic]. Train was jammed. I guess you have seen the Argus. See about [illegible] Office in Fisher. Still raining here. Was just going to telephone for me to come home. Glad I went. Amanda. [pen] Horse Fair, Hillsboro, Ore. April 29, 1911.

Identifier

WCMpic_000879

Creator

Johnson Photo Co., Hillsboro, Oregon

Subject

Livestock--Marketing

Letter writing

Railroads--Passenger traffic

Harrington, Angie

Cultural Studies

Genealogy & Family History

Literary History

Economic History

Scientific History

Travel & Tourism

Spatial Coverage

Hillsboro, Oregon

Language

English

Date Created

1911-08

Date

1911

Medium

photographic postcards

Rights

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Type

Still Image

Source

Washington County Museum