"Mar. 1912, Crowds visiting Elk at Wallowa. The scene at Wallowa was typical of stops near Baker and at La Grande, Elgin, Wallowa, Lostine and Enterprise. Schools were dismissed for a half-day to permit students to join the throngs viewing the big…
"A storm over Teton Pass, Wyoming, provides a challenge to man and beast. It was just the beginning of a long trek for 15 Rocky Mountain elk on their way to St. Anthony, Idaho, from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and on to Joseph, Oregon in March of 1912.…
"Chief Joseph's widow, To-Ka-Ma-Po" She looks very old here. She is using a walking stick, but amazingly, she has a large bundle of sticks for fire kindling on her back.
"1913 - Xmas Day" This is a picture of an early Oregon homestead taken on Christmas day. The snow is deep, and the buildings are set far apart. The house is in the distance, third building from the left.
On paper with photo: "A Flag Raising took place at the Jack Johnson horse ranch near The Buttes in Wallowa County on July 4 1917. The flag, 8 x 10 feet, was hoisted on a 65-foot pole. Johnson, however, deemed the flag too small and traded it for the…
"Mayor of Portlaind [Portland]" Three gentlemen stand together at what appears to be a train station. The man on the left is Mayor [George Luis] Baker of Portland, OR. He served as mayor from 1917 to 1933. Next to him is a man wearing a…
"Pershing (St.), Mayor of Portland" Mayor George Luis Baker of Portland, OR, who served from 1917 to 1933, shakes hands with another official. There is a police officer behind the mayor, and there are numerous other gentlemen standing around what…
"Man with ribbon on is Mayor [George Luis] Baker of Portland" Three gentlemen stand together at what appears to be a train station. The man on the left is Mayor Baker of Portland, OR who served from 1917 to 1933. Next to him is a man wearing a…
"Mayor of Portland" Three gentlemen stand together at what appears to be a train station. The man on the left is Mayor George Luis Baker of Portland, OR who served from 1917 to 1933. Next to him is a man wearing a double-breasted overcoat and…
"Smith's Prairie School 1919" A young girl stands in front of a short, thin rail, fence, that is outside of a brick house. She is wearing a dark colored overcoat, a light colored bonnet and dress, and dark stockings.