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"1936 - A Flower show in the Grand Ball Room of the La Grande Hotel. Portrait Photographer Cecil Ager was asked to photograph it. The dance floor was spring loaded and moved when anyone walked - so a time exposure was not possible. 'Victor' flash…

"1936 - A Flower show in the Grand Ball Room of the La Grande Hotel. Portrait Photographer Cecil Ager was asked to photograph it. The dance floor was spring loaded and moved when anyone walked - so a time exposure was not possible. 'Victor' flash…

"Mrs. Hall's Studio [became Hart Studio] - east of City Hall in Elgin, Oregon - about 1915. Women in front are: Mrs. Lottie Hall, Mrs. Annie Johns, Nancy (Lewis? Ben Willis' sister), Lola (Bible?) Stelham. Boy may be Myron Hall." Advertising on the…

"This picture is of (left to right) Art Weigle, Frank Bay, Nate Zweifel and Claude Mackey. The man in the background was a Presbyterian minister. The rabbits were for a feast to be held in the Foley Hotel. At the feast they boiled the rabbits until…

"La Grande Stockyards - La Grande, Oreg. - circa 1910"

"Dedication ceremony for a marker for the Oregon Trail on 'B' Avenue in La Grande, Oregon - April 10, 1906. Ezra Meeker is standing next to the marker." [See: La Grande Evening Observer for April 11, 1906 to read a description of the event.]

"Members of the La Grande Athletic Club, representing their club at the Multnomah Athletic Meet in Portland, 1892 - Bill Bray, Jack Peare and Doc Lincoln"

"circa 1930's - Jack Peare, former Fire Chief, and others pulling a Hose Cart" down a street with automobiles parked along it.

"W.H. Bohnenkamp Co. - Adams Ave. La Grande, Oregon - after 1910. 'Four Floors of FINE FURNITURE.' Anderson Bros. and La Grande Garment Factory can be seen to the right of Bohnenkamp's."

"La Grande Hotel - circa 1929" [Of note: The La Grande Hotel signage which is located on the side of the building in this image, is on the front of the building in images dated after 1927.] [Photograph used in "History of Union County, Oregon" (page…