Margaret "Aunt Maggie" Bell (wearing the dark colored dress and hat) sits on the steps of a porch next to her minister who is holding a dog on his lap. There are six other women in the picture who are unidentified.
"La Grande, Oregon street scene - 1898. Adams Ave., looking toward Grandy house on corner of Adams and Fourth. [La Grande Hotel was built on the corner after the Grandy house, and before Safeway took it's place - noted Nov. 15, 1961.]"
"J.H. Peare Jewelry Store - 1896 - J.H. Peare is standing in the doorway with a dog." [J.D. McKennon Groceries is next door.] [For a similar view of the same building, but with different business' facades, see: 2010.2.761. Interestingly, the sameā¦