Men, women, and two children stand with a number of horses in a dirt yard in front of a long, low open-sided building. Four women stand behind a plank in a row in the center of the image. They wear full, ankle-length skirts, and long mutton sleeves. Their hats are low-crowned and flat-brimmed, and one is decorated with flowers. Two small children stand one between the last two women on the right and one at the end of the line. They wear full white long-sleeved dresses. A dog sits at feet of the second woman to the left. Behind the second woman on the left, a dog sits on the ground. Behind the row of women, there is a row of men and horses. On the left, a man stands between two horses, holding each of their reins. Next to them, there is another horse and a man on a horse next to that. The next two horses are tied to a wagon and a man sits on the horse to the right while holding the reins of a third horse to his right. Another man sits on a middle horse while holding the reigns of two rider less horses. Just to the very right of the photo, a man sits in a wagon. In the background of the image, cut lumber is stacked, and a wagon appears to be loaded with logs. In the far right, a two-wheeled carriage with a woman seated in it is just visible. The top of a picket fence runs through the very foreground of the image. A thick stand of pine trees fills in the background.
Four people stand in a grassy yard before a small white house. Two women, one on either end of the group, wear long dark skirts. One woman has a light colored shirt with mutton-leg sleeves tucked into her skirt, and wears her hair in a pompadour bun. The other woman's blouse matches her skirt, and buttons to her left with a shield tab. She wears her hair back. Two men stand between them, one wearing baggy pants, a suit jacket, and a dark shirt buttoned to the neck. The second man wears dark pants and suspenders over a white long-sleeved shirt. There is a porch on the front of the hous4e, and two rail back chairs sit on the porch. Double-hung, paned windows sit on either side of the door. The house is plank, painted white, with carved porch supports. the porch roof sits below the house roof, and there are no visible windows on the sides of the house. Pine trees are visible behind the house, and a rail fence runs along the left background of the image.
Photo of a group of men, women, and children in front of a store. The store building is rough cut stone blocks, two-story. The upper floor has single, double-hung windows with curtains on the inside. A sign declaring 'wholesale and retail: Boston Store, Nathan Weil, Prop., Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes' and the numbers 408 and 406 sits between the floors. The lower front has large glass windows beneath a furled awning, surrounding a double door entrance, recessed into the building. A large banner proclaiming 'BANKRUPT SALE of Swofferd Bros Stock of Kansas City' is stretched across the front. The first floor windows are piled high with boxes and hats and stacks of fabric, and each feature banners stating 'Bankrupt Sale Starts Wednesday.' Women in long, full, dark skirts with puffed sleeve jackets and peplums, and large hats crowd the entrance of the store. Several men stand around sidewalk around the group; all on one side are wearing coats and hats. On the left side of the image, the men wear sweaters, vests and hats. Several children are in the crowd.
A woman sits on the edge of a covered front porch of a two-story, gabled house with an attic window. She wears a dark skirt and a lighter, long-sleeved shirt. Her hair is pulled back and up. A door with an upper window and a screen is visible at the lower left of the house, and pairs of double-hung windows are placed on the front of each story, with a small, square single-paned window opening from the attic area. A single double-hung window is visible on the side of each floor. A chimney sits at the top of the house, and a single-story addition is just visible at the back of the image. A large evergreen rises behind the house, and leafy bushes fill the lower left of the image. Two potted plants rest on the front of the porch, with another plant being trained up on the middle porch support post.
A man poses with one hand on his hip, standing before a large United States flag, draped and falling to the floor. He wears pants that match the red and white stripes on the flag, and a tuxedo jacket made of fabric alternating light stars on dark background with dark stars on light background. The lapels are smaller white stars on dark background. His vest is white stars on a medium background; a hatband of the same material goes around the base of his white top hat. He has a darker cravat tied around a white shirt with a standing collar, and dark shoes. He wears wire-framed glasses and a full goatee.
A man sits behind a wooden desk in a room. The floor is carpeted, and the walls have a medallion-patterned wallpaper. He wears a loose dark suit jacket over a vest and white shirt and an apron. Papers are scattered over the desk and boxes and packages of various sorts are piled around the room. Most packages are wrapped in paper and tied with string, with groups being tied together with yet more string. A wooden stove sits just behind his desk, and a wire wastebasket is just visible behind a short stool at the front of the desk. A table and shelf covered with books, packages, and other gear fills the rear right corner of the image. Two other doors are in the upper left of the image. A single light bulb with a floral-shaped sconce hangs from a wire near the ceiling in the middle of the room.
A man stands behind a wagon on a packed dirt road. He wears a white hat, a long-sleeved white shirt, and overalls. A horse is hitched to the wagon, and a triangular frame holds a canvas cover over the wagon seat. The front wheels are smaller than the back wheels. Boxes are stacked two-high, filling the wagon bed and the tailgate. Leafy trees fill the background, behind a plank fence with a small strip of grass running in front of it.
Colorized photo card print of Banks, Oregon. Photo shows a packed dirt road and a clear sky. On the right of the image is a vacant lot and a single pole with a power line running to and from it. Across a dirt street, a series of two-story wooden buildings with tall, square fronts and small windows. People stand on the covered porch of the first building. On the left of the image, another building with a pitched roof and square front has '[?] Mercantile' lettered over a covered porch, where a man leans against the railing. On the street in front of him waits a wagon with a two horse hitch. Visible just beyond the building and before the next is a power pole with a single cross-bar and glass power line insulators. Boardwalks link the buildings, with steps leading up to the porches. Visible in the background is a low hill and a number of leafy trees, pine and deciduous.
Women working on either side of a container belt, appearing to sort small fruit. Elongated covered lights are suspended from a high ceiling to hang above the belts, and the floor appears to be concrete. A white wall runs down the right side of the image, and a double set of conveyor belts/shelves appear at the back of the image. the women wear light-colored shirts, and have their hair held back with scarves and/or up in hair nets. All have shorter hair, curlier on the bottom than at the top.
Workers of various ages sit along both sides of two cannery belts, sorting small fruits. All but one elderly man in the upper right of the image are women. They wear white shirts and hair nets; one has a dark sweater on and another a flowered shirt. All have shorter hairstyles, most straight on top and curly towards the bottom; most have hairnets, but several wear their hair held back by headscarves. Elongated covered lights are suspended from a high ceiling to hang over the conveyor belts, and the women sit on stools with cans at their sides. One woman holds a bucket over her arm. In the left background is a bare plank wall, with studs visible; the back right wall shows unidentifiable machinery. Some of the women wear glasses.
A group of children, four girls and eight boys, stand on the steps to a wooden building. The children on the lower steps are younger than those toward the top. The boys wear overalls and long-sleeved shirts, buttoned to the neck. A small girl with a light colored dress and a large white ribbon in her hair holds a chalkboard with the school's name and date written on it. The three older girls at the top of the image wear pinafores over long-sleeved dresses. One is dark, and the dress dark with light stripes. Their hair is either short, or pulled back into pony tails and tied with large bows. The boys all have short hair. The door into the building is open, and a window with a half-cafe curtain is visible to the right of the image. Oval printed on white paper.
Two men stand in a blacksmith shop. The mustached man standing akimbo wears dark pants, a dark shirt, and a leather apron, with a cap on his head. Another man has one foot up on a shelf or stool, wears a long apron over overalls and a light-colored shirt, and has a cap. Various tools are hanging on a table to the front of the image, and an anvil with a hammer resting on it stands in front of and between the men. The shop disappears into the background of the image, with studs holding up the ceiling, bare rafters overhead, and plank walls with bare studs. A sign with illegible writing is posted on one support, while posters are visible on the wall at the front of the image. Photo on cardstock, with handwritten label taped beneath.
A group of seventeen women pose in an interior room. Five are seated behind two square tables; a basket of flowers rests on each table and a larger arrangement is visible in the foreground of the image. the rest are arrayed in two rows behind the seated women. All are dressed up, and all but two of the women wear hats and corsages, and most are older. The hats are small, with narrow brims and all have some sort of ornamentation, floral or feathered. The skirts visible are just below the knee, and the women wear heels and stockings.
Portrait of William M. Brown, an early Washington County pioneer who settled in the area in 1852. Before moving to Oregon, he served the United States during the Mexican War. He held a variety of positions in Washington County, including School Clerk, Road Supervisor, and Justice of the Peace. He died in Washington County in 1872.
A dirt road leads to a bridge across a body of water. A rail fence runs beside the road and across the bridge. Bare branches of trees poke up alongside the road, and on the opposite side trees, buildings and mountains are visible. Power poles appear to be protruding from the water, which is still and reflecting the trees and foliage along the banks.
A group of people outdoors, with tents and camping gear in a heavily wooded area. Three women sit or stand near a makeshift set amidst several tables underneath a small awning. Pots and pans sit on the tables ,and a coffee pot on the stove. Another awning is set up behind the first, and laundry hangs from several lines strung about the camp. All the women are wearing long full skirts with full-sleeved jackets, and their hair is up. One has a tray and appears to be painting. Another woman sits nearby with her arms resting on her upraised knees. In the background a man stands, wearing a white shirt, vest, and bow tie with a hat. To one side, a young boy sits on the back of a small, wicker-paneled wagon-like vehicle with tiller steering and wire-spoked wheels. Decorative iron rims extend above the side panels of the back of the vehicle. What appears to be a bicycle is parked beyond the tree beside the vehicle. In the foreground, a pot hangs from a rack and steams over a fire. A folding campstool sits nearby, with a folded newspaper on the ground beside it.
Photo of two men standing in a grassy area before a wire fence fronting a cemetery. Both men wear three-piece suits with vests, ties, and white shirts, and their hats are shading their faces. The older man to the left wears glasses and a fedora and stands with his hands in his pockets. The younger man to the right wears a newsboy hat. The cemetery behind them has numerous grave markers of varying sizes, and a large stand of pine trees is visible on the other side of the graveyard.
A large bungalow style house, two story with dormer windows, sits at the back of a large field. A porch wraps around the first story of the house, and a white rail fence runs around the building. A square wire fence is visible in the foreground, and hills rise to the right and behind the house. A thick grove of pine trees stands between the two hillsides. Image is scalloped on edges and printed on glossy white paper.
Photo taken from above and across from a group of men, women, and children lined along in front of a store. All are facing the store, wearing coats and hats. Two cars are parked along the dirt street in front of the concrete sidewalk; one resembles a 'jalopy' and has a spare tire rim alongside the driver's side door. The second has a longer wheelbase and a more substantial cab. A child in a long coat and a hat stands on the back rear wheel well; a young boy leans against the car beside her. Two other children stand at the back of the car, facing the street. Two women also stand next to the car, watching the line of people. One of the women has a fur shawl around her shoulders. A fire hydrant is visible on the utmost right of the photo, and power lines criss-cross the image. The building is brick painted white, and awnings shelter glass windows that make up the front of the first floor. Double hung windows with awnings are spaced along the second story, with the window in the middle being multiple paned and having two smaller oblong windows on either side of it.
Photo of a two-story brick building on a street corner. The road appears to be dirt, and trolley tracks run from the foreground to the right front of the image. There is a poured concrete sidewalk on both sides of the building. The bricks appear to be roughly cut and larger. The first floor of the building has two larger wooden freight doors topped by four small clerestory windows, one blocked by a metal gate. A second building adjoins on to it at the left rear of the photo. The corner of the building is a recessed entryway, with a support posts reading 'Shoe Store.' Windows take up the right front of the building, with a white awnings overhanging them. A sign reading 'Weil's Dept. Store' rests above the awnings. Pairs of double hung, recessed windows are spaced evenly along the left side of the second story of the building; single double hung windows decorate the front of the second floor. All windows feature awnings that, when extended, shade the top half of the window; most are open, four are furled. A power pole sits on the corner sidewalk in front of the building; it has two cross-struts with multiple transformers, and several power lines run to and from the pole out of the image and down toward another pole just visible in the rear of the image.
