Two salt print photographs from page 17 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The two portraits are of unidentified men wearing suits. They were likely associated with Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.
One salt print photograph from page 23 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The photograph depicts a grouping of cabins at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. A group of unidentified men and woman are gathered around a baby pram on the front porch of the closest cabin.
One salt print photograph from page 25 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The photograph shows a hewn-log building with a brick chimney and a long covered porch surrounded by trees at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. A duplicate print of this photograph identifies the building as the Quarters of Co. L 3rd Artillery. The fort blockhouse is visible in the background immediately behind the building. Image note: OrgLot1416_F04_002 is a duplicate print.
A view of Camp Day, Oregon. A group of soldiers holding rifles stand in a line in front of a small grouping of white tents in a clearing surrounded by ponderosa pines. The soldiers are from Company L, Third Artillery division attached to Fort Umpqua at the Oregon Coast. A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Co. "L", 3rd Artillery, U.S.A. at Camp Day, 1860. Photograph by Lorenzo Lorain." Camp Day was a temporary military encampment established in the Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon during the summer and fall of 1860. The military expedition was a response to reports of potential conflicts between members of the Klamath and Modoc people and Euro-American settlers concerning land use and territorial rights. Image note: For duplicate copies of this photograph, see OrgLot1416_F01_004 and OrgLot1416_F04_004.
View of the landscape near Klamath Lake, Oregon. Lorenzo Lorain took the photograph in circa 1860, possibly from near the Spencer Creek area. A mountain is faintly visible in the distance. A handwritten caption on the back of the print is covered by a backing board. It reads, "View in Klamath Lake, Oregon." Image note: the original print is severely light faded, see OrgLot1416_F03_001_detail for an enhanced copy for the print with more detail.
Detail view of the landscape near Klamath Lake, Oregon. Lorenzo Lorain took the photograph in circa 1860, possibly from near the Spencer Creek area. A mountain is faintly visible in the distance. A handwritten caption on the back of the print is covered by a backing board. It reads, "View in Klamath Lake, Oregon." Image note: the original print is severely light faded, this copy of the image file has been adjusted to reveal additional detail. To view the unmodified original file, see OrgLot1416_F03_001.
Four photographs likely taken in and around Fort Umpqua, Oregon by Lorenzo Lorain between 1857 to 1860. The photographs are cut in an oval shape and glued onto bristol board. A handwritten caption on the back of the page reads, "Probably Fort Umpqua, at mouth of Umpqua River, c. 1857-1860. Photo by Lt. Lorenzo Lorain, U.S.A." Image descriptions going clockwise from center-top photograph.
A group of seven unidentified Native American women and children seated on the ground below a tree. The photograph is taken from below looking up a slight hill. The identities of the people and the exact location in the photograph is unknown, but the photograph likely depicts members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, or Siletz peoples held at a camp on the bank of the Umpqua River on the southern border of the Coast Reservation near Fort Umpqua.
A hewn-log cabin on the banks of a river which was likely taken near Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.
An unidentified group of people standing in front of a low, hewn-log structure near Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. The structure is likely a cedar plank house constructed by members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, or Siletz peoples held at a camp on the bank of the Umpqua River on the southern border of the Coast Reservation near Fort Umpqua.
Block house building. Three people sit by the building's entrance to the right of the photograph. A person standing beside a horse and wagon are on the left side of the photograph. Image note: Duplicate prints of all four images are included in OHS Album 101.
One salt print portrait from page 15 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The portrait is identified as John B. Scott wearing a military uniform. Two hand-written notes written below the photograph read, "Gen. Thomas B. Scott [Thomas is crossed out]," and, "or Major John B. Scott." There is a darkened space immediately below the photograph were a now missing photograph was once attached.
Four salt print photographs from page 19 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). Image descriptions starting from the top photograph:
A hewn-log cabin on the banks of a river which was likely taken near Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.
A group of Native American men, women, and children seated below a tree on the top of a sand dune.
A portrait of an unidentified Native American man.
A portrait of an unidentified Native American woman. The identities of the people and the exact location in the photographs on this page are unknown, but the photographs likely depict members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw or Siletz peoples held at a camp on the bank of the Umpqua River on the southern border of the Coast Reservation near Fort Umpqua. Image note: OrgLot1416_F04_003 includes duplicate prints.
One salt print photograph from page 27 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The photograph depicts the hospital and Laundress quarters at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. Image note: OrgLot1416_F04_001 is a duplicate print.
One salt print portrait from page 31 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The man is unidentified but likely is associated with Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.
Cased photograph showing an exterior view of the George Abernethy & Co. store in Oregon City, Oregon. Several men pose outside the store. A sign on the building reads, "Geo. Abernethy & Co. Wholesale Dealers." Other signs on the building advertise various goods such as boots, nails, crockery and powder. George Abernethy was the Provisional Governor of Oregon in the 1840's. Legacy collection records indicate this may be the first brick building built in the state of Oregon. Records also speculate that the photographer may have been either Joseph Buchtel, who had a photo studio on the second floor of the building in 1857, or Holland and Day, who had a photo studio across the street in 1858. Case is made of wood and leather.
A view of Camp Day, Oregon. Camp Day was a temporary military encampment established in the Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon during the summer and fall of 1860. A group of soldiers holding rifles stand in a line in front of a small grouping of white tents in a clearing surrounded by ponderosa pines. The soldiers are from Company L, Third Artillery division attached to Fort Umpqua at the Oregon Coast. The typed caption glued below the bristol board on the front of the photograph reads, "Co. "L" 3rd. Artillery, Camp Day, Oregon. About 1857 or 1858. Taken By Lorenzo Lorain, U. S. A. Donated to Oregon Historical Society, 1946, by S. H. Lorain, Albany, Oregon." Camp Day was a temporary military encampment established in the Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon during the summer and fall of 1860. The military expedition was a response to reports of potential conflicts between members of the Klamath and Modoc people and Euro-American settlers concerning land use and territorial rights. Image note: provided caption includes incorrect date for photograph. For duplicate copies of this photograph, see OrgLot1416_F01_003 and OrgLot1416_F01_004.
Two salt print portraits from page 33 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The portraits are of unidentified Native American men. Tribal affiliation is unknown but they are likely members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, or Siletz peoples housed near Fort Umpqua on the southern portion of the Coast Reservation in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.
One salt print portrait from page 37 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The man is unidentified but likely is associated with Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.
Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a woman sitting at a table. She wears a dress with a white collar and rests her right arm on the table. Typed note affixed to the inside of the case reads, "Mrs. Anna Johnson Sylvester, Pioneer of 1858, Taken in Portland in 1866." Notes in legacy collection records speculate this photograph may have been taken by Joseph Buchtel. Case is a book-style case made of leather.