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Portrait of Samuel A. Clarke, William B. Clarke and George B. Clarke

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of 3 men, all seated and wearing suits. Typed label enclosed with the image reads, "Samuel A. Clarke, William B. Clarke, George B. Clarke." A handwritten note enclosed with the image reads, "From left side, Samuel A. Clarke, William B. Clarke, George B. Clarke." The handwritten note is written on the back of a business card belonging to Mrs. S.C. Dyer. Case made of wood and leather.

Portrait of Gerard Cutler

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a man wearing a suit. He looks at the camera. Typed label enclosed with the image reads, "Gerard Cutler, Born Jan. 9, 1799. Came to Oregon, 1891." Second typed label reads, "Cutler, Gerard, Presented by H. P. Cone, Rec. No. 267." Case made of wood and leather.

Portrait of Mr. George C. Cook

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a bearded man wearing a suit with a patterned vest. He faces to the left of the camera. Typed label enclosed with the image reads, "Mr. George C. Cook." Case made of wood and leather.

Echelle Catholique [Catholic Ladder], 1840

Catholic ladder from 1840 attributed to F. N. Blanchet. The document is hand-drawn with ink on paper. Blanchet developed the ladder as a visual teaching aid with simple symbols and illustrations of biblical scenes. The document includes descriptions for the symbols in French. Blanchet and other missionaries in the Pacific Northwest used the ladders as an instructional tool for Christian evangelization to Native American and French métis communities.

Blanchet, Francis Norbert, 1795-1883

Portrait of girl, possibly Julia Hoffman Beekman

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a seated girl wearing a long sleeve dress. She holds a book in her lap. Legacy collection records indicate this may be Julia Hoffman Beekman. Several rust spots and scratches on glass. Case made of wood and leather. Case cover replaced with archival board during conservation. Note: This photograph was originally part of the Cornelius C. Beekman papers, Mss 916.

Portrait of Eugene Hodgden

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a seated boy. He wears a suit and has his hair parted on the right. Typed label enclosed with the image reads, "Eugene Hodgden." Case is made of leather and wood.

Portrait of Mrs. George C. Cook and Mrs. Samuel Lucas

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of 2 women seated in chairs, holding hands. Both wear dresses with white collars. Typed label enclosed with the image reads, "Mrs. Geo. C. Cook & Mrs. Samuel Lucas." Legacy collection records indicate they may be sisters. Case made of wood and leather.

Portrait of Susan Cook

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a young woman wearing a dress and holding her hand up to her cheek. She is seated and her elbow is propped up on a table next to her chair. There is gilding on her jewelry. Legacy collection records indicate this is Susan Cook. Case is made of wood and leather and has the word, "Amitie" embossed on the front.

Portrait of Lydia Bearse Hallet Ramsay

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a young woman smiling at the camera. She wears a dress with a white collar. Handwritten note enclosed with the image reads, "Lydia Bearse Hallet Ramsay, b. in Chastown 1819 - d. 1898." The word "Boston" is crossed out as Ramsay's birthplace. The word "Chastown" likely refers to "Charlestown, Massachusetts." Case is made of wood and leather.

Portrait of Mrs. Theodore A. Goffe

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a girl or young woman, wearing a dress. Her hands are folded in her lap and he looks at the camera. Handwritten note enclosed with the image reads, "Mrs. Theodore A. Goffe." Case is made of leather.

Portrait of an unidentified woman

A daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified woman. She is seated looking directly at the camera. She wears a dark dress with ruching at the shoulders, a white lace collar with a brooch at her neck, and a white house cap. "Welling 226 Bleecker is stamped on the bottom edge of the mat.

Portrait of an unidentified family

Two daguerreotype portraits in a double case. The first portrait is of an unidentified woman wearing a dark dress with a white shawl and house cap. The image surface is damaged obscuring some detail. The second portrait is of an unidentified man and woman with an infant and an open book held in her lap. The man and woman are both seated looking directly at the camera. The man wears a dark suit with a bow tie. The woman wears a dark dress with a white lace collar and full sleeves with dropped epaulets. Both of the portraits are copies of earlier daguerreotypes. The conservator's notes for the portrait of the woman indicates that the name "Corduan & Co. N. Y." is printed in reverse under the matting at the top of the plate.

Portrait of an unidentified young woman

A daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified young woman. She is seated looking directly into the camera with one arm resting on a table and the other in her lap. She wears a dark dress with ruffle details, a white lace collar, and a brooch at her neck.

Portrait of Frank W. Plympton

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a man wearing a suit. His hair is parted on the right side. A handwritten label enclosed with the image reads, "Frank W. Plympton." Legacy collection records indicate he is the son of Civil War Captain Wales Plympton and that his family came to Oregon from Medfield, Massachusetts. Case is made of leather.

Portrait of woman, possibly Sarah Anne Slater Skidmore

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a young woman, seated with her hands folded in her lap. She wears a dress with a white collar. She looks to the left of the camera. Legacy collection records indicate this may be Sarah Anne Slater Skidmore (1816-1862), member of the Skidmore family. Case is made of wood and leather.

Portrait of Edward Bullen

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a seated young man, wearing a suit. He rests his left arm on the arm of the chair. Legacy collection records indicate this is Edward Bullen. Case is made of wood and leather.

Portrait of a man and woman, possibly Ben Holladay

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a seated man and woman. The man sits on the left, wears a suit, and puts his arm around the woman. The woman wears a dress and rests her left arm in her lap. Typed label enclosed with the image reads, "The wedding picture of Ben Holladay and the second wife, Linda Campbell, the 25 year old Portland girl. He was 55 years old at the time. Their bodies are under a stone monument in Mount Calvary cemetery. Entered by Roddy Daggett." [This information is incorrect. The woman pictured here is not Holladay's second wife, who was named Lydia Esther Campbell. In addition, the man pictured here is not 55-years-old. It is possible that this is Ben Holladay, at a younger age.] Case is made of wood and leather. Velvet lining inside the case is blue.

Portrait of Mary Richardson Walker

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a woman wearing a dress with a white collar. She looks to the left of the camera. A typed note enclosed with the image reads, "Mrs. Mary Richardson Walker. Born, Maine, 1811; married Rev. Elkanah Walker, March 5, 1838; crossed plains horseback that year to Whitman Mission; first child, Cyrus, born at Mission, Dec. 7, 1838; died Forest Grove, Oregon, Dec. 5, 1897." Mary Richardson Walker came to Oregon as a missionary. Legacy collection records indicate that her son Cyrus was the first white male born in the Oregon Territory. Case is made of wood and leather. Case cover was replaced with archival board during conservation.

Portrait of Mary Waller

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a seated baby girl wearing a white dress. She holds her hands up near her face and looks at the camera. Typed note enclosed with the image reads, "Mary Waller, born off Cape Horn, 1839; died January 13, 1903. Sister of Julia Ellen, who was wife of Rev. C. C. Stratton. Donated by Mary A. Stratton, Rec. 580." A second, handwritten note contains the same information. [The information contained on these notes may be incorrect. This image is an ambrotype, a type of photography invented in 1854.] Case is made of wood and pressed paper.

Portrait of Mrs. C. S. Silver

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a woman seated next to a table. She rests her left elbow on the table, on top of a book or pile of papers. The image is tarnished and damaged. Handwritten note on the back of the original frame reads, "Mrs. C. S. Silver." The daguerreotype has been removed from the frame and stored in a separate envelope. Case is missing.

Portrait of Lewis Field Linn

A daguerreotype portrait of Lewis Field Linn, a United States Senator from Missouri. He wears a suit with a cravat and is seated with his hands in his lap looking directly at the camera. Image note: There is significant damage to the photographic plate including scratching and tarnishing. Conservation work was done to reseal the case and stabilize the photograph. The conservation notes indicate that the inscription, "Lewis Field Linn," is visible on the back of the image plate.

The North-west-coast of North America and adjacent territories / compiled from the best authorities under the direction of Robert Greenhow to accompany his Memoir on the North-west Coast published by order of the Senate of the United States; drawn by David H. Burr, 1840

A printed map of the western portions of North America. The map includes an inset of the North Pacific Ocean and the adjacent coasts and islands. A facsimile engraving of a medal "struck at Boston in 1787 on occasion of the departure of the vessels Columbia and Washington for the northwest coast of America," is included at the lower left corner of the map. Relief is shown by hachures.
The map was originally published in: "Memoir, Historical and Political, on the Northwest Coast of North America, and the Adjacent Territories Illustrated by a Map and a Geographical View of Those Countries." Greenhow, Robert. Washington, D.C.: Blair and Rives, Printers, 1840. Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate); 26th Congress, 1st Session, no. 174.

Burr, David H., 1803-1875

Cased photographs collection

  • Org. Lot 1414
  • Collection
  • 1840-2005

Collection consists of approximately 630 cased photographs, consisting primarily of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and cased and uncased tintypes (also called ferrotypes) dating from approximately 1840-1900. Also represented in this collection are less common cased image formats, including photographs on milk glass (opalotypes), collodion positives on fabric (pannotypes), Orotypes (goldtypes), cased card photographs, and photo buttons.

The photographs are primarily studio portraits of people, both individuals and groups. The majority of the people depicted had some connection to Oregon or the American West, though the photographs themselves may have been taken elsewhere. The photographs also include depictions of early Oregon street and residential scenes. The identities of the depicted individuals, photographers, and studios are documented in the condition reports for materials in this collection when known.

The collection also includes records and condition reports about many, but not all, of the photographs. These documents provide details about people or places depicted in the images; material types; condition of the images; any conservation care performed; and any known provenance. Condition reports are also included for images in a separate collection, Org. Lot 2, the William Lair Hill family photographs collection, also held at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

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