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.
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.
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.
A daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified young man. He is seated looking to the right of the camera with his arms folded at his chest. He wears a light overcoat with a dark vest and bow tie.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man. He is seated looking directly at the camera. He wears a dark suit. The image surface is damaged obscuring some detail.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A daguerreotype portrait of two unidentified young women. They are both seated looking directly into the camera with their hands folded in their laps. The woman on the left is younger. She wears a light-colored dress with dark dots, dark lace gloves, and ribbons in her hair. The woman on the right wears a dark dress with a white lace collar and dark lace gloves. She has a large floral printed shawl wrapped around her shoulders.