Portland Mountain Shop co-founder Ida Darr stands behind a table holding climbing equipment. Visible on the table is a robe, carabiners, pitons, and hammers. She is holding a carabiner and piton in each hand. A set of stairs can be seen behind her (negative 2 of 4).
Mountaineer Sam Tompkins smiles at his wife from a bed, after he injured climbing Mt. Jefferson in the Oregon Cascades. Tompkins, Ben Oman, and Robert Lee were taken to a guide station cabin in Breitenbush. William Morley Jr. was killed that same day when he fell of a precipice on Mt. Jefferson. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 8, 1954 (negative 4 of 14).
Two unidentified climbers recover from an accident while Mt. Jefferson in the Oregon Cascades. They lay on a bed in a guard station cabin in Breitenbush, as another man leans over, holding the leg of one climber. William Morley Jr. was killed that same day when he fell of a precipice on Mt. Jefferson. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 8, 1954 (negative 5 of 14).
The body of climber William Morley Jr. being brought down milk creek glacier on Mt. Jefferson. His brother, Sam Morley, is at the left side of the group, holding the top of the litter, as the group slides down a snow slope. A cropped version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, September 9, 1954 (negative 1 of 4).
A photograph of Mt. Jefferson, taken during the mission to retrieve the body of mountaineer William Morley Jr. A long gully extends into the distance towards the peak of the mountain, with glaciers visible at higher elevations. Two climbers can be seen at the right side of the frame, traveling through an area of snow. A cropped version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, September 9, 1954 (negative 4 of 4).