A cabinet card photograph of Francesca Reinig Dekum in a wood frame. She wears a dark dress with fabric-covered buttons and a ruffled collar. She has a plaid scarf tied at her neck. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "From Mss 535, Francesca Reinig Dekum, wife of Frank Dekum. Died, Portland, Oregon, 1872-3. Born nr. Heidelberg, Germany (ap. 1830)." Note: genealogical records indicate that Dekum was born in about 1840 and died in 1878.
A head and shoulders portrait of Roscoe Dixon. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Roscoe Dixon, About 1880, Operated Roscoe's Oyster House in Astoria, Ore."
Boudoir card of the salmon fishery on the Columbia River at Warrendale, Oregon. A woman stands beside the railroad tracks that pass the fishery in the foreground. The title of the card incorrectly states this is located in Washington Territory. An Oregonian newspaper article featuring this photograph is affixed to the back of the card. It is dated Sunday, November 15, 1953, with the headline, "Historic Salmon Cannery Site in Gorge Acquired for Recreation Use by Forest."
Boudoir card of the salmon fishery on the Columbia River at Warrendale, Oregon. A woman stands beside the railroad tracks that pass the fishery in the foreground. The title of the card incorrectly states this is located in Washington Territory. An Oregonian newspaper article featuring this photograph is affixed to the back of the card. It is dated Sunday, November 15, 1953, with the headline, "Historic Salmon Cannery Site in Gorge Acquired for Recreation Use by Forest."
Boudoir card of upper Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. There is snow on the ground and behind the falls. A person is standing on the bridge at the base of the falls.
Boudoir card of upper Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. There is snow on the ground and behind the falls. A person is standing on the bridge at the base of the falls.
A full length portrait of Elmer Allen Flowers as an infant. He is wearing a long white gown and is laying on a chair covered in a striped blanket. A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Elmer Allen Flowers, 4 months & three weeks old."
A full length portrait of Ervin Milton Flowers at two years of age. He is standing with one arm resting on the seat of a chair. He wears a dark playdress with a white, ruffled undershirt. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Ervin Milton Flowers, 2 years old."
Collection consists of photographs collected by the Tabor family. Most of the photographs are believed to have been taken or acquired by J. W. Tabor and Margaret Tabor during a trip to Portland, Oregon in 1895. Subjects include various views of Portland, including City Park (now Washington Park) gardens and bear pit, Mount Tabor reservoir, the Portland Heights cable car line, the Willamette River waterfront, and the Morrison Bridge; Celilo Falls; photographs of James Waucop Tabor, Margaret S. McNulty Tabor and her cousin, Alice Bachman Bettner; and a coroner's investigation of a body found in a mining camp near Granite, Oregon. None of the photographers are identified.
A view of the bear pit in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon, circa 1895. A bear stands on a wooden platform in the center of a stone and iron fence enclosure. An unidentified child and woman holding an umbrella are visible on the outside of the fence in the background of the photograph. A handwritten description on the back of the print reads, "Portland zoo 1895, bear pit."
A view of the bear pit in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon, circa 1895. Two bears stand on wooden platforms in the center of a stone and iron fence enclosure. A handwritten description on the back of the print reads, "Portland zoo 1895, bear pit." Condition note: Pen ink markings are visible on the photograph, including tracing the outline of the bears.
A cyanotype of a steamboat on the Willamette River, circa 1895, with the Portland, Oregon, waterfront visible in the background. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "Steamboat on Willamette, Portland, 1895."
A view of Portland, Oregon, taken from an elevated point in the West Hills looking east, circa 1895. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "Portland, 1895."
A view of a street in Portland, Oregon, with street car tracks in the road. A horse is emerging from a livery stable at the right of the photograph. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "Portland, 1895 - Livery Stable (r.)(3rd?)."
A view of fountains spraying water into the air in the center of Mount Tabor Reservoir in Portland, Oregon, circa 1895. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "Mt. Tabor Reservoir, 1895."
Margaret Tabor and Alice Bachman standing beside a fountain in the gardens at City Park (now Washington Park) in Portland, Oregon, circa 1895. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "Mrs. J. W. (Margaret) Tabor & Alice Bachman, 1895, City Park (now Wa. Park)."
An unidentified man and young child walking on a path in the gardens at City Park (now Washington Park) in Portland, Oregon, circa 1895. The park greenhouse is visible behind shrubbery at the right of the photograph. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "City Park (Wa. Park), 1895 (greenhouse at right)."
A view of ships lined up along the Portland, Oregon, waterfront, circa 1895. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "Portland, 1895. Note line-up of steamship, riverboat, sailing ship, & ferry."
A view of the Portland, Oregon, waterfront taken circa 1895 from the east end of the Morrison Bridge looking West. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "Portland waterfront 1895 - Morrison Bridge span, right."