Photographic postcard showing a crowd on the Gearhart Golf Links golf course in Gearhart, Oregon. They watch as a golf player kneels and extends his club toward a hole. Handwritten label on the bottom of the postcard reads, "Golf Links - Gearhart, Ore. Prentiss 2349."
Photographic postcard showing 5 men standing on a dirt road, displaying a line holding dozens of fish. A dog sits on the right. Behind them, a group of people stand on a wooden walkway attached to a building. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads, "A record catch from Central Oregon lakes."
Photographic postcard showing a man holding a fishing pole in 1 hand and a fish in the other. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads, "Seaside." Stamp on the back of the print reads, "From Passenger Department, The North Bank Road, Portland, Ore."
Photographic postcard showing 2 men using a horse-drawn machine to harvest crops in a field near Hillsboro, Oregon. On the right, one man sits on the machine. The other stands in the middle of the field and points toward the machine. Handwritten label on the bottom of the print reads, "Fork Branch Farm, Hillsboro, Or."
Photographic postcard showing roughly 30 horses pulling a combine harvester down a hill in a grain field in Washtucna, Washington. Several farm workers pose on the farm machinery. Handwritten label on the front of the postcard reads, "Colliers Combine Harvester, Washtucna. Ash." Handwritten note on the back of the postcard is crossed out. It reads, "Combine at work, H. Collier Ranch, Washtucna."
Photographic postcard showing several agricultural workers operating farm machinery to harvest grain in a field. Bags of grain are lined up on the machine. One man stands on top of the machine and looks back at the others. Handwritten label on the front of the print reads, "Harvesting 50 acres of grain in 10 houres (sic). On the line of Oregon Trunk, Central Oregon."
Photographic postcard showing a grain field near Prineville, Oregon. Stacks of harvested grain are visible throughout the field. There is a mesa in the background. Handwritten label on the front of the print reads, "Grainfield at O'Neal. near Prineville." Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "on Forest Ranch (O'Neile), 10 mi. from Prineville." Embossment on the print reads, "Lafler, Prineville, Oregon."
Photographic postcard showing a group of 8 people posing as they work in an agricultural field. The group consists of men, women and children. Several horses pull various pieces of farming machinery and a wagon filled with crops.
Photographic postcard showing a tall crop of oats in a field in Redmond, Oregon. A sign in front of the field notes that these are the Shadeland Challenge variety of oats. A man stands neck-deep in the field. Only his head is visible above the crops. Handwritten label on the bottom of the print reads, "Oats on the Demonstration Farm, Redmond, Oregon. O. Hedlund, #1031."
Photographic postcard showing a farmer standing behind several rows of corn in a corn field. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "JW Jenkins, Culver Ore., Dry Land Corn." Second handwritten notes reads, "May 28 " King of the North." Third handwritten note reads, "Return to D.C. Freeman, 842 Prineville(?) blk."
Photographic postcard of a man standing next to a recently harvested crop of timothy grass. The timothy is almost as tall as he is. Handwritten label at the bottom of the print is mostly illegible but likely reads, "243 heads of Timothy grown near La Pine, Oregon."
Photographic postcard of a pile of fresh produce. Potatoes are delicately balanced atop squash, cabbage, and other produce. Handwritten label on the bottom of the print reads, "Products of Goose Lake Valley Or., Wendt Photo." One cabbage is labeled "18.5#" while another piece of produce is labeled "26#." Handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads, "We do this yearly for the fun of the thing. Guess what we can do when we get down to business."
Photographic postcard showing the wreckage of a Great Northern Railway mail train at the base of a railroad bridge. A locomotive lies on its side on the ground and there is debris scattered around the scene. Several people observe the scene. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Oct - 28 - 13." [Other photographs of this same train wreck are attributed to October 29, 1913.]
Photographic postcard showing a man standing in front of the wreckage of a Great Northern Railway mail train. A locomotive lies on its side at the base of a wooden railroad bridge. Scattered people walk through the wreckage in the background.
Photographic postcard showing debris from the wreckage of a Great Northern Railway mail train. Pieces of the train lie on the ground amid debris from the wooden railroad bridge that was damaged in the accident.
Photographic postcard showing the wreckage of a Great Northern Railway mail train at the base of a railroad bridge. The locomotive is visible lying on its side on the ground. There is a lot of debris from the bridge on the ground. A wrecking crane on the railroad bridge retrieves debris from the scene.
Photographic postcard showing people observing the wreckage of a Great Northern Railway mail train. They look at a locomotive on the ground on the other side of a wooden railroad bridge. Some of the bridge's trestles have been damaged. Handwriting on the back of the print reads, "GN Mail Wreck at McCall Wash with work train out on trestel (sic) unloading ?. Engr SP&S piloting mail train that was detouring ? SP&S tracks was killed."
Photographic postcard showing the wreckage of a Great Northern Railway mail train. A large piece of the train labeled "Great Northern Railway" is in the right foreground. In the background, a locomotive lies on its side on the ground. The wooden trestles of a railroad bridge are in the background, and there is debris from the bridge on the ground. Handwriting on the back of the print reads, "GN mail wreck at McCall Wash. on trestel (sic) with work ?. Engr BO Miller who was piloting GN mail was killed when eng went off trestel and fell 35 feet or so." Second handwritten note reads, "June 1915." [Other photographs of this same train wreck are attributed to October 29, 1913.]
Photographic postcard showing pieces of a Great Northern Railway train wreck on the ground. The wooden trestles of a railroad bridge are in the background. A locomotive lies on its side in the background on the right, with a handwritten note above reading, "GN Tacoma."
Photographic postcard showing a wrecked Great Northern Railway locomotive on its side, on the ground. Three men attend to the wreck on the left. A man looks at the camera on the bottom right. Handwriting on the back of the print reads, "Oct 29, 1913, Eng. BO Miller was killed in this wreck at McCall Washington. Condr Lee Braughton & Eng. SA(?) Smith of work train was out on trestel (sic) unloading gravel, trestel (sic) washing filled in ?. They were in the schedule of the mail train and had no flag out. Neil(?) Ryan DW p. 8, Portland orig."
Photographic postcard showing a wrecked Great Northern Railway locomotive at the base of a railroad bridge. Debris from the bridge surrounds the locomotive. Two men stand on the railroad bridge, near the damaged portion. A locomotive and a wrecking crane are on the railroad bridge. Handwriting on the back of the print reads, "Wreck of GN mail train when detouring over SP&S track; hit a work train unloading gravel when fitting trestle just east - McCall station 3 district. Engr. BO Miller of SP&S and GN fireman were killed, no flag out - Lee Brattan was condr of work train and SA(?) Smith was engr."
Photographic postcard showing 3 men on an American railroad ditcher belonging to SP&S Railway. The ditcher is on a flat railway car as it moves dirt from the train onto the side of the railroad track. Likely taken in Oregon or Washington. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard reads, "McRyan(?) Collection."
Photographic postcard of a man driving an automobile on a dirt road. He drives toward the camera. There are large trees on both sides of the road. Writing on the bottom of the postcard reads, "Crater Lake Nat'l Park. 833. Among the Pines." Typed writing on the back reads, "A glimpse of our standing timber. We have 20,000 feet of this class of timber in Klamath County." Postcard made by Miller Photo Co., Klamath Falls, Oregon.
A photographic postcard a harness race at the Klamath County Fair in 1911. Three horses pull jockeys in sulkies around the bend in a dirt racetrack. A caption printed on the front of the postcard reads, "The races, at the Klamath Co. Fair, 1911." A typed description on the back of the postcard reades, "We also boast some splendid harness horses. The above is a scene of a mile and repeat race of the 2:20 class."
A photographic postcard of a horse race at the Klamath County Fair in 1911. Six jockeys race horses around the bend of a dirt racetrack. A person in a suit watches the race from the outside of a railing on the edge of the track. A caption printed on the front of the postcard reads, "The races, at the Klamath Co. Fair, 1911." A typed description on the back of the card reads, "Half mile saddle dash, with cow ponies ridden by cowboys. This is usually one of our most attractive races."
Photographic postcard showing people in a cabin next to East Lake in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. This building is likely part of the health resort which operated at the hot springs of East Lake from 1915-1923. Handwriting on the back of the postcard reads, "One of the buildings at hot springs resort at East Lake. Looking northward across East Lake. It is about 2 miles across. View taken in early morning."
Photographic postcard showing 2 men standing in front of a fire lookout station on Paulina Peak in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Writing on the postcard reads, "Govt. station on Paulina Peak, LaPine, Ore." Handwriting on the back of the postcard reads, "Excellent trail leads to this point from Paulina Lake. Commands views of Cascades from Wash. to Calif. Highest point on South Wall of Newberry Crater. 8475 feet above sea level - Fire lookout sta. of U.S. Forest Service. Fire lookout at right, yours truly at left." [The summit of Paulina Peak has an elevation of 7,984 feet.]