Left to right: Oregon Building; Oriental Palace, Foreign Palace.

Handcolored photograph of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905

California building, Lewis and Clark Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905

Ticket for the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon, signed by Thomas Robertson (1881-1924). The reverse of the ticket includes a photograph of Robertson wearing a hat and suit.

Photograph of a photograph. The original picture was taken at night and shows the U. S. Government building constructed for the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland. The building is outlined in electric lights. A label below the original photograph reads “United States Government.”

Photograph of Kiralfy's "Carnival of Venice", Lewis and Clark Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905

Tape 1, Side 2. This oral history interview with Agnes Barchus was conducted by Karen A. Reyes at Barchus' home in Portland, Oregon, on March 3, 1980. In this interview, Barchus discusses the art career of her mother, Eliza R. Barchus, including her exhibits at the Portland Hotel and the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, as well as her innovation of selling prints of her paintings on postcards. Barchus also shares her memories of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, describing many of the buildings and exhibits in detail. She describes some of the houses that her mother built in Portland, her mother's practice of paying her bills in trade, and her mother's efforts to save several boxwood trees from a construction project. She talks about the renewed interest in her mother's artwork after Eliza Barchus' death in 1959, exhibitions of her mother's work in the 1960s and 1970s, and the passage of a resolution naming Eliza Barchus "The Oregon Artist."

Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Agnes Barchus was conducted by Karen A. Reyes at Barchus' home in Portland, Oregon, on March 3, 1980. In this interview, Barchus discusses the art career of her mother, Eliza R. Barchus, including her exhibits at the Portland Hotel and the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, as well as her innovation of selling prints of her paintings on postcards. Barchus also shares her memories of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, describing many of the buildings and exhibits in detail. She describes some of the houses that her mother built in Portland, her mother's practice of paying her bills in trade, and her mother's efforts to save several boxwood trees from a construction project. She talks about the renewed interest in her mother's artwork after Eliza Barchus' death in 1959, exhibitions of her mother's work in the 1960s and 1970s, and the passage of a resolution naming Eliza Barchus "The Oregon Artist."

Souvenir ticket for the Lewis and Clark Centennial exhibit from 1905, in Portland, Oregon. On the front of the ticket is a decorative illustration, showing Sacajawea, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, the ship Columbia, and the Oregon Pony. The back of the ticket is individually numbered, with additional text.

Transcript. This oral history interview with Clara May Patterson was conducted by Mary Cowan and Ruth Kinon on June 11, 1980. The interviewers are not identified in the audio, so their names are inferred from the handwriting on the physical audiocassette. In this interview, Patterson describes her experience singing in the choir at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905. She then discusses her family background and early life in Camas, Washington, including the medical career of her father, Theophilius C. Humphrey, and the houses her family lived in. She then talks about her later life in Portland, Oregon, including raising a family. She closes the interview by describing the overland journey of the Humphrey family from Iowa to Oregon in 1852.

Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Clara May Patterson was conducted by Mary Cowan and Ruth Kinon on June 11, 1980. The interviewers are not identified in the audio, so their names are inferred from the handwriting on the physical audiocassette. In this interview, Patterson describes her experience singing in the choir at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905. She then discusses her family background and early life in Camas, Washington, including the medical career of her father, Theophilius C. Humphrey, and the houses her family lived in. She then talks about her later life in Portland, Oregon, including raising a family. She closes the interview by describing the overland journey of the Humphrey family from Iowa to Oregon in 1852.

Tape 1, Side 2. This oral history interview with Clara May Patterson was conducted by Mary Cowan and Ruth Kinon on June 11, 1980. The interviewers are not identified in the audio, so their names are inferred from the handwriting on the physical audiocassette. In this interview, Patterson describes her experience singing in the choir at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905. She then discusses her family background and early life in Camas, Washington, including the medical career of her father, Theophilius C. Humphrey, and the houses her family lived in. She then talks about her later life in Portland, Oregon, including raising a family. She closes the interview by describing the overland journey of the Humphrey family from Iowa to Oregon in 1852.

A printed copy of the poem, “Centennial Ode,” written by Abigail Scott Duniway in commemoration of the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905.

Black and white photograph of a wooden spinning wheel, a Vernis Martin-style French china cabinet full of glass and metal dishware, and a wooden fireplace mantel. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: "OSD museum Salem Ore French gold cabinet was presented to Oregon School for the Deaf from French consuls in 1905 after displaying at Lewis & Clark Exposition that held in Portland, Oregon. OSD pupils brought their literary and industrial works there and received the silver medal diploma from L & C Expo. The spinning wheel, circa 1890-1900, made by the deaf students. The oak mantel with its mirror, 1910, came from OSD's old Main Building, razed 1975"

A photograph showing Guild's Lake. The American Inn, the hotel that was built on the grounds of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, is visible on the shore.

A photograph showing the construction of the U.S. Government Buildings for the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Guild's Lake. Mount Saint Helens is visible in the distance.

A photograph of the U.S. Government Buildings at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at Guild's Lake.

A photograph of the U.S. Government Buildings at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at Guild's Lake.

A photograph of the U.S. Government Buildings at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at Guild's Lake. The American Inn is visible at the bottom of the photograph. Mount Saint Helens is visible in the distance.

A photograph of the U.S. Government Buildings at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at Guild's Lake. The American Inn is visible at the bottom of the photograph. Mount Saint Helens is visible in the distance.

A photograph of the U.S. Government Buildings at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at Guild's Lake.