Item

Oregon Governor Walter M. Pierce

• 1923-01 (Creation)

Photograph; glass plate negatives; 3.25 x 4.25 in

Head and shoulders portrait, taken in January 1923, of Oregon Governor Walter M. Pierce facing slightly right and looking toward the left. He is wearing a hat, suit, and bow tie. The number 5 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper left corner of the image. A cropped version of this photograph was one of six published on Page 1, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal city edition on Sunday, January 14, 1923, under the headline “Who’s Who at Salem, Where Oregon Legislature Is In Session.” The photographs had the following caption: “State House snapshots by Journal staff photographer.” This photograph had the additional information: “Governor Walter M. Pierce in his new hat, the gift of ‘Bill’ Hanley of Burns.” See the five images published with this photograph: Nos. 379G0164, 379G0190, 379G0194, 379G0196, and 379G0200. Also see related image Nos. 379G0162 and 379G0163, taken at the same time as this photograph, of Pierce with his daughters.

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Oregon Journal Negative Collection; Org. Lot 1368; Box 379; 379G0208

• Pierce, Walter Marcus, 1861-1954
• Governors--Oregon
• glass plate negatives

• Oregon Journal (Firm) (Publisher)