Photograph of the new Hillsboro Fire Truck in 1939. It is parked outside of station number 2, which is currently [2012] in a newer building on Drake Road in Hillsboro.
A group of women walk down the street in Downtown Hillsboro, campaigning for Dwight Eisenhower's first presidential election in 1953. Many of them carry mops and brooms, and their signs proclaim various slogans, including 'Vote For Eisenhower for a Sweeping Victory,' 'Lower Taxes Stop Inflation,' 'A Clean Sweep with Eisenhower and Nixon,' and 'Let's Clean House with Ike and Dick.'
A group of people stand around with signs, protesting various issues. One sign reads 'Jobs Now' and a large banner reads 'Enforce the Law; [de]segregate Boston schools now!; Student Coalition Against Racism.'
Black and white image of Patricia Nixon, most likely campaigning in Oregon for her husband's presidential bid. Note the 'portable' movie camera filming the event in the upper left of the image.
Black and white image of candidate Stassens taking advantage of the opportunity for a photo op. Harold Stassens was in Oregon to participate in a debate before the state's Republican primary . Stassens eventually lost his bid for the nomination to New York governor Thomas E. Dewey.
Black and white image of Thomas E. Dewey speaking to a group of people at the Washington County Courthouse. Dewey sought the Republican nomination three times, in 1940, 1944, and successfully in 1948. Incumbent president Harry Truman defeated Dewey in the general election that year.
Black and white image of a crowd filling the lawn in front of Pacific University's Marsh Hall to listen to then-governor of New York, Thomas Dewey, speak. Dewey was running for the Republican nomination for President against a field of five other candidates.
Black and white image of Thomas E. Dewey, speaking to a crowed at Pacific University. Dewey won the Republican nomination, but lost in the general election that following November to incumbent president Harry Truman.
Black and white image of Thomas E. Dewey, campaigning for the Republican nomination for President in Hillsboro in 1948. Dewey speaks from the front entrance of the Washington County Courthouse. Eventually winning the Republican nomination against a field of 5 other candidates and highly favored to win, Dewey lost in the general election that fall, leading to the famous picture of President Harry Truman holding up the newspaper with the headline 'Dewey Defeats Truman' on the morning after the election.
Black and white image of Thomas E. Dewey, campaigning for the Republican nomination for President at Pacific University in 1948. Dewey defeated, among others, Harold Stassens for the nomination that year, only to lose to Truman in the general election in November. Though perhaps most familiar to most as the loser of the 1948 election to Truman, Dewey came to prominence in his home state of New York in the mid 1930s, where as Special Prosecutor he mounted an ambitious campaign to bring down mob bosses and corrupt politicians.
Color photograph of Vic Atiyeh riding in an antique car during a parade, with people watching along the sidewalks. A sign on the car door reads, 'Vic Atiyeh for Governor. It's time for Atiyeh.' Atiyeh was governor of Oregon from 1979 - 1987, after having served as both a state representative and a state senator. Atiyeh was the first elected governor of Arab descent in the United States. His father had immigrated from Syria in 1903 and established himself as an importer of rugs and carpets woven in the Middle East.
Black and white image of two men standing in front of a tree in a sidewalk. The man in the plaid suit is identified as Blaine Whipple, a local realtor who also served as an Oregon State Senator and in other local and national political offices.
Black and white photo of Harold Stassens shaking hands with a woman on the edges of a crowd. In the background can be seen the Washington County Courthouse. Harold Stassens had a long political career, serving as governor of Minnesota and Pennsylvania and mayor of Philadelphia. Stassens was also a perennial candidate for the Republican Party Presidential nomination, unsuccessfully running in every presidential election cycle from 1944 to 2000, except for the 1956 and 1960 elections.
Black and white image of a man waving to a crowd as he rides in a carriage. The bus behind Mr. Stassens bears the label Special, and is very likely his campaign bus. Harold Stassens had a long political career, serving as governor of Minnesota and Pennsylvania and mayor of Philadelphia. Stassens was also a perennial candidate for the Republican Party Presidential nomination, unsuccessfully running in every presidential election cycle from 1944 to 2000, except for the 1956 and 1960 elections.
Black and white image of a man giving a speech on the front porch of the Washington County Courthouse in Hillsboro, Oregon. The speechmaker, Harold Stassens, stands in front of a large United States flag. Mr. Stassens had a long political career, serving as governor of Minnesota and Pennsylvania and mayor of Philadelphia. Stassens was also a perennial candidate for the Republican Party Presidential nomination, unsuccessfully running in every presidential election cycle from 1944 to 2000, except for the 1956 and 1960 elections.
The members of the first Sherwood Grange pose to take a picture during a meeting. The Sherwood Grange was farmers who formed a political alliance in Sherwood, Oregon.
One of a pair of humorous images dating from the 1888 Presidential election between Harrison and Cleveland. A crowd of men and boys watches as a man who was carrying an American flag is dumped out of a wheelbarrow into the muddy street. A caption below the wheelbarrow reads, “Hurrah for Cleveland.” Cleveland, unlike the majority of Forest Grove at the time, was a Democrat; he won the election. A related image captioned “Hurrah for Harrison” shows the same man being carried down the street on the other end of the same block. The Oregonian printed a description of this scene on November 15, 1888, noting that two local men had made a bet about the outcome of the election and that the loser had to carry the other one in a wheelbarrow procession through town, but that the loser dumped out the winner as a joke. The man holding the wheelbarrow was Charles Fritz, who ran a local photography studio; the man riding in the wheelbarrow was Joseph Vaughn. This photograph was taken in downtown Forest Grove, just north of the present-day intersection of Pacific Avenue and Main Street, looking south. It is one of very few images showing downtown Forest Grove’s original wooden buildings. The building farthest to the right was a general merchandise store. The white building behind it housed a drugstore and meeting hall for the Odd Fellows; the Forest Grove National Bank building would later be built on that site. Neither of the buildings in the foreground survive today.
A man poses with one hand on his hip, standing before a large United States flag, draped and falling to the floor. He wears pants that match the red and white stripes on the flag, and a tuxedo jacket made of fabric alternating light stars on dark background with dark stars on light background. The lapels are smaller white stars on dark background. His vest is white stars on a medium background; a hatband of the same material goes around the base of his white top hat. He has a darker cravat tied around a white shirt with a standing collar, and dark shoes. He wears wire-framed glasses and a full goatee.
Portrait of the Honorable Jesse Clemens Moore (September 3, 1830-October 11, 1905). He served two years as the Washington County Assessor and in the 1860s was elected and served three successive terms at the Washington County Sheriff. He later was elected and served two terms in the Oregon State legislature. He lived in Greenville, Oregon.
