Black and white photograph of a man walking his two-horse team along a road in front of a farm. A small white dog walks with him, and a large house and several barns are in the background of the image. A great many logs are piled in the field just beyond the man, and dust appears to be arising from the horses' feet as they walk.
Black and white image of half a dozen people sitting on a porch in front of a shingled cabin. The porch is simply a deck with no railing or other decoration. Three women sit on the porch around a man with a young child standing in between his knees. Another man sits in a chair to the right of the image, while a third stands to the image left of the porch. Pine trees and a post-and-pole fence are visible in the background.
Black and white photograph of a logging truck parked in a gravel lot with a couple other cars and trucks. There are half a dozen logs on the truck's trailer, one of significant size.
Black and white image of a snow-covered, cross-gabled house. A road runs in front of the house, and a power pole is just visible in the left of the image. The house sits in a fenced yard behind several trees and bushes.
Sepia-toned image of a large stack of hay and a contraption being used to stack more hay on top of it. One man stands on top of the hay, which is easily four times his height. A large loader bucket is being levered up to lift hay to the top of the stack by two horses attached to a wheeled mechanism at the bottom of the equipment. They are controlled by a man seated behind them.
Black and white photograph of a man and a woman with a Deering combine in a field. The man stands at the side of the machine, while the woman stands on top of it. Both wear workpants and shirts, and she wears a cap on her head.
Black and white photograph of a farm, behind a large field. Two barns are visible, with a house behind the one on the left. A large row of cypress trees runs behind the barn from the right of the image.
Black and white photograph of a two-story, gabled building with a single story attachment. A covered porch runs around the first floor, and a light-colored sedan is crossing in front of the store. Two railroad cars bearing large logs sit on either side of the railroad crossing in the foreground, where a dirt road crosses over the tracks.
A portrait of early Oregon settler Henry Harmon Spalding (1803–1874). This carte-de-visite photograph probable dates from the 1860s or early 1870s. Spalding was a missionary who came to the Oregon Territory in 1835, where he attempted to convert the Nez Perce and other tribes to Christianity. A handwritten note from Spalding to T. R. Cornelius appears on the back.
Black and white image of half a dozen women and two men standing outside of a two-story building decorated for the Fourth of July. Bunting decorates the recessed doorway in front of which the women stand, as well as the signpost and sign advertising the restaurant and rooms for rent. The sign on the wall proclaims 'Fourth of July, Shute Park, Hillsboro, Ore. July 2-3-4. Orations by Popular Speakers [illegible] Base ball [sic] at Athletic Park. Races-Games-Sports-Prizes [illegible]. Great Pyrotechnic Display Evening of Jul. 4.' The sign on the door next to the restaurant declares 'Rooms for Rent,' and the sign hanging over the poured sidewalk states, 'Meals 25 - Restaurant - Rooms 25 & 50.' A one-cent United States postage stamp is affixed to the back, and the postmark reads Hillsboro, Ore., July 18, 4:30 p.m., 1910.' A second postmark reads 'Benton, Iowa. Jul 22, A.M. 1910, Rec'd.'
Sepia-toned image of the Miltenberger confectionery, looking from the door into the store. A glass-fronted case filled with confectionaries lines the right side of the image, while a counter with stools and a cash register fills most of the other. A man stands behind a large fountain soda machine. Palm leaves and wood paneling decorate the eating area in back where two women are seated, and another woman stands on the left with her arm on the counter.
Sepia-toned image of a steeply-gabled school building in some disrepair. The building is in two sections, with the front section being one-story with a cupola on top. The back section is two-stories tall, with a steep, gabled roof and architectural detail on the front eaves.
Black and white image of several women a 12-ox team being used to move a large log. A man stands next to one of the oxen, and a number of women and another man stand off to the back watching. The women wear clothing typical of the turn of the century, full sleeves and long skirts with large hats. Several other logs are in the background, and a dirt road runs along a rail fence back towards a house in the very back of the image.
Black and white image of a cemetery, with a number of graves in a row in the central area. Larger monuments dot the background, and a lone tree stands at the left of the image. The graves in the center are mostly flat gravestones with a few tablets set upright on bases. Empty fields stretch out beneath a cloudy sky in the image background.
Sepia-toned image of four men standing with a large, square machine, identified as a hop baler on the back. The machine sits on a wooden floor in front of a large wooden structure, and appears to have a feeding chute at the top, and a large gear mechanism on the right side.
Black and white image of a family standing in the yard outside their home. A covered porch fills the image behind them, with lattice work covering the area between the porch and the ground. The men wear narrow-legged pants and button-up shirts, except for one small boy who appears to have on a knit shirt. The woman wears a dark shirt tucked into a mid-calf length skirt, and her hair is pulled loosely back into a bun. The three younger men and one boy all have hair that is shorter on the sides and longer on top and combed back.
Sepia-toned image on cardstock of a dozen men seated on bleachers in front of a brick building. The men wear suits, and most have hats in hand. All are bearded, though those run the gamut from chin bears and Vandykes to full groomed beards. The brick building in the background has arched windows with contrasting stone framing, and one window is open at the top.
Sepia-toned studio image of a man standing behind an old phonograph player with a number of stethoscope-style headphones handing down. He wears a dark suit and a derby.
Sepia-toned image mounted on heavy cardstock of a number of women in several cars. The women all wear large hats with copious decorations, and are seated several to the row in antique cars. All of the cars have male drivers, and they are arranged in rows on a dirt lot beside a long, low building.
Sepia-toned studio image of a family seated on a log. She wears a dark dress with a ruffled skirt, and ruffles along the front of her bodice. He wears a dark suit with a tie. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back; his is parted on the side and he wears a full, groomed mustache. A young boy in short pants and a suit with a white collar sits on his fathers lap, while a child in a dark dress with white petticoats and a large white collar sleeps in the mother's lap.
Black and white studio image of a woman standing beside a chair. She wears a tightly fitted dark dress, with a buttoned bodice featuring embroidered trim and a ruffled lace collar. Her skirt is draped, also appliqud and embroidered, and gathered in the back into a bustle. She holds a fan in the hand resting on the back of the chair. Her bangs are curly and her hair is pulled back and piled on top of her head.
