Photo taken inside library at 12505 NW Cornell, from left to right: Jack Thurber, Don Schick, Kurt Austermann, Joyce Stride, Allan Van Veen; Odus Bales. The Cedar Mill Library Oral History Project includes interviews with original board members in this image, including Allan Van Veen and Jack Thurber. Please click the link below to access audio recordings of their oral histories for more information.
Library sign hangs under the portico roof of the new library in the Bales Thriftway shopping center. View is looking north across parking lot and empty land with houses with buildings in the distance. Image was damaged by newspaper clipping pasted over it in scrapbook.
Janette Gill reading aloud to children at the library for storytime. In the background, Sue Jones works at the circulation desk and the breezeway outside the library is visible.
Janette Gill helps children to create valentines during storytime at the library. Janette Gill started as a volunteer at the Cedar Mill Library at this time, and became a popular storyteller. She continued to be involved at the library as volunteer, fundraiser and ultimately, Board President of the Cedar Mill Library in the 70s and 80s. Please click the link below to access an audio recording of her oral history regarding her time at the library.
Left to right: Dick Lively, Library Aide; Kathy Mann, Librarian; Pat Walker; and volunteer Library Coordinator Mary Packer. Mary has recorded an oral history of her experiences as an early supporter of the library. Click the link below to hear hear oral history as part of our Founder Oral History series.
Image taken at event in honor of former board member Jim Johnson and his wife Jan, who were moving out of the area. Top L to R: Allen Van Veen; Kurt Austerman; Jack Thurber. Front L to R: Jim Johnson; Jan Johnson; Sue Jones; Pat Walker; Sue Peterson. The Cedar Mill Library Oral History Project includes interviews with original board members in this image, including Allan Van Veen and Jack Thurber. Please click the link below to access audio recordings of their oral histories for more information.
The library association's first annual rummage sale, held in the breezeway between the library and Bales Thriftway at 12504 NW Cornell Road on September 18 and 19, 1976. Thriftway store in background. M.E.S.S. stands for Misc. Etc. Super Sale.
Sign on door of new library location stating new hours and opening date official opening at Noon, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1976. In late December 1975, library supporters moved their efforts to a storefront in the Bales Thriftway complex at 12505 NW Cornell Road.
Washington County Cooperative Library Services van parked outside proposed library location. Van was parked at this location for most of 1975, providing service to Cedar Mill residents while library supporters raised money to open their own library.
Taken standing on NW 107th Avenue, looking north near the intersection of NW Cornell Road, Portland, Oregon, ca. 1975. Cedar Mill Community Library looked to move into the old 7-11 location at 800 NW 107th Avenue. A green bookmobile was parked at this location through the rest of that year, while renovations, fundraising and organization efforts continued. View looking north toward the intersection of Cornell Road and NW 107th, with library sign in foreground. Library supporters planned to purchase the former convenience store building at this location for library purposes, and used the parking lot for the bookmobile for several months of the year.
The East Butte School was constructed in 1896 as a one-story building. A second story was added sometime between 1903-1906. The East Butte School was destroyed by fire in 1918. The school was located on the present site of the Charles F. Tigard Elementary School in Tigard.
A sepia-toned photograph of four adult men, one child, and two horses standing outside the John Gaarde Blacksmith Shop. John Gaarde is the second man from the right and is standing next to his son Hans Gaarde. The man on the far left is Al Johnson. An unidentified man on the far right sits on one of the horses.
John Gaarde, also known as Jørgen, was born in Denmark. He settled in what is now Tigard, Oregon in the late 1800s. John Gaarde established his blacksmith shop in Tigardville in 1893. The shop was located on present-day Pacific Highway, across from McDonald Street. John Gaarde's shop and Charles Tigard's general store and post office were at the center of Tigardville's early commercial activity.
This photograph shows the shop's buildings, which had western style false-front facades and a wide bay door on the ground floor. The building to the left is a two-story building with two double-paned windows on the second floor and one on the ground floor. The building to the right is a one-story building. Two double-paned windows are visible along the side of the building and a chimney extends upward from the roof.
A black and white photograph of Main Street in Tigard shows four wood buildings lining a dirt road. In front of the first building on the left is a wood hitching post. Three women stand on the porch of the second building from the left. A telephone or telegraph pole appears in front of the third building to the left. Construction scaffolding exists on the facade of the building to the far right. Prior to 1911, Tigard's commercial activity was located around the Tigardville General Store at present-day Pacific Highway South and McDonald Street. When the Oregon Electric Railroad began service to Tigard in 1907, the local depot was established 1.5 miles north of Pacific Highway and McDonald Street. Subsequent commercial development shifted to this area (present-day Main Street) near the rail stop.
A black and white photograph of the Thomas family on the porch of the Tigard Telephone Office. Standing on the porch is Gertrude Thomas (to left) and Elmer Thomas (to right). Their daughter Helen sits on the edge of the porch. The telephone office is a one story, white rectangular building with a gabled roof and covered porch. At the front of the office is a doorway on the left side and a double pane window with a curtain in the lower half of the window on the right side. A small sign featuring the outline of bell is partially visible in the upper right-hand corner of the porch space. A one room addition containing a window is connected to the building's left side; a white picket fence and chicken wire run along the front of the addition. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas worked as telephone operators and lived in the office.
A black and white studio photograph of the Bartholomew and Tekla Scheckla Family of Durham, Oregon. Standing in the back row, from left to right, are Gustav, Annie, Joseph, John, and Albert. Sitting in the front row, from left to right, are Mamie (Mary), Bartholomew, Frank, Tekla, Fred, and Rose. Bartholomew and Tekla Scheckla established their home and farm on the site of the present day Tigard Senior High School on Durham Road. They planted hops, fruit trees and grapes in addition to hay and grain. Bartholomew and Tekla Scheckla are both buried in St. Anthony Cemetery in Tigard.
A black and white portrait of Friedrick Brandt of Tigardville. Mr. Brandt has a mustache and a long white beard that extends below his chin. He is wearing a white collared shirt, a wide black tie, and a black vest and jacket. His hair is neatly combed and parted at the side. Mr. Brandt helped organize the first Evangelical Church in Tigardville and taught the senior men's Bible class. Friedrick Brandt died in 1914 and is buried in Crescent Grove Cemetery in Tigard.
A studio photograph of Harry Frewing of Tigardville as a young man. Mr. Frewing is dressed in a white, high stand collar shirt, a patterned tie, and matching vest and jacket. His hair is neatly cut and parted at the side. Harry Frewing, son of George and Mary (Sumpton) Frewing, had a farm on Bull Mountain and married Marie Jones of Roseburg, Oregon.
A black and white studio photograph of Fred Elsner of Tigardville. He is standing next to a low table where his right hand is touching the surface. Lying on the table is a thin folder. Mr. Elsner wears a three-piece suit and tie. A carnation is pinned to his left lapel. A pocket square is partially visible in his left breast pocket. On his vest, a pocket watch chain hangs from a button. Mr. Elsner was a director of the Tigard Telephone Company and, along with Charles Tigard and others, helped start the First Bank of Tigard. Mr. Elsner was also known as Fritz.
A black and white studio photograph of Reverend August Weinert (left) and Reverend J.H. Sparr (right) of the Emanuel Evangelical Church in Tigardville. Rev. Weinert served as pastor from May 1901 to May 1905. Rev. Sparr served as pastor from May 1904 to May 1905.
Three women and a man ride in a four-wheel horse-drawn carriage on Taylor's Ferry Road. The woman holding the reins with a blanket over her legs is Catharine Vogeline. She is accompanied by Leoda Grebe, Sam Voight (wearing a suit and tie), and Ella Brandt.
Unidentified members of the Tigardville amateur baseball team pose for a picture at the edge of a wooded area. The men are arranged in two rows and all but two players are wearing their uniform. The uniform jersey has 'Tigardville' written across the front of the jersey. The men sitting in the front row wear fielding gloves on their left hands and a catcher's mitt and face guard are lying at their feet in the dirt. Two men standing in the back row have their arms at their sides; the man standing in the center has his arms crossed. An unidentified man sits on a tree stump to the group's right and holds a hat in his right hand.
Two young men from the Scheckla family face each other in a boxing match while a third man keeps time with a pocket watch. The men are in a dirt lot with a wood fence behind them. Their shadows are cast on the ground. The man to the left wears a long-sleeved white shirt, suspenders, and dark pants. His legs are spread with his right leg thrust forward. His opponent to the right wears a long-sleeved white shirt, suspenders, and gray pants. His legs are spread with his left leg thrust forward. To the boxer's right, a man keeps time and holds a watch in his right hand. He is dressed in a dark jacket, pants and a bowler hat. His left hand is placed in his left pant pocket.
A black and white photograph of the Cloverleaf bible class of Tigardville at Sucker Lake (Oswego Lake), Oregon. Class members are sitting in the grass and standing in a row for the group portrait taken on a sunny day. A dense, wooded area is in the background. The men wear suits, ties, and a variety of hats. The women wear full-length dresses and a variety of hats.
