Colorized Picture taken from an elevated view possibly the second floor of the building on the north east corner of Main Street and 21st Avenue. The view is of the west side of Main Street looking towards Pacific Avenue. The street is packed dirt with raised wood sidewalk on the right side of the street. A number of horse drawn wagons are parked on the left side of the street, one wagon is full of milk cans. The first building on the right is a harness and leather goods with a full size wooden horse on the sidewalk. Four men are standing around the horse. The next building is a DRUG STORE with two bicycles parked out front. A one horse drawn buggy is standing by. A few more people are located farther down the street.
Picture of downtown Forest Grove, taken from the of intersection of Main Street and 21st Avenue looking east on 21st Avenue towards Pacific University. 21st Avenue was formerly known as "1st Ave. North." The caption identifies the building in the foreground as the IOOF (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) fraternal meeting building. A sign above another door reads "Sherwin Williams Paints." There is a two horse buggy parked at the end of the block by College Way. The street and sidewalk appear to be concrete. On the right, the side of the Congregational Church is visible.
A circa 1907 view of Forest Grove’s downtown showing the west side of Main Street, in between Pacific Avenue and 21st Avenue. The photograph was taken from an elevated viewpoint probably at the northeast corner of Main Street and Pacific Avenue. The street is packed dirt with wood boards for the sidewalk. On the left side of the street there are two wagons parked with a two horse team each and two bicycles parked on the sidewalk. The first building is the side of the Forest Grove National Bank. The next building is SELZ SHOES and the next is MEAT MARKET. There is a profusion of wires strung on poles. There are a number of buckboards and wagons parked on the right side of the street. This is a photographic postcard, with a message postmarked November 11, 1907 on the back.
Picture taken at approximately the center of the intersection of Pacific Avenue and A Street looking east down Pacific Avenue. The street appears to be packed dirt with curbs and sidewalks on both sides On the left side of the street is a storefront with REALESTATE and LOAN OFFICE on the upper part of the building. The next building has a sign out over the sidewalk TIMES OFFICE with WASHCOUNTYPUB below. At the far end of the block stand two men. On the right side of the street in the Forest Grove Hotel with a man standing on the sidewalk in front of the hotel. The next building has a sign painted on the side, JOHN ANDERSON LEAD (ING?) CLOTHIER AND FUR(NITURE?). Farther down is a sign over the sidewalk THE ???? INVESTMENT CO. and the bank clock on the corner.
Office area of bank with desks along the wall on the left and a counter on the right. A woman and three men are standing towards the back wall. They are spread out and posing for the photographer.
Picture taken from center of what was then called "North 1st Ave" (now renamed 21st Avenue), in Forest Grove, close to the intersection with Main Street, looking east towards Pacific University. On the left is a wood building with a sign on the side ICE CREAM In front of the store are two men and a boy. One man is leaning on a 4-wheeled cart on the sidewalk. There is a barber pole just behind these two men. Just a few feet down from these men is a right-hand steering open car with a man at the wheel. A building just beyond the car has a sign OREGON LAND COMPANY and next to it is THE BAZAAR then MILLINERY, BOOK STORE and CITY LIBRARY There is another man close to the Millinery sign. There is a two horse buggy parked at the end of the block by College Way. The street is packed dirt and the sidewalk and curb appear to be concrete. On the right is the wooden Congregational Church
A small body of water surrounded by trees on both sides, titled on the image, "Little Brook in City Park, Forest Grove." The brook might be Gales Creek during a period of low water. The location of the "City Park" is unclear, but may have been near the former Park Street, which has since then been renamed and forms the south end of D Street. There was a park near that location, which was usually called Naylor's Grove. This photograph was published as a postcard, and the backs of two copies are scanned here: one is postmarked 1913, and the other postmarked 1938.
Montgomery 'Gum' Turner (1866-1951) and Vessie (Parmley) Turner (1872-1960), photographed while sitting on the front porch of their home. Montgomery was the proprietor of first store in Banks and was a Trustee for the Banks Dairy Products Company and proprietor of a Tillamook dairy farm. Montgomery and Vessie moved to Banks in 1904, and lived out the rest of their lives there, raising four children and prospering in their business enterprises.
Group portrait of Jesse Clemens Moore and his family in front of their house in Greenville. Moore was a successful politician in early Washington County. The people in the photo with Mr. Moore appear to be his first wife, Rachel S. (Wilson) Moore, and their three children William, Anna and Fred. The identity of the young woman (3rd from left) is unknown.
Portrait of well-known children's author Beverly Cleary. She grew up near Yamhill, Oregon, but spent some of her childhood visiting relatives in the Banks area.
