Sepia-toned image of a group of children in Colonial costume. A boy and girl stand on a box, surrounded by ten other small boys. The smaller boys all wear tri-corn hats and colonial-era jackets, vests, pants and shoes. One boy holds a sword; two appear to hold books or papers. The boy on the box wears a fancier version of the same, and holds a sword. The girl wears a colonial-era dress with shawl and mob-cap. The photo is mounted on a board and names are written around the image.
A tiller-steering car with spoked wheels has been decorated for a parade, with three children in patriotic outfits. The car sports bunting and a large frame holding a bald eagle on the front. Flowers and stars and stripes are all visible on the bunting, and several United States flags are displayed. A young boy dressed as Uncle Sam sits on the drivers' seat, and two girls with crowns and bunting draped about them sit and stand in the bed of the car. In the background are staircases appearing to lead to two houses, side-by-side, and the trees are in full leaf. A boardwalk runs between the car and the stairs, and the street is dirt.
A table set for a banquet in honor of veterans returning to Oregon from the American war in the Philippines, probably between 1899-1902. It was taken at Courthouse Square in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, near the intersection of Main Street and 2nd Avenue. Central in the picture is a large table set for dinner and with a good deal of food, and with people seated all along each side. Decoratively cut watermelons and vases of flowers stand on the table. A crowd of people, men, women, and children including babies, are gathered in the background of the photograph and to the sides of the table. The seating pattern at the table alternates men and women, no children, and most of the seated men wear uniforms with various cavalry and kepi styled hats. The women's hats vary widely, from straw sailor hats to small bonnets to wide-brimmed hats with large numbers of flowers on them. The trees in the background are lush and full.
Laminated photo postcard of a parade. The street side left of the image is lined with trees and parked wagons and cars; a water tower is visible in the distance. Two United States flags hang from lines across the street, and power poles are placed where the curb and dirt road meet on either side. The image right side of the street features two-story buildings with square facades. The fender of a car is visible in the right front of the image. Several floats proceed down the street toward the photographer. One is pulled by a two-horse team; the other is a car. Behind the car, a group of people march. The men watching alongside the street wear hats, and a girl in a white dress stands a bit further down the curb, watching the floats.
A group of people dressed in Colonial-era clothing are arranged on a stage facing the camera. Bunting and\ flags drape the wall behind them, and a cradle sits on the floor at the front of the group. Several men wear wigs, and the women all wear colonial style gowns, most with shawls. The men wear Colonial-style cutaway jackets.
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.
Photograph of the Champoeg Pioneer Memorial Building, which was built in 1922 to commemorate the vote that created the Provisional Government of Oregon, which took place at Champoeg on May 2, 1843. “Provisional Government Park,”
as it was officially known, was established at Champoeg in 1918. The dates 1843 and 1918 which appear on the building refer to these two years. The park is now known as the Champoeg State Heritage Area. Tables and benches line the visible open area, and a flag appears to be suspended from above the building. A man is just visible standing inside the open double doors to the right of the building's interior.
This photograph appears to have been taken sometime between the later 1920s and the 1950s, based on its format and the wear on the walkway in front of the building. The photograph was donated to the Washington County Museum in 1972.
