Kelly and Stacy AuCoin pose with actress Lily Tomlin at a fundraiser, taken some time in the 1980s. In typed notes about the photograph, AuCoin wrote, "during my years on the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Interior and Insular Affairs, I championed the National Endowment for the Arts. It needed strong congressional advocacy against virulent opposition from Senator Jessie Helms and other extreme conservatives who argued that the endowment funded pornography masquerading as art. (They never explained why sculptures such as Michelangelo’s Statue of David or the iconic Venus de Milo were not pornographic!) My policy work for the arts quickly brought attention from, among others, the Hollywood community. Three celebrities campaigned for me in several of my closest races—besides Lily Tomlin, Debra Winger and Sally Field. This photo was taken at the home of the host of a New York City fundraising event at the home of George Plimpton, the editor of the Paris Review, just off New York City’s East River. Tomlin was the evening’s celebrity guest. Kelly and Stacy flew in from college to join us." This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. The original photo remains with the AuCoin family.
Three men and a women sitting around a table in what appears to be a bar with cigarettes and a pipe on the table. Two men are dressed as workmen and appear to be threatening the third man, who wears a suit and a captain's style hat. The woman leaning against him appears dressed to imitate a Roma person based on the coins, head scarf, and stylized hair pasted to her cheek. The movie was produced by J. J. Fleming Productions, a film studio that set up shop in Beaverton during the 1920s.
Sepia-toned image of a movie set depicting a stand off in a bar. The movie, 'The Trail of Vengeance', featured a Mountie in pursuit of his prisoners, and was produced by J. J. Fleming Productions, a films studio that set up shop in Beaverton during the 1920s.
Sepia-toned image of two men in RCMP uniforms, one man is checking the pulse of the other, who appears to be playing dead. The movie, 'The Trail of Vengeance', featured a Mountie in pursuit of criminals, and was produced by J. J. Fleming Productions, a film studio that set up shop in Beaverton during the 1920s.
Sepia-toned image of Gary Shields, an actor, sitting on a horse. Beaverton, Oregon, was home to at least one movie company in the 1920s, Premium Picture Productions also known as J. J. Fleming Productions.
Sepia-toned image of a man and a woman wetly clinging to the rocks beside a rushing river. Bonneville Dam and the resulting Lake Bonneville submerged this location in 1937. Beaverton, Oregon, was home to at least one movie company in the 1920s, Premium Picture Productions also known as J. J. Fleming Productions.
Sepia-toned image of an elderly man in a suit, standing in a garden. Frank Clark appeared in almost 200 films in 27 years in the industry. He is approximately 70 years old in this image. Beaverton, Oregon, was home to at least one movie company in the 1920s, Premium Picture Productions also known as J. J. Fleming Productions.
