Black and white image of a two-story brick building on a street corner with a number of cars parked along the curb and other vehicles in the street. The building has arched lower windows and an arched entrance on the corner. The signs on the building advertises 'Miller's Quality Foods, phone 3661.' The next sign advertises 'Dean's Drugs' and 'Dean's Rexall Drugs.' A delivery truck in front of the building belongs to 'Reedville Truck Service.' To the left of the image, down t he street, signs advertise 'Rogers Bakery,' the 'Tip Top Coffee Shop' and 'Beaverton Hardware,' and 'Pegg's Mortuary.' A man on a ladder adjusts an awning over one store front, and several cars including a 'woody' wagon, a sedan whose body is constructed of wood with wood framing. The street is paved, and a manhole cover can be seen in the center of the intersection. A city bus approaches in the distance, passing a school bus heading the other way. The signpost on the street corner indicates this is the intersection of Oregon Highways 217 and 208, and arrows point the direction to four local cities: Tigard, Progress, Laurel, and Hazeldale.
A card promoting the town of Forest Grove, Oregon, showing a forested block "between Fourth and Fifth Street," which have since been renamed Douglas and Elm Streets. It may be the site of what is now Rogers Park. A large house is barely visible behind the trees. Lettering on the bottom and back of the card brags about how Forest Grove is the "prettiest town in Oregon" and provides facts about its infrastructure and industries. This is an example of "boosterism," a common practice in smaller towns in the American West circa 1900, in which towns promoted themselves as destinations for new residents and businesses. This particular card was published by the Forest Grove Board of Trade, which was founded in 1904 to promote the commercial interests of the community.
Black and white image of a community. Two, two-story buildings sit across a street from a large field, one is gabled with a false front while the other is a large, square, two-story construction next to smaller, single block building. Several residences can be seen in the background, two of those are large, two-story homes with dormer windows protruding from their rooflines. Orenco was a 'company town,' built for workers in the short-lived Oregon Nursery Company.
Black and white postcard image of a dirt street with poured sidewalks and power poles. An electric train follows tracks down one side of the street. A large brick building with Neo-Renaissance styling dominates the left edge of the image. Printed on the upper right of the image is 'Street Scene Hillsboro Oregon.'
Black and white image of a street at night, with neon signs aglow and holiday decorations hanging above the street. Museum records identify this as Hillsboro, Christmas, circa 1967.
Black and white image looking down 16th Avenue in Forest Grove, Oregon. This street was previously known as Fourth Avenue South. This photograph was apparently taken in order to illustrate the changes that had occurred on the street since the 1910s, comparing it to a postcard photograph that was published in 1912. A number of large houses are visible on either side of the street, and cars are parked along the left side of the street. Large oak trees, pines, and other trees are visible. The street is paved with poured sidewalks and curbs on either side. Power lines are visible along the right side of the image. WCMpic_013317 shows the same view seventy-five years prior in 1912.
Black and white image of downtown Hillsboro, snowing snow piled around the street sign and on the sides of Main Street in Hillsboro. The streets are slushy, and pedestrians wear boots. A Piggly Wiggly store and a National Bank are the most visible businesses in the image.
Black and white image of a road grader removing snow from Main Street in Hillsboro. The businesses on the street behind it include a 'Shake Shop' advertising malted shakes on its neon sign, a dress shop, and Delta Drug Store.
Black and white image of the intersection of two streets in downtown Hillsboro, identified in museum records as 2nd and Main Streets, looking south. Two men are crossing the street, while cars wait to turn until they pass. A blinking light is suspended over the middle of the intersection. Many businesses are visible, ranging from 'Canton Cafe' serving noodles and chop suey, an auto parts store, a plumber, a Savings and loan, the law office of E. B. and Thomas Tongue, Jr. (on the second floor of the B and T Market corner building), and a furniture store. A 'Piggly Wiggly' Grocery store is just visible in the far left of the image.
Black and white image of a dirt main street with houses on the image right and a barn and a water tower on the left. The road is dirt, and a boardwalk runs down alongside part of the right side of the image.
Sepia-toned image of a business street with two-story buildings on one side and a grassy park area with oak trees on the other. According to the visible signs, the stores along the street sell groceries, furniture, hardware, and pharmaceuticals. While at least one car is parked along the edge of the street, there are several wagons along the side of the street at the far end and a bicycle near the right side of the image. There are curbs and a poured sidewalk in front of the stores, but the street appears to be packed earth rather than paved.
Black and white image of people and vehicles lining a street along the sidewalks. Several carriages make their way up the packed road, which is littered with horse-droppings. The people gathered along the sidewalk appear to be dressed up for an event. Note, too, the mix of automobiles and horse-drawn carriages among the vehicles, as well as the power lines which crisscross the street and run between poles along the street itself.
Black and white image of a street with a plank center, lined on either side by two-story buildings. Three people ride bicycles down the plank center of the street, and horse carriages are seen parked by several of the buildings. A building on the left side of the image advertises 'Livery, Feed Stable.'
Black and white image of Main Street, lined with brick buildings and other businesses. The street is paved, and two of the businesses on the street are Real Estate, offering loans, while two others are grocery stores. There is also a hotel, offering home cooking. Note the two men standing in the wood-paneled wagon in front of the Beaver Inn.
Sepia-toned image of a building with several men and a young boy standing in front of it. The boy wears a nice suit with short pants and stands next to a distinguished looking man who also wears a nice suit. The business appears to be both a bank and a land office, offering 4% interest on savings, fire insurance, and real estate loans.
Sepia-toned image of the few buildings and the railroad stop that made up the town of Timber at this time. The image is dominated by the makeshift flagpole, simply a tall tree that was not felled and has a flag fastened at the very top. Note the unusual wagon in the lower center of the image, and the official appearance of the man standing next to it in a cape and hat. Note, took that one of the main businesses in town is in a canvas tent, but there is a power pole and electric power lines in the image. Barrels and boxes are waiting at the rail stop, apparently to be picked up. The station itself is simply a railroad car.
Sepia-toned image of a city main street. There are boardwalks on either side of the dirt road, and at least two power poles in the image. A horse and buggy stand in front of the mercantile, and a number of people stand on the porches of at least one of the buildings.
Sepia-toned image of a dirt street in Beaverton. Railroad cars are visible in the distance, and a boardwalk runs along either side of the street. Though hitching posts are still available, only automobiles appear to be using the street.
Black and white image of half a dozen boys standing on a dirt street in Cornelius. The boys' hair is combed, and their hats lay on the ground next to them. One boy sits on an a bicycle, and several of the boys appear to be barefoot. An advertisement for 'White River Flour' is on the side of the dry goods store.
Black and white image of a store in the middle of town. Note the muddy street in front of the store, and the loading area provided for customers where they can park the team on the boardwalk and also have most of their wagon out the mud. Mr. Wescott is listed in the 1900 census of Washington County as a merchant, and two of his sons, Frank (age 17) and Charles (16), are listed as 'clerks.'
Black and white image of Gaston, Oregon. The train station is central to the page, and power poles line both sides of the street. Notice the four hitched wagons at the store, all of the wagons have bags of the supplies in the back. Two dogs are walking on boardwalk. Two stores advertise farming equipment, one John Deere and the other Champion Harvest Machines, reflecting the rich agricultural heritage of this area.
