Black and white portrait of a family with three grown children. The women wear dresses with blousy tops gathered at the waist, and the two younger women's hair is curly and pulled back from their faces. Seated, an older man and a younger man wear three-piece suits with ties. This image is part of the Herbert McMullen bequest. McMullen was a local photographer who owned a studio in Hillsboro; he also collected images of local life taken by other photographers.
Black and white image of a family seated in a formal portrait studio. Samuel Walters was the first European American to claim land in the Cedar Mill area, and by marrying he gained even more land, since wives were allowed to claim anywhere from 160 to 320 acres in addition to that which their husbands already held. This provision in the Donation Land Claim Act meant that Oregon women were not only in high demand, but they married far younger than was typical for the times, most by the time they were 17, and some years earlier than that. (The national average age of marriage for women at this time was 20 to 21 years old.) In the 1870 census, Naomi Walters is listed as 17 years old with two sons, a three-year-old and a one-year-old, the two boys in this image. The younger child, Elial, died before the next census was taken in 1880. Naomi would have been approximately 18 or 19 in this image, and Samuel about 50 years old.
Sepia-toned image of a family standing in front of their home. A man and an older boy stand on either side of a woman; they wear suits, the boy has a newsboy style cap and the older man a straw boater style hat. The woman's hair is up in a loose bun, and she wears an ankle-length dress with elbow-length sleeves and that buttons down the front to her left. A small child with long curls stands in front of her, wearing an outfit made of dark material with white polka-dots. It has long sleeves and short pants, and buttons down the front to the child's right side. A dog sits on the walkway behind them. The house is small, square, with a pyramidal hipped roof and a front covered front porch. Wire fencing surrounds the small yard, and an outhouse can be seen in the back of the yard, just in front of a fence that separates the yard from what appears to be a large barn or garage.
Black and white image of a family standing in the yard outside their home. A covered porch fills the image behind them, with lattice work covering the area between the porch and the ground. The men wear narrow-legged pants and button-up shirts, except for one small boy who appears to have on a knit shirt. The woman wears a dark shirt tucked into a mid-calf length skirt, and her hair is pulled loosely back into a bun. The three younger men and one boy all have hair that is shorter on the sides and longer on top and combed back.
Sepia-toned studio image of a family. The adults are seated, and the man wears a full beard and has his hair combed to the side and back. The woman wears a high-necked, long-sleeved dress with an elaborate lace tie. Her skirt is narrow, but pleated and having an over skirt. She holds a baby in a white dress on her lap. A young boy in a suit almost identical to the man's stands between them; his hair is cut short and combed forward. A young girl stands to the image right of the man; she has a long-sleeved dress with a wide lace collar and ribbons tied around the upper arms. Her bangs are curly, and her hair is pulled back from her face.
Group portrait of the Oliver family. It seems likely that the 'Percy Oliver' referenced on the back is the child in the image; he grew up in Hillsboro but died in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.
Black and white image of the Mann family standing in a yard in front of a house. A man and a woman and four children. The woman wears a striped dress with a yoke and a flat, boater-style hat. She holds a small baby in a long white dress and a bonnet. Two boys wear loose shirts, buttoned to the neck, short pants, and Tam o'shanter style hats. One boy holds a dog at his side by the collar. the girl wears a knee-length dress with a yoke and full sleeves. the man wears dark pants, white shirt, suspenders and a brimmed hat. The house behind them is a single-story gabled building, with an extended gable on the front and a covered porch. Vines cover most of the porch, and bushes are visible at the front and sides of the house. A shed is just visible in the background.
