Sepia-toned portrait of a man in a suit. He has light-colored hair and a full mustache, and wears a cravat with a stick-pin with his cutaway suit. First name is written on the front, but is not legible.
Sepia-toned image of a two-story school building with a basement, front porch, bell tower, and dormer windows in the roof. A 'graded' school separated children into grades by age, rather than a one-room school where students were grouped according to where they were working in any particular curriculum.
Black and white image of Hillsboro Public School on the front of a postcard. The building is two-story, Queen Anne style, with a front entrance and bell tower and sits in a large open yard. Two church steeples rise in the distance. Printed postcards such as this were a common way to share photographs in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. A one cent postage stamp is affixed to the back.
Black and white image of a group of students in costume, gathered on a stage set. Most of the women appear to wear evening dresses, while the young men are mostly in suits with bow ties. One young man wears some kind of uniform.
Photo of the Bethel Congregational Church in Beaverton. A sign in the front of the church reads: 'Bethel Congregational Church; Founded 1880; Rev. Albert F. King; Rev. R. K. Marmaduke; reverends'
Black and white image of a group of school children on the steps of the Hiteon School building. Their teacher stands to the right of the group; museum records identify her as Emma Schroder. Located off of Brockman Road in south Beaverton, Hiteon graduated three eight graders the school year following this one, 1938-1939.
Black and white image of a group of boys and men gathered to watch as a Catholic church official (likely a bishop) prepares to turn over a shovel full of earth. St. Mary's Boys' home was founded by the Catholic church in 1889 as an orphanage. While it was run by the Sisters of St. Mary's of Oregon for almost fifty years, in 1953 they withdrew from the home, though it kept their name. In the 1960s, it was a self-sufficient campus with its own dairy, orchards and livestock, providing a home for boys ages 6 to 14.
Black and white image of a group of boys and several adults watching as a priest ceremonially breaks ground with a shovel. Though the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon were no longer affiliated with the school after 1953, the school today retains the 'St Mary's' name as the modern iteration of the orphanage which first brought the sisters to Beaverton in 1891.
Black and white photograph of a man working beneath the wing of his hand-built aircraft. The airfield is most likely the Bernard Airport in Beaverton, Oregon, once considered the busiest non-commercial airport in the United States and famous for its hand built, amateur aircraft. Built on the site of a failed movie studio, the airport itself was replaced in 1969 by Beaverton Mall.
Black and white photograph (overexposed) of a handmade, single-engine airplane built by Les Long. The airfield is most likely the Bernard Airport in Beaverton, Oregon, once considered the busiest non-commercial airport in the United States and famous for its hand built, amateur aircraft. Built on the site of a failed movie studio, the airport itself was replaced in 1969 by Beaverton Mall.
Colorized image of a large institutional building in the American Stick style architecture. Dormer windows indicate a fourth floor underneath the gabled roof, and an octagonal bell tower sits prominently in the middle front of the building. The middle portion of the building was the original motherhouse constructed for the Sisters, completed in 1894. The wings were constructed in the early 1900s, adding a chapel and room for a boarding school. St. Mary's was begun as an orphanage for wayward children in the Beaverton area in 1889, the Sisters arriving in 1891 to take over care of the children and provide religious instruction. In 1902 English was mandated as the convent's primary language, though many of the Sisters' first language was German. Agnes Morressey grew up in Cornelius, Oregon and entered the convent in 1904, at the age of sixteen, eventually taking the name Sister Mary Clare. As a postulant, she was infamous in the community for her inability to keep her postulant's sailor hat in place over her long, thick hair, mostly because she frequently misplaced her hatpin. An accomplished musician, Sister Mary Clare taught music and other subjects in area parochial schools. She died in 1922 of leukemia.
Black and white image of a saloon with two gentlemen standing in front on the porch. The addition to the building features a window with stained glass around the edges, and advertisements for Mt. Hood Beer adorn the walls. Another sign promoting Red Top Rye hangs above the double door entrance. 'Saloon' is painted in white letters on the roof of the building. Augustus Rossi is listed as a Saloon Keeper in the 1900 Federal census of Washington County. Oregon voted to ban alcoholic beverages in 1914, five years before the 14th amendment banning alcohol nationally was approved.
Black and white image of a large group of people gathered in front of the Bank of Beaverton. One young girl stands on the running boards of a car. The words 'Twenty Mill[ion?]' and the logo for Ford are visible on the car's door. A man in a police uniform stands at the front of the group to the right, and a number of the men in the group appear to be dressed in work clothes and overalls.
Sepia-toned image of a number of people gathered in the yard in front of a house. One woman to the far left of the image sits in front of a pump organ; a young man next to her holds a violin. A baby in the middle of the image appears to hold a maraca-style rattle in one hand. The dresses worn by the women range from shirtwaists and skirts to dresses with full, puffed sleeves.
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.
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 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.
