The students of the Swedeville School stand with their teacher, tentatively identified as "Jennie Blormiski," per notes on the back of the photograph. Agnes Peterson May is identified as the student in the second row wearing the dark dress. Jim Hutcheon stands next to her. Harold Peterson stands second to the right of the teacher. John Albert Teufel, with blond hair sticking up like a crew cut, stands directly right of the teacher.
Black and white image of a wooden church building in the Carpenter gothic style. Built in 1892 for the local Methodist Episcopal congregation, the building was known as 'Wesley Chapel.' Home to a Methodist congregation for forty years, it was later leased to a number of other churches and other community groups. In 1965 the building was demolished.
Black and white photograph of a young woman in a formal dress. Ms. Mori wears a crown and carries a dozen roses in her arms. The sign in the background merely reads 'Goddess', but museum records list the photograph as 'Goddess of Liberty, Anita Mori.' The selection of a Goddess of Liberty was often part of the Hillsboro Happy Days events, held over the Fourth of July, dating back to the early 1900s. However, the competition-based selection of local young women as 'Goddess of Liberty' to reign over various local July 4th celebrations dates back to the late 1800s in this area. The dress worn by Ms. Mori indicates that this particular pageant was likely in the late 1940s or 1950s.
Black and white image of a couple standing next to a car, with two men sitting in the front of the car. The road is dirt, though a fence borders one side, and appears to run through a wooded area. This location is near the intersection of Laidlaw and Kaizer Roads and the newly renamed Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District's Hansen Ridge Park. According to museum records, the man driving is Henry Hamel, while the couple standing beside the car are Gus and Freda Erickson, Hamel's relatives. The REO Motor Car Company was one of the first to mass-produce automobiles in the United States, though it discontinued its automobile manufacturing to focus on trucks after 1936. They are most famous for their precursor to today's pickup trucks, the REO Speed Wagon light delivery truck.
Black and white image of George and Mary Hall Reeves, from the shoulders up. The photo is their wedding portrait according to museum records. While the bride wearing white for a wedding was becoming standard during this time, not every bride followed the tradition.
Black and white image of a two-story row house with a false square front and a side porch. Three women are in front of the building, which is boarded up and closed. A metal mail box sits on a post at the corner of the front porch.
Black and white image of a newspaper clipping of a young man in a Union Army uniform. Charles Hickethier first appears in the Washington County census in 1880, working as a blacksmith and living with his parents, Daniel and Johana. All three of the Hickethiers list Prussia (now Germany) as their place of birth. (See also WCMpic_001032.)
Black and white image of a family standing outside with their instruments in hand. Visible instruments include violins, a trumpet, a cello, a trombone, and a snare drum.
Black and white image of a store with a square front. Note the garage and gas pump on one side, and the boardwalk, while the road in front of the market is dirt.
Black and white image of a family standing in front of a two-story, cross-gabled home. Note the chin whiskers worn by two of the men in the picture, and the large doll being held by the young girl in the center. The J. Q. A. Young House is owned by Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
Black and white image of three men standing in front of a square building with a large door open behind them. The gas pump in the left foreground of the image features a visible cylinder, enabling the purchaser to see just how much gas they were buying. The globe on the top advertises the name of the gasoline company, as does the logo on the side of the pump and the large 'Standard Products' logo painted on the building. 'Firestone' tires are also advertised by a sign to the right of the building. This photo was taken before 1930, before the garage was added to. Dave Ediger stands in the middle of the photo, between two Standard Oil representatives.
Black and white image of a cemetery entrance. The road is framed by brick pillars on either side, and a wooden sign identifying the cemetery is visible to the right of the image.
Black and white image of a group of mostly women in a field of raspberries. Two young girls stand in front of the group. 'Blackcaps' is a colloquial name for black raspberries.
Black and white image of a man standing on the running board of a truck with an open bed beneath a cover. 'West Hills Dairy' can just be made out along the side of the truck, and on the side of the cab it reads 'Purity Milk & Cream.' Wooden crates holding milk bottles fill the bed of the truck.
Black and white image of an empty schoolroom. The date 'Nov. 24, 99' is written on the blackboard. Note the books piled on the teacher's desk, the globe, and the piano. The desks appear to be wood with metal sides and legs, and the seats are attached to the desks. The man in the picture above the blackboard is very likely the just-reelected President of the United States, William McKinley.
Black and white image of a somewhat dilapidated saltbox style house. The J. Q. A. Young House is owned by Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
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.
Black and white image of a couple. He is seated in a chair holding a pipe, while she stands next to him with one hand on his shoulder. Notice her tightly shaped bodice and the bustled skirt gathered at the back of her dress. Her dress also has velvet cuffs and a velvet collar, all typical of women's fashion styles in the late 1880s.
