Sepia-toned studio portrait of a light-complexioned blonde boy in a dress with long curls. His hair is parted on one side, and he wears a white dress with knickers over striped socks and buttoned boots. A dark sash with double rows of ruffles on either end crosses over his left shoulder and ties at his waist. He stands one end of a velvet fainting couch, with a cheetah-fur drape at his feet, and he holds a toy lamb with wheels on the arm of the couch.
Black and white studio image of a woman standing beside a chair. She wears an elaborate dress consisting of a long, fitted jacket, buttoned down the front, with contrasting collar and cuffs. The cuffs are finished with a double layer of pleats and lace. She appears to wear a high-necked blouse with a lace collar and an elaborate jabot beneath the bodice. Her matching overskirt consists of petal shaped sections edged in the same coordinating material as her collar and cuffs, while the underskirt is thickly pleated with a decorative band of the coordinating fabric. She wears a simple band ring on the ring finger of her right hand, and earrings dangle from each ear. A slight reddish tint has been applied to her cheeks.
Black and white studio image of a balding, mustachioed man from the shoulders up. He wears a suit over a white shirt with an upright, stiff collar, over which a ceremonial collar has been fastened with an elaborate badge. The collar is fringed along the outer edge, and bears the initials W C in reverse.
Black and white studio image of a woman from the shoulders up. Her dress is dark, and fastened at the neck with a brooch. A white lace collar is visible, and she wears dangle earrings in each ear. Her hair is parted in the middle and pulled back and up.
Black and white studio image of a woman in a dress with a tunic bodice. The bodice features a double row of buttons in a v-shape going up to a small collar. The cuffs and collar of the dress appear to be velvet, and a large ribbon bow is tied at her neck and upon her head. The skirt has a double row of small flounced ruffles, and she holds a fan of feathers along with a handkerchief in her hand. She appears to be sitting on a rustic fence with a blanket on the railing beside her and a stump at her feet.
Black and white studio image of a man from the shoulders up. He wears a dark suit over a light-colored shirt with a standing collar, circled by a simple ribbon bow tie. His hair is combed back, and he wears a kepi-styled hat that appears to be made of leather.
Sepia-toned studio portrait of a woman seated on a couch. She sits with one leg crossed over the other, and her hands in her lap. Her dress is dark, with a tunic style bodice over an elaborately flounced skirt. She wears a large lace collar that ties in a jabot, with a brooch just visible at the center of the bow. The couch appears to be a Victorian style fainting couch, covered with a thick pelt of fur.
Sepia-toned studio portrait of a small girl, standing on a chair. She wears a short white dress over pantaloons and white stockings. Elaborate embroidery extends across the yoke and skirt and fills the front bodice. A wide, dark sash with white streaks is tied at one side of her waist. Her hand rests on top of two books set on the table beside her. Her hair is parted in the middle and hangs in small ringlets to either side of her face.
Sepia-toned image of a young woman in a suit and bonnet. She wears a two-piece dress with a bustle and a pleated fringe on the bottom, and a pleated detail at the cuffs of her sleeves. Lace trim and fingerless gloves complete her fashionable attire. Her dress is typical of styles in the late 1870s, given its lack of a draped overskirt and relatively minor ornamentation. However, since the addressee in the transcription, Alice Sewell, was born in 1888 and photo postcards were not available until after 1902, it is likely that Ms. Brown had the photo reprinted at a later date. While the museum has no record of just who, exactly, Cleopatra Bella Brown was, Alice Sewell was a student at Pacific University in 1907 and 1908, then in 1911, after studying art in New York, returned to teach art at Pacific for a few years. Ms. Sewell was a sculptor and painter and remained an integral part of the Portland area art scene for much of the first half of the twentieth century.
Portrait of Charlotte Silvers Roy. She was born in Kentucky in 1816, and married Louis Roy on January 9, 1834. They traveled to Oregon in 1852 and settled in Greenville, Oregon.
Tintype portrait of a woman with a parasol or umbrella. She is unidentified, but may have a connection to the Washington County, Oregon area. She is posing in a studio next to a tree stump with a bucolic painted backdrop, and is holding an object in her hand, possibly a purse. The tintype is held within a printed paper frame. Based on the format and the clothing style, this image likely dates from the 1870s or 1880s.
