The house of Col. Robert Pollack, which was located one mile south of Cornelius. Giles Mooberry, Byron Mooberry and Ray Farmer are shown standing on top of the windmill tower, and Lester Mooberry stands on the woodpile below.
Montgomery 'Gum' Turner (1866-1951) and Vessie (Parmley) Turner (1872-1960), photographed while sitting on the front porch of their home. Montgomery was the proprietor of first store in Banks and was a Trustee for the Banks Dairy Products Company and proprietor of a Tillamook dairy farm. Montgomery and Vessie moved to Banks in 1904, and lived out the rest of their lives there, raising four children and prospering in their business enterprises.
William Skinner standing in a living room holding the Pacific University Boxer. Behind Mr. Skinner is a Crosley cabinet radio and phonograph player. Mr. Skinner was asked to weld one of the legs back onto the body, which he did.
Due to a housing shortage during WWII the government had some trailers moved onto the city block that now makes up Rogers Park. Dr. and Mrs. Rogers built a mansion on the property where they retired. The house fell into disrepair and was dismantled where some of the materials were used in other houses during the war.
Due to a housing shortage during WWII the government had some trailers moved onto the city block that now makes up Rogers Park. Dr. and Mrs. Rogers built a mansion on the property where they retired. The house fell into disrepair and was dismantled where some of the materials were used in other houses during the war. This is on the corner of Elm Street and 18th Avenue.
Picture was taken from north side of Pacific Avenue at approximately College Way intersection. View is of the south side of Pacific Avenue looking west. Corner building sign is POST OFFICE FOREST GROVE ORE. On the same building is s GRANGE HALL sign. There is also a World War II poster positioned at the curb. A woman is walking ease on the sidewalk. The next building does not have a visible sign. The next building is TIP TOP ICE CREAM and the sign behind it is ???GS then the GROVE THEATRE and CRÈME FREZE Vehicles appear to be late 1930s and early 1940s.
This brick three story building facing Elm Street was the first dedicated High School building and was called South Park High School. There is a concrete sidewalk in front and the street is paved with a curb. A flagpole that was present in an earlier photograph is on seen in this photograph. Also, the building has been added onto the left end with a single story extension. A new building is seen on the right at the corner of Elm Street and 17th Street. On the 17th Street side of the new building there is a mid to late 1930's school bus. At the far right of the picture on the school grounds and in the shade of a tree are two men (boys) wearing what looks like baseball uniforms. One has number 10 on the back. The building was sold to the Catholic Church and was being converted when it was destroyed by fire in 1956. The gymnasium, across Elm Street, was torn down in the mid 1980's. Across 17th Street is what would become Rogers Park. Due to a housing shortage during WWII the government had some trailers moved onto the city block.
This brick building stands on the southeast corner of Pacific Avenue and A Street. The Forest Grove Christian Science Society was formed in Forest Grove in 1901 and the land was purchased in 1914. This Georgian Revival building was built in 1916 and is on the National Register. Three shallow steps led to the double front door on Pacific Avenue. The entry is in the center of the building with a tall arched window on each side in the middle of their walls. A round, white globe porch light is on both sides of the door. There is an arched window just above the doors. Arched windows are also on the right side of the building with a door at the back that faces Pacific Avenue. The roof is a hip roof. There is a parking meter at the curb close to the front entry. The street is paved and the sidewalk is concrete but stops at the corner and does not continue down A Street.
F. E. (Fred) and Fay Voget standing in front of an outdoor floral display. Fay is wearing a smart looking ladies suit with a hat and purse. Fred is wearing a suit and a jaunty cap. Mr. Voget was owner of Gales Peak Lumber Company during this time.
An aerial view of Forest Grove from the south looking north. Gales Peak Lumber Company, which was located at the corner of B Street and Stringtown Road, is shown in the lower left of the picture. Larkins lumber mill is in operation just north of Gales Peak and Gales Creek, which meanders through the picture (ribbon of trees).
1 of 10 of a Columbia River Highway collection. View is of a curved road around a natural rock wall. The Columbia River is in the center of the picture and Washington State is in the background.
2 of 10 of a Columbia River Highway collection. View looking up the Columbia River with Crown Point in the center-right of the picture. The Columbia River is in the lower left and goes to the central right of the picture. Washington State is in the background across the river.
3 of 10 of a Columbia River Highway collection. View looking into Oneonta Gorge. Steep, almost vertical rock walls on both sides of a small stream flowing toward the camera.
4 of 10 of a Columbia River Highway collection. View looking at the central portion of Multnomah Falls with a bridge crossing in front of the falls about mid-picture.
