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Payne, Evelyn Lucille

Evelyn Lucille Payne, (later Parry) as a young girl. She was born February 23, 1906, to Irvin R. and Minnie W. (Stuivenga) Payne. She married Glenn D. Parry in Lincoln County, on August 9, 1926, and lived in Toledo the remainder of her life. She died July 10, 1994.

Boyd, William F. (Seattle, Wash.)

Cartes-de-Visite photographs

  • Org. Lot 500
  • Collection
  • 1855 - 1905

Cartes- de- visite are a form of card photograph popular from around 1860 to the early 1900s, typically used for portraiture. The common construction of these cards consists of a thin albumen print mounted on a thicker card backing measuring 2.5 x 4 inches. André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri patented the process of creating these photo cards in Paris in 1854, streamlining the process of commercial portraiture. Cartes- de- visite were traded among friends and visitors and they were popularly displayed in albums. In the United States, cartes- de- visite were a staple of commercial photographers during the Civil War as a means of selling inexpensive portraits of soldiers and their loved ones. Photographs of celebrities, military, and political figures were also popular for collecting and trading. Cartes- de- visite were superseded by Cabinet cards, a similar, larger format of roughly 4.5 x 6.5 inches, in the 1870s, but they remained popular into the 20th century.

This artificial collection was accumulated from accessions containing cartes- de- visite photographs acquired prior to 2010 by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library. The cartes- de- visite were originally part of a topical photograph collection and were separated into their own collection to address preservation concerns. The numbering scheme for the collection reflects their original placement within the topical photograph collection. As a result, numbering in this collection is not sequential. The collection includes portraits taken from about 1855 through the early 1900s. Many of the portraits have attached biographical information. Portraits by many well-known Oregon photography studios are represented in this collection, including Joseph Buchtel, Andrew B. Paxton, Isaac G. Davidson, Peter Britt, and F. A. Smith. The collection also contains images of locomotives, ships, buildings, and landscapes in the Pacific Northwest.

Also included is the Photographer Study Collection, which contains sample work from several studios in Oregon, California, and Washington. The portraits in this series are unidentified with the exception of a small selection of portraits that were identified after the collection was assembled.

In addition to Oregon-related materials, the collection includes cartes- de- visite of notable military, political, and celebrity figures from the late 19th century. The most common subjects are American Civil War portraits, a series of illustrations of George and Martha Washington, European notables cards, and advertisements.

Peterson, Walter

Walter Peterson, probably the son of Lanson and Ida, of the Lebanon, Oregon, area. He was born in about 1878, and may have lived in Independence, Oregon, around the time this photograph was taken.

McGowan, J. D. (Photographer)

Mulkey, Philip J.

Philip J. Mulkey during the Spanish-American War in the Philippines. Reverse note: "Taken after 9 days and nights of hard marching and guard duty. A dirty crowd it was...passed all the 9 days without removing clothing." Philip Mulkey was born September 1872, near Spencer Creek in Eugene, Oregon. He died September 20, 1973.

Centro Artistico (Manila, Philippines)

Pratt, Martin Taylor

Martin Taylor Pratt, a son of Irving and Sophia (Taylor) Pratt, born in Portland August 20, 1880. He had just graduated from Portland High School and enlisted in the Spanish American War when this photograph was taken in Manila. He returned to Portland and was appointed Deputy Assessor in 1901, in which capacity he served until he became deputy Sheriff in 1912. In 1916, he became Chief Deputy Sheriff and remained in that position for about sixteen years. He married Bertie Waidt on May 17, 1917. He died in Vancouver, Washington, on May 24, 1954.

Fotografia Pertierra (Manila, Phillipines)

Lee, William Brown

William Brown Lee, born in Madison, Conn., Aug. 30, 1828, the son of Jonathan Trumbull Lee (also born in Madison, in 1803) Note on reverse says that W. B. Lee lived on Mt. Tabor in 1894. He was interred at Riverview Cemetery in Portland.

Paton, Lowry

Lowry Paton, born about 1873 in Minnesota, to Anna and James Paton. He was 19 years old when this portrait was made, in about 1891.

J. L. Skivseth (Photographer)

Hornung, Joseph

Joseph Horning, born in Nov. 1856 in Germany. He married Louise (Wilhelm) in 1888 in Multnomah County. He was a machinist by trade.

Davies Studio (Portland, Or.)

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