Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a woman and 2 children. The woman holds a baby in her lap while a young child stands at her side. The woman is identified as Lucinda Sumner Hadlock and they two children are likely Samuel W. Hadlock and Lillian Hadlock. Typed note enclosed with the image reads, "Mrs. Lucinda Sumner Hadlock, a pioneer of 1852, and children. Taken by Buchtel, Portland, O. T., 1856. In later life this lady was known as Mrs. Taylor." Case is made of leather. Case cover missing and replaced with archival board during conservation.
Framed portrait of General Joseph Lane, seated and wearing a suit. He looks at the camera. Typed note enclosed with the image reads, "This is a very rare portrait of General Joseph Lane. It was presented to the Oregon Pioneer Association by Mrs. Winifred Mosher, his youngest daughter, in 1900. In response to an inquiry regarding the date when it was taken, she said she thought it was in 1855 or 1856 -- at any rate, during the Indian war in those years -- and by Joseph Buchtel in Portland. The portrait was called an ambrotype."
Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a woman and man standing next to each other, looking at the camera. The woman wears a dress while the man wears a suit. Handwritten note enclosed with the image reads, "Cyrus H. Walker and Abigail B., his sister, afterwards Mrs. James A. Karr, founder of Hoquiam, Washington. Taken by Buchtel, Portland, O. T., Oct. 23, 1857." Case made of wood and pressed paper.
Cased photograph featuring a portrait of photographer Joseph Buchtel and his daughter. Buchtel stands next to his daughter, holding a watch up to her face. The girl is seated and wears her hair in braids. Both look to the right of the camera. Handwritten note affixed to the case reads, "Joseph Buchtel and daughter." Legacy collection records indicate this is likely his daughter Lucy. Case is missing its cover.
H. C. Clement (born about 1845 in Canada), house painter in Albany, Oregon. Went to Portland, then to Tacoma, where he dealt successfully in real estate.
La Fayette Grover, a delegate to the 1857 Oregon Constitutional Convention, a U. S. Senator, U. S. Representative, and the fourth Governor of Oregon (1870-1877). He lived in Salem, Oregon, for many years, and died suddenly, in Portland, on May 10, 1911.
Ebenezer C. Holden was a bookkeeper, born in England in about 1825. He married Emma and they immigrated to the United States in 1851. He later went by Charles E. Holden.
Emma R. Holden, born in 1844 in England, who married Ebenezer Charles Holden. They immigrated to the United States in 1851 and settled eventually in Portland and Astoria. He worked as a bookkeeper and an auctioneer.
Reverend George W. Izer, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon, 1871-1873 and 1881-1883. Photo taken in either 1871 or 1872.
Isaac "Ike" Long (1848-1874), raised by Walter Monteith, was a printer, born in Missouri. He was in charge of the Jackson Sentinel newspaper at the time of his death in Albany.
Reverse of photo labeled as Frank Morgan, "Supper Weady Roo." Frank Morgan was born in 1876, and this photograph is older than ca. 1880, so this is likely to be his older brother, Fred, born in 1870. They were the sons of Amos H. and Malinda (Boon) Morgan.
Henry Bromwell Morse, originally from Bath, Maine, who arrived in Oregon in 1858, from California. He married Harriet Newell Millard (the daughter of Dr. Justin Millard) in Portland in 1861. Their children were Henry F., Dr. Edwin W., Eugenia, Emma C. (Riddell), and Harriet M. (Lockwood). The Morses were among the charter members of the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Henry was the Portland City Treasurer in 1862, as well as a merchant and miner.