A portrait of Neva Elliott, a Portland area lawyer. She’s wearing a wide hat and a pin on the front of her dress. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Monday, November 29, 1948 (negative 1 of 2).
Murderer Morris Leland, hands in pockets, sits with his attorneys, Anthony Pelay Jr. (center) and Thomas H. Ryan (right), awaiting a verdict from a jury during his trial. He was found guilty for the murder of 15-year-old Thelma Taylor and later executed on January 9, 1953 at the Oregon State Penitentiary. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, November 9, 1949 (negative 1 of 4).
Convicted murderer Morris Leland (left) with his attorney Thomas H. Ryan, during his sentencing hearing. Leland was found guilty of killing 15-year-old Thelma Taylor under the St. Johns Bridge, now in Cathedral Park, Portland. Morris wears a suit and looks at the camera, while his attorney looks towards him. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, March 14, 1951 (negative 3 of 3).
Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a man wearing a suit and looking at the camera. Typed note enclosed with the image reads, "Leopold Wolfe, Of Jewish descent, was a very able lawyer, and a partner of W. F. Trimble in 1863-1868. office, 63 Front Street, Portland. He died in 1868." Case is union case made of thermoplastic.