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Quarters, Fort Umpqua, Oregon Territory

One salt print photograph from page 25 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The photograph shows a hewn-log building with a brick chimney and a long covered porch surrounded by trees at Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. A duplicate print of this photograph identifies the building as the Quarters of Co. L 3rd Artillery. The fort blockhouse is visible in the background immediately behind the building.
Image note: OrgLot1416_F04_002 is a duplicate print.

Lorain, Lorenzo

Pope, William Henwood

William Henwood (Henry?) Pope, son of Capt. Seth Pope, and brother to Seth Luen. He was born April 11, 1839, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He traveled to Oregon with his brother via Cape Horn, arriving on May 1, 1854, and settled in Columbia County as a merchant.

Hendee, Denny H., 1826-1907

Portrait of an unidentified family

Two daguerreotype portraits in a double case. The first portrait is of an unidentified woman wearing a dark dress with a white shawl and house cap. The image surface is damaged obscuring some detail. The second portrait is of an unidentified man and woman with an infant and an open book held in her lap. The man and woman are both seated looking directly at the camera. The man wears a dark suit with a bow tie. The woman wears a dark dress with a white lace collar and full sleeves with dropped epaulets. Both of the portraits are copies of earlier daguerreotypes. The conservator's notes for the portrait of the woman indicates that the name "Corduan & Co. N. Y." is printed in reverse under the matting at the top of the plate.

Portrait of an unidentified young woman

A daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified young woman. She is seated looking directly into the camera with one arm resting on a table and the other in her lap. She wears a dark dress with ruffle details, a white lace collar, and a brooch at her neck.

Portrait of an unidentified couple

An ambrotype portrait of an unidentified couple. They are both seated looking directly into the camera. The man on the left holds one hand in his lap and has his other arm around the back of the woman beside him. He wears a dark suit and has full, dark hair and a beard. The woman seated on the right has both her hands folded in her lap. She wears a striped dress with a white collar, a dark shawl, and a cross necklace. Legacy collection records indicate that they may be connected to the Harry L. Dale family.

Soldiers at Camp Day, 1860

A view of Camp Day, Oregon. A group of soldiers holding rifles stand in a line in front of a small grouping of white tents in a clearing surrounded by ponderosa pines. The soldiers are from Company L, Third Artillery division attached to Fort Umpqua at the Oregon Coast. A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Co. "L", 3rd Artillery, U.S.A. at Camp Day, 1860. Photograph by Lorenzo Lorain."
Camp Day was a temporary military encampment established in the Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon during the summer and fall of 1860. The military expedition was a response to reports of potential conflicts between members of the Klamath and Modoc people and Euro-American settlers concerning land use and territorial rights.
Image note: For duplicate copies of this photograph, see OrgLot1416_F01_004 and OrgLot1416_F04_004.

Lorain, Lorenzo

View in Klamath Lake, Oregon

View of the landscape near Klamath Lake, Oregon. Lorenzo Lorain took the photograph in circa 1860, possibly from near the Spencer Creek area. A mountain is faintly visible in the distance. A handwritten caption on the back of the print is covered by a backing board. It reads, "View in Klamath Lake, Oregon."
Image note: the original print is severely light faded, see OrgLot1416_F03_001_detail for an enhanced copy for the print with more detail.

Lorain, Lorenzo

Detail view in Klamath Lake, Oregon

Detail view of the landscape near Klamath Lake, Oregon. Lorenzo Lorain took the photograph in circa 1860, possibly from near the Spencer Creek area. A mountain is faintly visible in the distance. A handwritten caption on the back of the print is covered by a backing board. It reads, "View in Klamath Lake, Oregon."
Image note: the original print is severely light faded, this copy of the image file has been adjusted to reveal additional detail. To view the unmodified original file, see OrgLot1416_F03_001.

Lorain, Lorenzo

Fort Umpqua, Oregon

Four photographs likely taken in and around Fort Umpqua, Oregon by Lorenzo Lorain between 1857 to 1860. The photographs are cut in an oval shape and glued onto bristol board. A handwritten caption on the back of the page reads, "Probably Fort Umpqua, at mouth of Umpqua River, c. 1857-1860. Photo by Lt. Lorenzo Lorain, U.S.A." Image descriptions going clockwise from center-top photograph.

  1. A group of seven unidentified Native American women and children seated on the ground below a tree. The photograph is taken from below looking up a slight hill. The identities of the people and the exact location in the photograph is unknown, but the photograph likely depicts members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, or Siletz peoples held at a camp on the bank of the Umpqua River on the southern border of the Coast Reservation near Fort Umpqua.
  2. A hewn-log cabin on the banks of a river which was likely taken near Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.
  3. An unidentified group of people standing in front of a low, hewn-log structure near Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. The structure is likely a cedar plank house constructed by members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw, or Siletz peoples held at a camp on the bank of the Umpqua River on the southern border of the Coast Reservation near Fort Umpqua.
  4. Block house building. Three people sit by the building's entrance to the right of the photograph. A person standing beside a horse and wagon are on the left side of the photograph.
    Image note: Duplicate prints of all four images are included in OHS Album 101.

Lorain, Lorenzo

Lorenzo Lorain photograph album

A bound album of photographs believed to be taken and collected by Lorenzo Lorain while stationed in Oregon between 1857 and 1860. The photographs depict military structures and Native American structures at Fort Umpqua and the Coast Reservation in Douglas County, Oregon Territory. Also included are portraits of military personnel and their families stationed at Fort Umpqua, and portraits of Native American people from southwestern Oregon held near Fort Umpqua on the southern portion of the Coast Reservation.
Note: only pages with content are included in this digitized version of this album, blank pages are omitted. One photograph potentially depicting Native American burial practices is also excluded from the digital version of this album.

Lorain, Lorenzo

Portrait of John B. Scott

One salt print portrait from page 15 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The portrait is identified as John B. Scott wearing a military uniform. Two hand-written notes written below the photograph read, "Gen. Thomas B. Scott [Thomas is crossed out]," and, "or Major John B. Scott." There is a darkened space immediately below the photograph were a now missing photograph was once attached.

Lorain, Lorenzo

Portraits and scenes near Fort Umpqua

Four salt print photographs from page 19 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). Image descriptions starting from the top photograph:

  1. A hewn-log cabin on the banks of a river which was likely taken near Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.
  2. A group of Native American men, women, and children seated below a tree on the top of a sand dune.
  3. A portrait of an unidentified Native American man.
  4. A portrait of an unidentified Native American woman.
    The identities of the people and the exact location in the photographs on this page are unknown, but the photographs likely depict members of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, Siuslaw or Siletz peoples held at a camp on the bank of the Umpqua River on the southern border of the Coast Reservation near Fort Umpqua.
    Image note: OrgLot1416_F04_003 includes duplicate prints.

Lorain, Lorenzo

Portrait of an unidentified man

One salt print portrait from page 31 of an album of photography by Lorenzo Lorain (OHS Album 101). The man is unidentified but likely is associated with Fort Umpqua in Douglas County, Oregon Territory.

Lorain, Lorenzo

Portrait of Henry H. Angell

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a seated man with his left arm resting on the back of a chair. A typed note enclosed with the image reads, "Henry H. Angell, 1823 - 1902. Crossed plains to Baker, Oregon in 1880." Collection records indicate this was taken circa 1860. Case is lacquer, inlaid with abalone in a floral design. Spine embossment reads, "Bijou."

Portrait of George C. Cook family

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a family showing a father, mother, little boy and little girl. The husband sits on the right and looks to the left. His wife and 2 children look at the camera. Typed label enclosed with the image reads, "George C. Cook, Mrs. George C. Cook, George W. H. Cook, Mary E. Cook." Legacy records indicate this was taken circa 1860. Engraving below the image reads, "J. C. Moulton - Fitchburg." Case is made of wood and leather.

Moulton, J. C.

Portrait of Mary Richardson Walker

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a woman wearing a dress with a white collar. She looks to the left of the camera. A typed note enclosed with the image reads, "Mrs. Mary Richardson Walker. Born, Maine, 1811; married Rev. Elkanah Walker, March 5, 1838; crossed plains horseback that year to Whitman Mission; first child, Cyrus, born at Mission, Dec. 7, 1838; died Forest Grove, Oregon, Dec. 5, 1897." Mary Richardson Walker came to Oregon as a missionary. Legacy collection records indicate that her son Cyrus was the first white male born in the Oregon Territory. Case is made of wood and leather. Case cover was replaced with archival board during conservation.

Portraits of Mr. Patten and wife Ann Patten

Case contains 2 portraits. On the left is a portrait of a woman sitting next to a table with her hands in her lap. She wears a striped dress. Her elbow rests on the table and she looks at the camera. On the right is a portrait of a seated man wearing a suit. He holds his right hand up to the buttons on his jacket and smiles at the camera. Handwritten note enclosed with the images reads, "Mr. Patten of Brewer, Maine and wife Ann (Cook Russell) Patten, taken about 1860. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Averill, Donor. Rec. no. 85." The image of Mr. Patten was previously named: OrgLot1414_0238S011. Legacy collection records indicate the last name can also be spelled, "Patton." Case is made of wood and pressed paper.

Portrait of a young woman, possibly Mrs. William Metsger of Nashville, Tennessee

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a seated young woman. She rests her right elbow on the arm of a chair and holds her hand up to her cheek. Two large tassels hang in the air behind her. Legacy collection records indicate she may be Mrs. William Metsger of Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Kicher is listed as the donor. Case is a union case made of thermoplastic.

Portrait of Reverend Ephraim Roberts and his wife, Myra Farrington Roberts

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a man and woman standing next to each other. The man stands on the left, wearing a suit and looking at the camera. The woman stands on the right, wearing a dress with a white collar. She looks to the left of the camera. Typed note on envelope reads, "Rev. Ephriam (sic) Peter Roberts (Congregationalist missionary) and Myra (Farrington) Roberts. White Salmon, Washington Territory 1862-1865 then to The Dalles, Oregon until his death in California, February, 1893. He was born in Dorset, Vermont, October 23, 1825. His wife Myra died in Oregon in 1912." Notes in legacy collection records indicate this may be a copy of an ambrotype. Case is made of leather.

Portrait of Mary A. Harris and daughter

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a seated woman, identified as Mary A. Harris, holding a baby on her lap. The woman wears a dress with a white lace collar. The baby wears a dress and a necklace bearing a cross. Typed note enclosed with the image reads, "Mrs. George W. Harris and daughter. The Harris family lived in a cabin a few miles north of Grants Pass. It was attacked by Indians Oct. 8, 1855. Mr. Harris was killed; his son fled and never was heard of. Mrs. Harris drew her husband's body into the cabin, barred the door and defended herself until dark; then locking the door, she and her daughter, the latter wounded, hid in the brush and were found the next day by Major Fitzgerald, U.S.A., and soldiers." Case is made of leather and wood. The cover is missing and has been replaced with archival board.

Portrait of the child of Mrs. Elizabeth Polk

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a child sitting in a chair and holding a book. The child wears a printed dress and looks to the left of the camera. Typed note enclosed with the image reads, "Ambrotype of Mrs. Elizabeth Polk & son, cousin of Mrs. W. B. Wells." Handwritten note on the verso of this note reads, "Mrs. missing since 11/83." [The photograph of Mrs. Elizabeth Polk is missing.] Case is made of leather and wood. The cover is missing and has been replaced with archival board.

Portrait of William Alexander Lee

Cased photograph featuring a portrait of a young child sitting on the arm of a chair. He wears a dress with a polka dot pattern. He appears to be around 3-years-old. Handwritten note affixed to the back of the case reads, "William Alexand. Lee 46:35." According to legacy collection records, this note has also been interpreted as reading, "William Olex (or Alex) and. Lee, 96:35." Case is made of leather and wood.

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