People with horses at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. The horses are standing in a row in an arena as a seated audience watches from the sides (negative 6 of 13).
Five-year-old trick rider Carol Armtrout, standing in the saddle of a galloping horse. She has both arms raised and is looking towards the camera. Most likely taken at Multnomah Stadium, empty stands can be seen in the background (negative 2 of 4).
Five-year-old trick rider Carol Armtrout, sitting in a saddle on top of a horse. She is holding the mane of the horse while looking towards the camera. Most likely taken at Multnomah Stadium, empty stands can be seen in the background (negative 4 of 4).
Montie Montana, Grand Marshall of the 1955 Rose Parade, riding a horse and holding a lasso that he has used to rope a child from the crowd (negative 8 of 11).
Two men sit in a horse-drawn delivery wagon on a street outside of a Meier & Frank store in Portland, Oregon. An automobile prepares to pass the wagon from behind. Pictured from left to right are Lawrence Horseman, driving the wagon, and A.W. Holts, a senior driver who began working at Meier and Frank in 1903. This wagon is a part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Meier and Frank company (negative 12 of 12).
A tintype in a paper mount depicting a group of children from the Boys & Girls Aid Society taking a ride in Lester Leander Hawkin's horse-drawn wagon, Jupiter. The wagon is parked in front of the Pioneer Post Office (today the Pioneer Courthouse) in downtown Portland, Oregon. A handwritten note from the back of the paper case reads, "L. L. Hawkin's Tally-Ho "Jupiter." 34 children taking a ride."
View of First Street in Portland, Oregon, in 1857 attributed to Lorenzo Lorain. The photograph shows the Union Hotel, Monnastes & David foundry, and Hop Wo Washing & Ironing. Several horse-drawn wagons are on the unpaved street in front of the buildings. Several men stand around large metal pieces in front of the foundry. A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Portland, 1857. West side of First Street, between Yamhill and Morrison, showing the foundry owned by Monnastes & David, and the Union Hotel."
Two horses stand on a dirt road in Portland. They wear blinders and have reigns around their necks. The road appears to be a residential street that passes several houses in the background.
A little girl wearing a dress sits on a horse in a yard in Portland. A few chickens graze in the area behind them. A house is visible in the background.
Two horses pull a piece of construction equipment on a dirt road. A man stands behind them with one hand on the reigns and the other on the equipment. This is likely part of a street construction project. A horse ring is visible in the foreground on a curb bordering the dirt road.
A man and woman stand next to a horse in a wooded area in front of a large tent in Portland. The tent is tied down to a long tree branch that has been fashioned into a post.
A team of men pose with over a dozen mules and horses at a construction site in Portland. Equipment attached to the mules is used to clear land for a new street. A neighborhood of houses is visible in the background.
Black and white photograph of a woman sitting in a canoe in the middle of a flooded street. Men and boys stand in the street and on the sidewalks, many wearing thigh-high rubber boots. A man rides on a horse behind the woman in the canoe, and a pair of horses and a buggy are visible behind him. The water is about a foot deep. The photograph is mounted on a grey mat that was once bound into an album. Handwritten text below the photograph reads "Flood of 1890" and "Lady in Canoe". The photograph was taken in February, 1890, when excessive rain and unusually warm weather caused the Willamette and Columbia Rivers to flood.
Photograph showing horse cars on the corner of Grand Avenue and East Morrison Street in East Portland. A wooden building can be seen on the corner, with other building visible behind. Two horse-drawn street cars can be seen at either sides of the frame, and three other horse-drawn carts with riders are visible near the center. Several men stand at the entrance to the building on the corner, looking at the camera. The photograph is a reproduction of a pinned image (pins can be seen on the frame) with the caption “Horse car-line on Grand Ave and E. Morrison.” On the photo frame “Eastman, photo” is written.
Photograph of a horse-drawn pole derrick with seated man. A hat sits next to the man, who looks at the camera. Railroad tracks cross the frame, and a wooden building can be seen in the background.
A photograph of Ervin Flowers standing between two horses in front of a barn at the Flowers family farm near Mt. Scott in Southeast Portland. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Ervin Flowers on Farm."
A photograph of a group of people standing in front of a tent on the Flowers family farm in the Lents neighborhood of Southeast Portland. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Allen Elmer [sic.] Flowers Farm on north slope of Mt. Scott. about 1895. Across from Lincoln Park Cemetery."
A photograph of seven people seated in or standing beside a horse-drawn wagon on the Flowers family farm near Mt. Scott in Southeast Portland. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "On the farm. Leaving for picnic on the Clackamas River. Flowers Farm, Lents."
A photograph of Ervin Flowers leading a horse down a path. Allen Flowers stands to the side. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Ervin, Dad Flowers, and Maude."
A view of a street in Portland, Oregon, with street car tracks in the road. A horse is emerging from a livery stable at the right of the photograph. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "Portland, 1895 - Livery Stable (r.)(3rd?)."