Carte de visite of Mount Shasta, with a wooden fence in the foreground. There is a visible crease from the top to the bottom of the image. Not positively identified as having been taken by Carleton E. Watkins. Title written on verso of photograph in unknown hand.
Carte de visite of Mount Shasta, with a wooden fence in the foreground. There is a visible crease from the top to the bottom of the image. Not positively identified as having been taken by Carleton E. Watkins. Title written on verso of photograph in unknown hand.
A head and shoulders portrait of Grandad Booth. A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Grandad Booth on mother side (Flowers family)."
A head and shoulders portrait of Roscoe Dixon. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Roscoe Dixon, About 1880, Operated Roscoe's Oyster House in Astoria, Ore."
Transcription from back: “Elder Geo. Wills. Father of Reuben, grandfather of Nellie. Wife of Elder George was Sarah Jane, daughter of Springer Peacock.”
Transcription from front: “Mrs. John R. Thompson, boarding house, 1864.” Transcription from back: “ Mrs. J. R. Thompson, manager Thompson’s Boarding House, 185 Front Corner Madison.”
Transcription from back: “Hon. William Wallace Thayer (Governor). Crossed the plains 1862. Sixth governor of State of Oregon 1878-1882. Chief Justice of Oregon State Supreme Court 1888-1890. See “History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon” page 278.”
Transcription from back: “Terry, Chester N. Sec. Of the Grand Lodge of I.O.O.F. 1856. Secretary of the Constitutional Convention, Salem, Sept. 18, 1857. Presented by Mrs. S. C. Dyer, Salem. Rec. No. 270.”
