Studio portrait of eleven young men in light-colored, laced-front baseball jerseys. They pose in a symmetrical formation around their coach/manager, Wallace Cooley, and an artful arrangement of their baseball gear on the studio rug. George W. Steelhammer stands to the left of Cooley. A white border is imposed on the negative, cropping the portrait. Outside the border, the diffused skylight of Drake's studio can be seen.
Stereographic headshot of Marylou A. Edgerton taken by Drake Bros. Studio and published in the Capital Journal on April 2, 1953 to announce Edgerton's elected position as president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary in Silverton for that year. Edgerton's mother, Edna Billings, was owner of Silverton Greenhouses and Flower Shop from 1947 to 1970.
Portrait of Antoinette Berning in her hat and clothing retail shop. She poses between two counters with hat stands. Shelves filled with ribbon spools and flat boxes line the wall behind her. Hats and dresses are seen around the store. Berning married Alfred "A.A." Klinger, also a merchant of Mount Angel, on June 30, 1910.
A basketball team made up of 9 women poses for the camera in Mt. Angel, Oregon. The women stand behind one another in a line, holding the waist of the person in front. Coach Joe Kasberger stands at the end of the line.
Exterior view of a Craftsman house with a level yard with very little vegetation. A barn is at the back of the house. A wooden sidewalk can be seen in the foreground.
A very large number of women, men, and children pose for a group portrait in a wide swath along N. Church St. outside of St. Johns Church in Silverton, Oregon. Homes are seen behind them. Automobiles line the street to the left and right of the group. A wooden sidewalk is in the lower right corner. This photograph was taken with a rotating panoramic camera called the Cirkut.
A landscape photograph showing the area around South Falls at Silver Falls State Park. The waterfall is seen amongst the trees in the center of the image. Drake took this image to show the damage done to the landscape at Silver Falls as he campaigned for the site to be protected and nationally recognized.
Faraway side view of a two-and-a-half home surrounded by tall trees and a landscaped side yard. Dr. Rudolph Kleinsorge was a physician who is still well-known for his iris hybridization. He created the first true brown iris bloom, "Tobacco Road." He is credited for inspiring the Cooleys to start growing irises and was often featured in Cooley's Gardens catalogs. The house was built in 1916.
A front view of the home of Dr. Rudolph Kleinsorge at 419 E. Main Street in Silverton. Vines can be seen growing on the side of the house and a rose trellis is visible on the front.
The Masonic Temple building on the 400 block of State Street in downtown Salem, Oregon. A plume of smoke can be seen rising from behind it. Stars-and-stripes bunting decorates the building and American flags are strung above the street.
Angled exterior view of a large brick institutional building on a neatly manicured campus. Built in 1912 and known as The Dome Building, it was featured in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest."
Angled view of a newly-constructed, four-story brick building on the corner of First and Main St. A recessed entry with a round arched opening has a keystone bearing the masonic insignia. The top of the building is ornamented with a contrasting brick cross motif and running sawtooth pattern. Large windows on the first floor reveal empty rooms. Writing on the negative reads, "Masonic Temple Silverton, OR. -Samuel Anderson, General Contractor."
Exterior view of the Patty Motor Company building at the corner of 1st and Lewis Streets in Silverton, Oregon. The brick, one-story building has a sign that reads, "Ford Authorized Sales and Service" above the door. A gas pump is visible outside the building and two automobiles can be seen parked on the street.
Studio portrait of a man and a woman and their eight daughters and two sons. Drake identifies the family as the Overlunds. Ole Johannesen Overlund (1869 - 1946) and Julia Johannesdatter Fosmoen Overlund (1879 - 1931) emigrated from Norway in the late 1800's, married in Illinois in 1906, and moved to Marion County several years later. They had at least ten children, one of whom, Julia, died at age 11 from acute rheumatic fever in 1926. Ole is seen third from the left; Julia Sr. is seen second from the right.
Farm pastures surrounded by trees. Now known as GeerCrest, this is the farm in Waldo Hills where Ralph C. Geer grew fruit and Homer Davenport's mother, Florinda Geer was raised.
Studio half-length portrait of Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He wears a suit and tie and looks towards the camera. Amundsen disappeared on June 18, 1928 while flying on a rescue mission for the airship Italia in the Arctic.
Studio half-length portrait of Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He wears a suit and tie and looks towards the camera. Amundsen disappeared on June 18, 1928 while flying on a rescue mission for the airship Italia in the Arctic.
Studio portrait of seven women and four men. This image was published in the Oregonian on June 6, 1912 with the headline, "Graduates of teachers' training class, Silverton High School, who will receive one-year state certificates, in accordance with the new Oregon School Law."
The interior of a church during a religious ceremony, likely a mass, viewed from an elevated perspective near the back. The church has a high arched ceiling with tall, narrow stained-glass windows along the walls. At the front is an ornate altar adorned with statues, candles, and intricate decorations, framed by a large central arch. A group of altar servers, all boys, dressed in white robes stand in a row facing the altar, with their backs to the congregation.
Angled view of the Oregon State Capitol building, built in 1876 and destroyed by fire on April 25, 1935. The capitol's columned entrance and grand stairs are partially obscured by trees and a lifesize statue of Robert Booth riding a horse, reading a small book on the capitol's manicured lawn. Its copper dome is visible, along with the details of the dome's cupola, where arched windows allowed a 360 degree view.
Angled view of a large rectangular building with a flat roof and multiple rows of tall, grid-patterned windows. Along its long side is a loading dock area with awnings and adjacent boxcars on visible railway tracks. A Willamette Valley Transfer Company truck is backed up to an open boxcar. Adjacent industrial buildings with smokestacks are visible. An H.L. Stiff Furniture Company truck is parked at a loading dock that is partially visible on the right. The foreground is completely paved with two intersecting embedded tracks. Horse manure is visible along the tracks.
View of a circular driveway outside of the penitentiary. A columned entrance is seen on the right. Cars are parked on the other side of a small garden which has rose and hydrangea bushes.
View of a steel truss bridge spanning the Willamette River. The bridge is supported by a framework of interconnected steel beams forming triangular units. In the center, a gap in the framework and a curved beam extending over the bridge deck creates an arch. The bridge's piers are wide concrete supports. This was the third Center Street bridge, dedicated on July 30, 1918.
Close view of a display case featuring Shell products: fly spray, auto polish, furniture polish, dry cleaner, lighter fluid, lubricant. Marketing materials are positioned around the products, such as a large cutout shell illustrated with little men using the Shell products on the shell. Paper streamers create a backdrop for the display case.
Interior view of a large drug store. Display shelves and inventory line the perimeter of the room; Three displays are centered in the room with more goods. Three men, a woman, and a child are seen behind the counters. A mezzanine is seen over the pharmacy counter with more inventory. A soda counter is seen on the right.
View of a small plant or fuel distribution facility. Several small structures and three elevated oil tanks are seen behind a wooden fence. Large signs on the property read, "Standard Oil Company," "Pearl Oil for lamps, stoves, and heaters; Mica, Axle, Grease," and "Red Crown Gasoline, the gasoline of quality."
Exterior view of a Carpenter Gothic church. The wide two-story sanctuary has three tall stained glass windows with pointed arches. A steeple over the exterior walk-up entrance has more stained glass, a parapet, and a tall pointed steeple. This was the second Lutheran church at this location. It was built in 1919.
Promotional studio photograph of a metal slide at an angle. The slide has black metal framing and a ladder for ascending with large metal loops for handrails at the top. A yardstick is placed vertically next to the slide showing that its height exceeds 36 inches.