A photograph of Ruth Flowers and Ralph Flowers with their son, Clifford Flowers. They are standing in front of an automobile in a residential neighborhood. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Ralph and Ruth Flowers and son in front of family residences, nos. 381, 383, 385, 387 NE 1st Ave, Portland."
A photograph of Allen Ervin Flowers standing on a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood. He is holding the hand of a young child standing beside him who is identified as his grandson. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "E. A. [sic.] Flowers & grandson."
A full length portrait of Elmer Allen Flowers as an infant. He is wearing a long white gown and is laying on a chair covered in a striped blanket. A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Elmer Allen Flowers, 4 months & three weeks old."
A full length portrait of Ervin Milton Flowers at two years of age. He is standing with one arm resting on the seat of a chair. He wears a dark playdress with a white, ruffled undershirt. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Ervin Milton Flowers, 2 years old."
Photograph of a boy holding a branch of a small apple tree in an orchard at the Glen Cove Ranch near Scappoose, Oregon. Three apples grow on the tree. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "3 yr. Yellow Transparent Apple, Glen Cove Ranch near Scappoose. K9." Stamps on the front and back of the print indicate a 1911 copyright by Kiser Photo Co.
Photograph showing 2 men and 2 children farming a field, likely in Kennewick, Washington. There is a farmhouse behind them, along with 3 additional structures. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Kennewick, Wn."
Photograph showing several children and adults posing on the front of an SP&S steam locomotive #700. One adult and child are still climbing the locomotive and have their backs turned to the camera. Handwriting on back of print reads, "Wishram excursion." Stamp on the back of the print reads, "W. LC. May 20 1956."
Groups of school-aged children gathered in the front lawn of the high school in Pasco, Washington. There is a large American flag on a pole on the top of the building.
Photograph of a child digging a hole in the sand on a beach in Oregon. Another child stands next to the hole with a shovel. In the background, people stand or play in the ocean.
Photographic postcard showing a horse-drawn parade float in Prineville, Oregon. There is a miniature log cabin on the float, along with children dressed as pioneers. A sign on a building behind the float reads, "Foster & Hyde - The General Furnishing Store." Embossment on the bottom of the print reads, "Lafler, Prineville, Oregon."
Photographic postcard showing girls in white dresses marching in the Rose Festival parade in Portland, Oregon. Each holds onto a streamer attached to a pole in the middle of the group. Writing on the bottom of the print reads, "Rose Festival, Portland, Ore. Electric Studio."
Photographic postcard of a large group of children waiting beside the railroad tracks at a train station. One child stands in the foreground and looks at the camera. A sign on the side of a building reads, "Spokane, Portland & Seattle 3073." Handwriting on back of postcard reads, "Hillsboro school children @ Hills. Taking train, OE Ry, to Forest Grove for county fair, 1913."
Panoramic group photograph of a Buddhist Sunday School at the Tule Lake Relocation Center, taken October 7, 1945. Over 100 people, mostly children, pose for the photograph outside. Buildings and a guard tower are visible in the background. The Tule Lake Relocation Center was one of ten American concentration camps to which Japanese Americans were forcibly removed and incarcerated.
Photograph of James Mamoru Yasutome kneeling on the ground at the Tule Lake Relocation Center. He is 2-years-old. There is an exterior wall of a building behind him. Taken in January 1946. Handwritten notes on photograph read, "Jim," and, "Momoru (sic) at Tule Lake. 1/46." The Tule Lake Relocation Center was one of ten American concentration camps to which Japanese Americans were forcibly removed and incarcerated.
Kindergarten students sit in a row of chairs in a shoe store in Salem, Oregon. Two of the children are being fitted for shoes. Taken during a holiday excursion for the children, organized by the Valley Migrant League. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on December 17, 1965.
An unidentified girl leans over and looks down at the typesetting for an issue of the Opportunity News newspaper. An issue of the newspaper, published on July 29, 1966 and featuring the headline, "Fun, action at Eola open house," sits on top of the typesetting. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on September 9, 1966.
Filipino farm workers attend a meeting of the National Farm Workers Association in Delano, California, where Cesar Chavez and other NFWA leaders spoke about working conditions for agricultural laborers. One man holds a sleeping child in his lap. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on January 13, 1967.
Nurse Lois Christianson finishes giving an injection of penicillin to toddler Jimmy Perry at a medical clinic in Eola Village, Oregon. Jimmy lies over the lap of his mother, Mrs. Thomas Perry. Jimmy's brother, Johnny, looks on from the right. The medical clinic offers free medical care and vaccinations to residents of Eola Village. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on July 16, 1965.
A group poses after a boxing match held at the Valley Migrant League's open house event in Eola Village, located in Yamhill County, Oregon. Pictured left to right in the back row are: Ramiro Olivarez, Jose Rios (Program Aide for the Valley Migrant League), Harold Lewis (State Representative for Yamhill County), Wayne Blake (winner of the boxing match who holds up both arms in the air), and Dr. Kenneth Holmes (Chairman of the Linfield College Human Relations Committee). Note on the back of the print reads, "John Smith photo." This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on July 29, 1966.
This file contains 2 images on 1 negative. In the image on the left, trapeze artists perform at the Shriners Circus. In the image on the right, a girl in the audience looks up at the trapeze performance (not pictured). This excursion was organized by the Valley Migrant League for the children of migrant laborers in the area of Salem, Oregon. These images were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on July 1, 1966.
A boy stands in front of a jukebox at a new youth recreation center organized by the Woodburn Police Department in Woodburn, Oregon. The wall behind the jukebox is covered in a collage made of clipped magazine photographs of various people. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 10, 1966.
Five children stand around a bicycle with a sign draped over it, reading, "Capital Journal." The boy holding the bike likely works as a delivery boy. The Capital Journal was a newspaper based out of Salem, Oregon. This image was likely taken by staff of the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News circa 1965 - 1968.