With people like Alta Walter and friends traveling the country in their Model T’s, facilities sprung up to provide overnight accommodations. This tiny wood and canvas cabin was home for one night, providing a little warmth and shelter for travelers
This view looking up Third Street towards Oak dates to about 1912. The streets would be paved in 1913, and the First National Bank was built in 1910 along with the Heilbronner Building in the foreground. You can see the
I believe this is Alta Walter May’s husband Wallace with her brother Andy Walter showing off a new John Deere tractor at the farm in Klondike (Sherman County) Oregon in March of 1942. This was probably one of the last
This image may document the uniting of two retail powerhouses of Hood River in the twentieth century. The automobile with 1917 Oregon tags is a work vehicle of EA Franz Co., the longtime Hood River hardware store. The man on
This is from the Thomson family album, circa 1917. He’s standing on the corner of 2nd and Oak looking NW. I’ll note while he’s well-dressed in most of the other images in this album, in this one his clothing is
This great postcard view of the Hood River High School girls’ basketball team is one of several in our collection of Ruth (Hanna) Barnett material donated by her granddaughter. I’m not sure of the exact year, but it would have
One of the Thomson boys must have played football at Hood River High. It looks like the team is well equipped with helmets. A couple of the boys have shoulder pads, and several have those nose guards which were eventually
I found this nice Crater Lake Lodge negative in a Kresse Drug Store envelope with the name “E. Franz” on it. Unfortunately they didn’t fill in the date field, but I am guessing late 1920s or early 1930s based on
The Hood River News‘ “unknown” box included a set of five professional images presumably of Blossom Fest participants, circa 1957. Unfortunately we don’t have the names of any of the women, but I’ll bet we could find something in the
This is Dora Belle Thomson at her home on the corner of 9th and Cascade, circa 1912. This is only the second image I’ve seen of the “old armory” on Cascade Avenue. The 1909 Sanborn map shows a large two
