Moorhouse, Lee, 1850-1926
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Thomas Leeander Moorhouse (1850-1926), known as Major Lee Moorhouse, was an amateur photographer from Pendleton, Or. In 1878, he served as field secretary for Oregon governor Stephen F. Chadwick during the Bannock-Paiute War and the following year was appointed to the Third (Eastern Ore.) Brigade of the Oregon State Militia, where he earned the rank of Major. The owner of a mercantile business in Pendleton, Moorhouse & Livermore (later Lee Moorhouse and Co.), Lee Moorhouse also served one term as mayor of the city in 1885. From 1889 to 1891, he was employed as the agent to the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Lee Moorhouse began taking photographs circa 1897-1898. During a period when many amateur photographers were experimenting with new innovations in film negatives and snapshot photography, Moorhouse used glass plate negatives to capture his subjects. He took over 9,000 images, photographing the activities of his hometown of Pendleton, Or. and, especially, Native American life in the Columbia River basin and Umatilla County.
From the description of Lee Moorhouse photographs [graphic], circa 1897-1919. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 64595613
Thomas Leeander Moorhouse (1850-1926), known as Major Lee Moorhouse, was an amateur photographer from Pendleton, Or. In 1878, he served as field secretary for Oregon governor Stephen F. Chadwick during the Bannock-Paiute War and the following year was appointed to the Third (Eastern Ore.) Brigade of the Oregon State Militia, where he earned the rank of Major. The owner of a mercantile business in Pendleton, Moorhouse & Livermore (later Lee Moorhouse and Co.), Lee Moorhouse also served one term as mayor of the city in 1885. From 1889 to 1891, he was employed as the agent to the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Lee Moorhouse began taking photographs circa 1897-1898. During a period when many amateur photographers were experimenting with new innovations in film negatives and snapshot photography, Moorhouse used glass plate negatives to capture his subjects. He took over 9,000 images, photographing the activities of his hometown of Pendleton, Or. and, especially, Native American life in the Columbia River basin and Umatilla County.
From the guide to the Lee Moorhouse photographs, circa 1897-1919, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)
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Subjects:
- African American rodeo performers
- Cayuse Indians
- Indian reservations
- Indian reservations
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Native Americans
- Nez Percé Indians
- Nez Percé Indians
- Oregon
- Photographs
- Railroads
- Rodeo performers
- Rodeo performers
- Rodeos
- Rodeos
- Rodeos
- Sports and Recreation
- Umatilla Indians
- Walla Walla Indians
- Women in rodeos
- Yakama Indians
Occupations:
- Photographers
Places:
- Umatilla Indian Reservation (Or.) (as recorded)
- Lower Columbia River Valley (Or. and Wash.) (as recorded)
- Little Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.) (as recorded)
- Pendleton (Or.) (as recorded)
- Washington (as recorded)
- Lower Columbia River Valley (Or. and Wash.) (as recorded)
- Umatilla River Watershed (Or.) (as recorded)
- Pendleton (Or.) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Umatilla Indian Reservation (Or.) (as recorded)
- Oregon (as recorded)
- Umatilla River Watershed (Or.) (as recorded)
- Washington (State) (as recorded)
- Little Bighorn River (Wyo. and Mont.) (as recorded)
