Sill, Jesse G., 1881-1981.

Jesse G. Sill was born in 1881 in Illinois and died in 1981 in Portland, Oregon.

From the guide to the Jesse G. Sill papers, 1911-1978, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)

Jesse G. Sill was born in 1881 in Illinois and died in 1981 in Portland, Oregon.

He was a pioneer newsreel photographer who first filmed the Rose Festival in 1912. He started free-lancing as a camera operator in the movies in 1912. He was the first to take aerial photographs of Mt. Hood. He worked on a project in 1914 for Robert Bruce. It was a travelog starting in Portland, up the Columbia River and then to the top of Mt Adams. He was also freelance photographer for Pathe Newreels. He documented the 1933 fire that became known as Tillamook burn among his many professional projects. He continued to take photographs most of his life. He married Joy Davis in Washington State and they had one son, David.

From the description of Jesse G. Sill papers [manuscripts], 1911-1978. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 706710813