Ralph I. Gifford Photographs circa1910s - 1947 1935-1947

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Ralph I. Gifford Photographs circa1910s - 1947 1935-1947

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The Ralph I. Gifford Photographs consistof images taken by Gifford throughout Oregon, primarily during the 1930sand 1940s. The photographs depict many Oregon landmarks and scenes,including the Oregon Coast, Crater Lake, Mount Hood, the WallowaMountains, and the Snake River Canyon. The collection includes numerousimages of sport fishing as well as several photographs of NativeAmericans. Ralph Gifford was the son of Benjamin A. Gifford and took overhis father's Portland photography business around 1920. In 1936, Ralphbecame the first photographer of the newly established Travel andInformation Department of the Oregon State Highway Department, a positionhe held until his death in 1947.

2.5 cubic feet, including 2089photographs; 17 boxes, including 2oversize boxes, and 1 map folder

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Born in Portland, Ralph I. Gifford (1894-1947) worked in his father's (Benjamin A. Gifford) photography studio as a boy and accompanied his father on photography trips around Oregon. He married Wanda Muir Theobald in 1918 and spent the last part of World War I in the U.S. Navy. Ralph took over his father's photography business around 1920 and sold it in 1928 to go into the motion picture business with F. C. Heaton in Portland. In 1936, Ralph became the first photographer...

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