Gifford photographs collection

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Gifford photographs collection

circa 1890-1947

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv80724

This collection primarily contains photographs taken by Benjamin A. Gifford, who worked both in Portland and The Dalles, Or. from 1890-1920, both as a solo photographer and in partnerships with Herbert Hale as Gifford & Hale and with Arthur M. Prentiss as Gifford & Prentiss. The collection also contains photographs taken by Benjamin's son, Ralph I. Gifford, who began work in his father's studio and later was a photographer for the Oregon State Highway Commission until his death in 1947.

12.1 cubic feet; 3,757 photographs, 6 postcards, and 23 volumes of photogravures in 32 document boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 1 folder in oversize flat files)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6378882

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Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway

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