Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photograph album [graphic], 1940-1951.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photograph album [graphic], 1940-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173505042

Photograph album of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle railway line between Portland, and Seaside, Or., 1940-1951. Subjects include views of Astoria, Seaside, and Warrenton, Or. and other views of the Oregon coast; the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Or.; salmon fishing; railroad employees; and some interior views of railroad cars. Photographers include Carl E. Vermilya, Fred H. Kiser, Alfred A. Monner, and Arthur M. Prentiss, as well as Photo Art Studios of Portland, Or., among others.

0.21 cubic feet (52 photographs in 1 volume).

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6922008

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Photo Art Studios

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68674b5 (corporateBody)

Kiser, Fred H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j39bjj (person)

Brothers Fred H. (1878-1955) and Oscar H. Kiser (1883-1905) started photography as a hobby, but Fred gained recognition as one of the most successful commercial photographers and one of the best artistic mountain photographers in the nation during the first quarter of the 20th century. Through his Kiser Photo Company and other enterprises, he produced and sold prints, albums, stereographs, postcards, and glass lantern slides, many of which were hand-colored in oils. As the official ...

Prentiss, Arthur,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x2t8z (person)

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69k8316 (corporateBody)

The Burlington Northern Railroad and the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway merged in the 1970s. From the guide to the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photographs collection, circa 1920-1979, (Oregon Historical Society) The Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway was incorporated in 1905 in Washington as the Portland & Seattle Railway. Its name was changed in 1908. The company, jointly owned and controlled by the Northern Pacific Railway Company and the Great N...

Vermilya, Carl E., 1923-1977,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64t6t5s (person)

Monner, Alfred A., 1908-1998,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6580zhf (person)