Oregon Trunk Railway photograph album [graphic], circa 1911-1912.

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Oregon Trunk Railway photograph album [graphic], circa 1911-1912.

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Photograph album of images taken for the Oregon Trunk Railway, circa 1911-1912. The photos depict areas and subjects in central Oregon, including farms and agriculture; the Warm Springs Indian Reservation; landscape views; and the towns of Bend, Madras, Prineville, and Redmond, among other locations. Photographers include Benjamin Gifford and Kiser Photo Co., among others.

0.53 cubic feet (227 photographs in 1 volume).

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6943001

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Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.)

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Oregon Trunk Railway

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The company was incorporated in 1909 to take over two existing, partially completed railroads: the Central Oregon Railroad Company and the Oregon Trunk Line, Inc. It completed those lines and built additional trackage aggregating 157 miles and linking the cities of Fallbridge (Wash.), Metolius (Ore.), Opal City (Ore.), and Bend (Ore.). GN sold (1910) a half interest in the company to the Northern Pacific Railway and it was thereafter managed by their joint subsidiary, the Spokane, Portland and S...

Gifford, Benjamin A.

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Benjamin A. Gifford (1859-1936) was born in DuPage County, Illinois. After briefly attending Kansas Normal College, Benjamin worked for two years as an apprentice in a Ft. Scott, Kansas, photo gallery. He finished his apprenticeship in Sedalia, Missouri, under William LaTour, and then returned to Fort Scott to become a partner in a photo studio. Benjamin married Myrtle Peck in 1884; he and his wife moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1888 and by 1891 had started a photo studio across the street from t...