Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, Astoria line photograph album [graphic], circa 1912.

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Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, Astoria line photograph album [graphic], circa 1912.

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Photograph album depicting the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway's railroad line running from Astoria, Or. southwards on the Oregon coast, circa 1912. Subjects include hotels and restaurants in Seaside, Cannon Beach, and other coastal towns in Oregon; railroad passenger cars; beaches and coastal views; and scenery in and around Gearhart, Seaside, and Westport, among other towns. Photographers include Benjamin A. Gifford, Fred H. Kiser, Arthur A. Prentiss, George M. Weister, and Angelus Studio, all of Portland, Or.

0.3 cubic feet (146 photographs in 1 volume).

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6962782

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Weister, George M., 1862-1922

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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...

Kiser, Fred H.

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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 M.,

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Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway

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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...

Angelus Studio (Portland, Or.),

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