O. P. S. Plummer family photographs collection [graphic], circa 1880-1915

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O. P. S. Plummer family photographs collection [graphic], circa 1880-1915

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71154804

This collection contains photographs relating to the family of Dr. O. P. S. (Orlando Pleasant Shields) Plummer, who owned and operated Plummer Drug Co. in Portland, Or and also served in the Oregon state legislature and on the Portland City Council. The bulk of the collection consists of portrait photographs of Plummer and his family, including daughter Helen Plummer Gatch, taken circa 1880-1915, as well as typescript biographical material about Dr. Plummer.

Unprocessed collection: Approx. 0.36 cubic feet (1 box)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8077648

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Plummer, O. P. S. (Orlando Pleasant Shields), 1836-1913

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Gatch, Helen Plummer, 1861-1942,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kd3117 (person)

Helen Plummer Gatch (1861-1942) was born in Alton, Illinois, to Dr. Orlando P.S. Plummer, who moved to Portland, Ore. with his three daughters in 1864 after the death of their mother. As a young woman, Helen taught school before her marriage to Claud Gatch (born 1859), a banker who served as mayor of Salem, Or. from 1893-1896. They had two children, Orytha “Ryth” (born 1886) and Thomas Leigh “Tam” (1891-1954). Helen Gatch, an ambitious amateur photographer, used her dome...

Plummer family

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