Metschan family photographs collection [graphic], circa 1880-1934

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Metschan family photographs collection [graphic], circa 1880-1934

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71156370

This collection contains portrait photographs of members of the Metschan family of Oregon and their descendants, taken circa 1880-1934. Subjects include Phil Metschan, president of the Imperial Hotel Company in Portland, Or. and state treasurer of Oregon, his wife Mary Schaum Metschan, and their children and grandchildren. There are also views taken in the Canyon City area in Oregon. Five photograph albums also contain family portraits, as well as views of Metschan family homes in Canyon City and Salem, Or. Photographers include George I. Hazeltine of Canyon City, Or. and Cronise Studio of Salem, Or., among many others.

Unprocessed collection: Approx. 1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes and 5 albums)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8077650

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Metschan, Mary Schaum

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Hazeltine, G. I. (George Irving), 1836-1918,

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Metschan family

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Metschan, Phil, 1840-1920

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Cronise Studio

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Thomas Jefferson Cronise was born on October 11, 1853 in Peru, Ill. to Henry and Louise Hosmer Cronise. The family later moved to Seville, Oh., and when Thomas was fourteen, he apprenticed as a printer with newspaper owner John Clark in Wadsworth, Oh. and later worked for newspapers in Seville and York, Oh. In 1875, Thomas’ older brother, Harry H. Cronise, moved to Oregon. Five years later, Thomas followed his brother west and moved to Spokane, Wash., later moving to Salem, Or. in 1...