Ladd family photographs collection [graphic], circa 1860-1989

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Ladd family photographs collection [graphic], circa 1860-1989

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Ranging in date from approximately 1860 to 1989, the Ladd Family Photographs Collection consists of portraits of the Ladd family, a group prominent in the early history of Portland, Oregon. Family members featured in the collection include Caroline Ames Ladd, William Sargent Ladd, William Mead Ladd, John Wesley Ladd, and Mary Lyman Ladd.

Approx. 0.3 cubic feet (33 photographic prints, 24 card photographs, and 6 photomechanical prints in one box)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8117736

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Ladd, Sarah Hall, 1857-1927,

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Ladd, Caroline A.

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Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.)

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Ladd, William Mead, 1855-1931.

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Ladd, Mary L. A.

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Ladd family

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Ladd, William Sargent, 1826-1893.

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William Sargent Ladd was born in Holland, Vermont in 1826. He arrived in Portland, Oregon in 1851 and took a job as a clerk in a mercantile store (which he later purchased). In 1854, after serving one term on the city council, Ladd was elected mayor of Portland. With his business partner Charles E. Tilton, Ladd later established the first bank in Oregon (1859), the Ladd & Tilton Bank. Over the course of his business career, he acquired extensive property holdings and a number of profitable c...