Parker Studio (Salem, Or.) Wigan, Richardson and Company
Published / Created:
ca. 1910
Call Number:
WA Photos 76
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Additional exterior views of the farm include a newly planted orchard, plants during harvest, plants damaged by heavy windstorms, a pile of baskets used in harvesting, bales of hops en route to warehouse storage, loading bales on a train at the Wigrich railroad stop, a load of harvested hops in canvas sacks on a horse drawn wagon, trains loaded with hops for transport, a group of horses used in operating the farm, a loganberry patch, the removal of tree stumps using explosives, and images of livestock on the farm consisting of Jersey and Durham cows, and Poland Chinese and Duroc Jersey boars. Other exterior views show the Willamette River and the boundary of the ranch., Album of photographs distributed by Wigan, Richardson and Company, hop merchants headquartered in London, Great Britain, with photographs created by the Parker Studio, Salem, Oregon, documenting the activities of the Wigrich Ranche (sic.), a hops farm in the locality of Wigrich in the vicinity of Independence, Oregon, ca. 1910. The images consist primarily of exterior and interior views of structures, the fields, and surrounding area, in addition to images that depict pickers., Exterior views of structures include drying kilns, storage sheds, the office of the yard boss, bakery, restaurant, grocery store, dance hall, and blacksmith shop, and usually include individuals involved with their operation., Identified portraits include a studio portrait of Major W. Lewis Rose, manager of the farm, and informal portraits of Rose with his wife and daughter in front of the main residence., Images of workers involved in the hops harvest include group portraits of workers in the fields, a view of a tent camp, workers waiting for mail delivery at the post office in the grocery store, and workers leaving the ranch after harvest via automobile and train. An image shows Armenian workers of the Arslanian Brothers Contracting Company training newly established vines in a field., and Interior views of structures include a furnace room of a drying kiln, a tram car loaded with hops entering a kiln, men examining the hops harvest, hops stored in a warehouse, and men preparing bread in the bakery.
Alternative Title:
The Wigrich Ranche, Independence, Ore., U.S.A.
Description:
Imprinted text on cover, "The Wigrich Ranche, Indpendence, Ore., U.S.A.", and "Messers. Wigan, Richardson, & Co., Hop Merchants, [London]"., Purchased from Charles B. Wood III, Inc. on the Winlock William Miller, Jr. Memorial Fund, 2005., Title devised by cataloger., and Typescript captions on mounts below each photographic print.
Subject (Geographic):
Independence (Or.)--Pictorial works, Wigrich (Or.)--Pictorial works, and Willamette River Valley (Or.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Arslanian Brothers Contracting Company, Parker Studio (Salem. Or.), Rose, W. Lewis, and Wigan, Richardson and Company
Subject (Topic):
Agricultural laborers--Oregon--Pictorial works, Agriculture--Oregon--Pictorial works, Armenians--Oregon, and Hops--Oregon--Pictorial works
Photograph album of a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii [graphic]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Photograph album of a trip from San Francisco to Honolulu in February and March of 1923. Members of the trip include Mrs. H. T. Stickney, from New York, Bishop W. Q. Shepard, from Portland, Dr. A. L. Howarth, also from Portland, Edward H. Todd and his wife, from Tacoma, and Mrs. C. H. Jones, also from Tacoma.
Photograph album of a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii [graphic]
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Photograph album of a trip from San Francisco to Honolulu in February and March of 1923. Members of the trip include Mrs. H. T. Stickney, from New York, Bishop W. Q. Shepard, from Portland, Dr. A. L. Howarth, also from Portland, Edward H. Todd and his wife, from Tacoma, and Mrs. C. H. Jones, also from Tacoma.
Arthur Woods Wang photographs and profiles of authors and ranchers
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A collection of 78 photographs, in three volumes, of authors, including Mark Van Doren, Roland Barthes, Elie Weisel, Arna Bontemps, Alger Hiss, Wole Soyinka, Arthur Kopit, and Eric Bentley. A fourth volume contains 17 photographs of Montana ranchers and their family members. Three typescript profiles by Wang - of Wesley Towner, Kingsley Martin, and Ted Joans - are included in a separate box.
Arthur Woods Wang photographs and profiles of authors and ranchers
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
A collection of 78 photographs, in three volumes, of authors, including Mark Van Doren, Roland Barthes, Elie Weisel, Arna Bontemps, Alger Hiss, Wole Soyinka, Arthur Kopit, and Eric Bentley. A fourth volume contains 17 photographs of Montana ranchers and their family members. Three typescript profiles by Wang - of Wesley Towner, Kingsley Martin, and Ted Joans - are included in a separate box.
Photograph album and photographs of Montana, New Mexico, and Colorado.
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
English translation of the deutscher Schrift inscription: Apachen [ word undeciphered ] in the Sierra Madre mountains (Mexico), Location of image: Emory Spring, Perilla Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona Territory, and Transcription of the deutscher Schrift inscription: Apachen [word undeciphered] in dem Sierra Madre Gebirge (Mexico)
Subject (Name):
United States. Army. Cavalry, 6th--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians--Pictorial works and Indians of North America--Pictorial works