Beaverton, OR - Photo Gallery - History

Aerial view of Beaverton in early 1950's

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Aerial view of Beaverton in early 1950's looking Northwest

Aerial view of Beaverton, 1930

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Aerial view of Beaverton, 1930. The road going horizontal thru the middle of the photo is Farmington Road. A little left of center is the Cady building, next to the old bank of Beaverton. Left of that is Broadway, with the long old brick building.

Beaverton Airport, 1966

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Beaverton Airport, 1966. Aerial shot looking north along Cedar Hills Blvd. In 1969 the airport was closed and demolished to make room for Beaverton Mall. At that time it was Oregon's oldest operating airport.

Beaverton Mall, August 1984

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Bernard Airport / Bernard Beaverton Mall

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Before and after: Bernard Airport in the 1930's and Bernard Beaverton Mall in the late 1980's. Beaverton at top of photograph.

Bernard Field, Cedar Street, 1931

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Bonita Road crossing I-5

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Bonita Road crossing I-5 just south of Tigard. The photo is looking west and the road in the center that makes a zag towards the upper right is SW 72nd Avenue.

Canyon Road in West Slope

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Looking NE from just west of current SW 91st Ave (which goes off to the right). Center left is the intersection of what is now Canyon Road and Canyon Lane, with the triangular piece of land being where a Dairy Queen once stood. Across Canyon from that is

Center Street - Cedar Hills, looking northwest

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City of Beaverton, circa 1922

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City of Beaverton, aerial view about 1922. The bandstand was moved from Braodway Street when the Fisher Building was constructed. To the right of the bandstand is a small structure - City Hall. The large white building with the stairway is the Ray Morse H

Sunset highway looking west towards Cedar Hills

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Sunset highway looking west at Cedar Hills, at what will eventually connect to 217. The Peterkort greenhouses are to the right, the houses in foreground are where the wall is being built to the south of highway 26. White rectangular building (lower right)

A.M. Kennedy arrived in Beaverton in 1877 to farm

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A.M. Kennedy arrived in Beaverton in 1877 to farm. He was later one of the first mail carriers in the community.

A.M. Kennedy

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A.M. Kennedy carried the mail for 10 years

Aaron Vasco Denney home 1902

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1902, Aaron Vasco Denney and Alice Smith pose by their new home.

Three Women

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Left to right: Agnes (Kennedy) Luchs, Emma (Huber), Dena (Classen) Mayfield

Alfreda Austin and her parents at the old home

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Alfreda Austin and her parents at the old home (present-day Canyon Road at 104th), September 1912

Augustus Fanno and wife Rebecca Denney Fanno

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Bank of Beaverton

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Bank of Beaverton (later US Bank) on Watson at Farmington (now Magee Beauty School). Additional information submitted by Curtis Wilson: Albert E. Wilson is in the driver's seat of the twenty millionth Ford. Mr. Wilson was Mayor of Beaverton several times

Beaverton Depot for Oregon Electric Railway

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Beaverton Depot - Laura Walker Olds waiting in two-seater buggy. By 1913, there were 51 trains a day over the Oregon Electric Railway, including 20 commuter trains. The others went to Forest Grove, Salem, Albany, and Eugene.

Beaverton Grade School Band 1936

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Beaverton Post Office Mail Carriers

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Beaverton Post Office mail carriers starting their routes: A.M. Kennedy, W.B. Emmous, Victor Emmous, and Billy Boyd.

Ben Holladay, City Founder

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Bill Boyd, Postal Carrier 1910

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Cyrus McKay

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David Mason and LaMerne Dean

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David Mason (son of Dr. C.E. Mason and later a doctor himself) and LaMerne Dean

Dean's Drug Store circa 1950

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Deans' Drug Store on Farmington Road in the Cady Building, circa 1950. Left to right: Roy Maurer, Mary Dean and Ruth Harmon (cosmetics girl).

Dena Classen and her mother, 1915

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Dena Class and her mother, 1915. The Classens built hothouses along Canyon Road and grew vegetables which they shipped to Portland. They had about thirteen acres and raised cucumbers and lettuce.

Dena Classen in the Lettuce House, 1915

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Dena Classen marries Mr. Vasileff

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Dena Classen Vasileff and Children

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Dena Classen Vasileff and children, 1924-1925

Dena, Florence, Dottie, and Laurie Classen

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Dena Classen Vasileff Mayfield with Florence, Dottie, and Laurie

Dena Classen Vasileff

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Dena, Florence and Dorothy Vasileff

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Dena, Florence and Dorothy Vasileff (Claussen)

Dr. Hetu, First Dentist in Beaverton

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Dr. Hetu, first dentist in Beaverton, in his office in the Cady Building. He came to Beaverton around 1900. He often functioned as an anesthesiologist for Dr. C. E. Mason whose office was next door. Dr. Hetu was from Quebec, Canada. Originally, he was

Early Oregon Pioneers, circa 1885

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Early Oregon Pioneers, circa 1885 (left to right): Mrs. C.B. Reynolds, Mary Ramsey Woods (claimed to be 100 years old), Mrs. Stewart, Thomas Oldins, S.J. Brown, Mary Moore, Mrs. Ric Lomis (Walker), and Thomas Tucker (second from the right).

Erickson's Blacksmith Shop

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Erickson's Blacksmith Shop on Farmington and Main. Sing reads: 'Do Not Ask For Credit.'

Eva and Rose Merlo and a Boarder

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Eva and Rose Merlo and a boarder who lived at the Commercial Hotel, 1917. Rose and Eva Merlo were the two oldest of seven daughters of John and Annunziata Merlo. The Merlo family were immigrants from Italy who arrived in Beaverton, around July 4, 1910. T

F.W. and Mame Cady, 1923

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The Tucker Family

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Family portrait of Mary and William Tucker and their 11 children. Standing (left to right): Elizabeth, Thomas B., Abraham Lincoln, Delilah, Ira, Adeline, Eva. Front row (left to right): Will, mother Mary J. (Landess), Carl, father William M., and Lottie.

Farm Kids

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Farm kids with Oregon Electric Railway station in background

Telephone Exchange

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First telephone exchange for Beaverton was located on the back wall of Thyng's Confectionary. Lillian Thyng was the operator. Pictured are George Thyng, Herbert Thyng (brother) and Ray Alberts.

Francis Marion Robinson, M.D.

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Frank Howell

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Frank W. Livermore 1930, lumberman

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Frank W. Livermore 1930, lumberman, also served as Washington County Commissioner and County Judge. Contracted pneumonia and died in 1931.

Franklin and 9th St

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This house was located on Franklin and approximately 9th Street (near Elsie Stuhr Center). The location is now part of an apartment complex

Fred Willis Cady

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George Yates and his student Morrie Gilbert

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In addition to designing and building aircraft, George Yates was also Bernard Airport's first instructor. One student taught by Yates was Morrie Gilbert, right, a Portland business man. Yates was issued pilot license #549 in 1930. The license was signed b

Men

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Harry Barnes, Wallice Brown, Roy Burst, and Ed Brown

Hop Pickers

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Hop pickers getting ready to board the Oregon Electric at the Jefferson Street Teminal in Portland. The train would take them to the valley. The farmers would usually offer the pickers small cottages to live in, but the pickers and their families generall

Horse and buggy

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Horse and buggy in front of Doc Allen's on Broadway.

Irene Hetu and Robert Harris in front of Dean's

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Irene Hetu and Robert Harris in front of Dean' s Drugs. Irene Hetu (daughter of Dr.Hetu - first dentist in Beaverton) became one of the first female pharmacists in the West.

Ivy Livermore at about six years of age

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Jenny McKay

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Peterson Home

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John and Matilda Peterson with children at family home

Joseph Gaston, City Founder

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Kids in front of Rose home

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Left to right: David Rose, Harold Dean, LaMerne Dean at the Rose home.

LaMerne Dean with her parents Lewis R

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LaMerne Dean

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LaMerne Dean in costume in front of Dean's Drugs.

Livermore Lumber 1907-08

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Charlie Walker driving the team, worked for Livermore's.

Livermore Mill

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Mail carrier

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Mail carrier to Rural Route #1. Car was 1911 Brush.

Spring Reign

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March 1952: Queen Greenali Zwahlen, Escort Ed Bamsdell, Prime Minister Budge Wright, and Syliva Wilson, Maureen Kain, Eugene Nordling, Dick Gervais, Wanda Benson, Mary Jo Kornell, Bob Grant. Possibly from the "Spring Reign" annual dance.

Mary Barnette and Mary Dean

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Mary Barnette and Mary Dean after she (Mary B.) christined a ship at Swan Island (circa 1942). Her husband was an engineer at the ship yards. Mary Barnette was LaMerne Dean-Alexander's sister-in-law and worked as an interior designer at Seiberts Funiture

Mary Welter 1918 Nurse's Training

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Motorcyclist on Broadway

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Motorcyclist on Broadway at Watson Avenue. Cady Building on Farmington Road over his left shoulder.

Neighbors visit George Yates and his latest airpla

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Cedar Hills Blvd. neighbors Anne Holboke (far left) and Sophie and George Moshofsky and their children visit George Yates and check out the latest Yates addition to a growing Bernard Airport fleet.

Women

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Olga Johnson, Derle Denney, Ruth Lindner, Mabel Olson and Josephine Kosmalski - 1907

Onward Is Our Aim

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From left to right: Anna Peterson, Frank Kline, Georgia Phillips, Lester Squires, Josephine Bennett, Alice Watts, Kathryn Desinger, Harry Barnes, Esther Kuenzi, Harvey Kuenzi, Amy Squires, Mary Shepard, Margaret Peterson, Roland Kuenzi

Oregon Electric Railway

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Otto Erickson and 1920 Model T

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Parade float

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Vena Thyng and Violet Sprainer

Parade watchers in front of Rossi Saloon

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Parade watchers in front of Rossi Saloon(left) and Morse Hall (right). J. Frohnauer's Lettuce and Cucumber wagon (right).

On the Road

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Possibly in the area of what is now SW 155th Avenue and Weir Road.

Recess Games

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At recess students played Blackman, Drop the Handkerchief, Last Couple Out and ball.

Rose Biggi and girl friend, St. Marys, June 1915

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Second Livermore Mill 1900-1901

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Second Livermore Mill 1900-1901, Beaverton, Oregon. Mrs. Livermore in doorway, right; Ivy, three years old, far right.

Speedy Classen and Dena Classen

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Speedy Classen and Dena Classen. Speedy got his name from Guy Carr, who called him Speedy on the baseball field. The name stuck.

The Classen Family in front of the family house

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The Classen Family, Beaverton 1904

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The Lambert Classen family came to Beaverton in 1904. They had come from Germany with their children.

The Merlo Family, Commercial Hotel dining room

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The Merlo Family - sitting: Eva, John, Dena, Annunziata, Rose; standing: Theresa, Leona, Louise, and Ada. Commercial Hotel dining room 1919. As of May 2007, Dena, the youngest child, was still living on her own in California.

The Rossi Family, 1909

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The Rossi Family, 1909: August (Gus) Rossi, saloon owner, with wife Hattie Wolf and children from left: Frank, Albert, Elva, and Raymond

The Welters and their cars

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The Welters had the first Buick in Beaverton. It was a gray Buick and the kids loved riding with the top down. They built a home at 3rd and Lombard.

Thomas Denney and Berilla King

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Two ladies with baby carriage, circa 1900

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W.E. Pegg and Lewis Dean in front of Dean home

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W.O. Hocken and his Wife

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Watson Street

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Boys in wagon.

Workers

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Workers in the Beaverton Southern Pacific shops.

Young Women

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Young women including Agnes Luchs and Dena Classen

Youngsters barefoot on new concrete sidewalk

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Slivers in the feet were no longer a problem for the youngsters once the new concrete sidewalks were poured. Federal dollars from the WPA funds were used for this Beaverton project in 1938. Those same funds also created a new city library.

Beaverton Grade School 1920-21

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Beaverton School 1921-22

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Beaverton: Grades 7, 8, 9, and 10

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Beaverton: Grades 7, 8, 9, and 10: 1st row, left to right: Margaret Peterson, Margaret Jones, Amy Squires, Hazel Hunter, Pearl Hughson, Emily Hoover, Azalea Young, Hilda Carlson, Ova Altiu(?), Nellie Teffton, Genevieve Watts; 2nd row: Anna Peterson, Ida M

Beaverton Grammar School 1912

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Beaverton High School

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Beaverton High School 1920 or 1921

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Beaverton High School and field

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Beaverton High School, Senior Class 1934

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Beaverton High School

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Beaverton School: 1st Row: Ildrie King, Pauline West, Wilbur Warhman, Willis Cady, Arthur Jones; 2nd Row: Bramwell Price, Margaret Jones, Kathryn Desinger, Amy Snider, Amy Squires, Alice Watts, Harry Barnes; 3rd Row: Leon Davis, Frank Kline, Azalea Young,

Beaverton High School's Freshman Class 1931

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Beaverton Public School

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Beaverton School (student body and building)

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Beaverton's school population continued to grow. Eventually after years of crowding the entire student body on the front steps for the school photo, the porch and steps collapsed.

Beaverton School 1902

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Beaverton School 1910

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Beaverton School 1912

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Beaverton School 1921-22

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Beaverton School 1923-24

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Beaverton School 1925-26

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Beaverton School 1925-26. The first girl on the left in the front row is Alice Johnson Gienger and the boy next to her on her left is her twin brother Alfred Johnson. The boy second from the right in the first row is James Medill.

Beaverton School Bus

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Beaverton School students

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School days included spelling bees, recitations, mental arithmetic, lessons in deportment, and slate work. The children spit on their slate boards and rubbed them with their petticoats or shirt sleeves to erase.

Beaverton School, Grades 1, 2, 3

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Beaverton School, Grades 4, 5, 6

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Beaverton School

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Beaverton's School about 1880

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Cooper Mountain Class, 1905

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Cooper Mountain Class, April 1905. Front row, left to right: Ivy Livermore, Clem Kemmer, Susie Kemmer, Fred Reusser, Eva Kemmer, and Edna Reusser. Back row: (name unknown), Ivy Peterson (teacher), (name unknown), Bertha Reusser.

Entire Progress School student body around 1912

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Fifth Grade, Beaverton Grade School, 1930-31

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Fifth Grade, Beaverton Grade School, 1930-31. William Denney is third from the left on the top row.

Little Knowledge Box

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Little Knowledge Box - note the cattle head decoration above the school house sign.

Progress School 1904-05

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Progress School 1904-05. Teacher: Miss Elizabeth Downing. Bruce Denney (indicated with X) and Derle Denney (indicated with checkmark)

Progress School graduating class 1912

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Earl Fisher and his Progress School graduating class of 1912. Fisher taught school during the day and published The Owl, Beaverton's newspaper, at night. Back row: Earl Fisher, Jennie Olson, Clarence Bowers, Derle Denney, Nellie Snider. Front row: Mabel O

Progress School students 1907

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Progress School students 1907: Olga Johnson, Derle Denney, Ruth Lindner, Mabel Olson and Josephine Kosmalski.

Public School, Beaverton Oregon

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In 1910 students carried their belongings from the old school near the ditch, and marched two-by-two through Beaverton to the new four-room, double-story structure complete with a full cement basement and equipped with the latest heating and ventilating d

Raleigh Hills School 1912

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Saint Mary of the Valley Academy

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Saint Mary of the Valley Academy, located between Farmington Road and the Tualatin Valley Highway, is a Beaverton landmark with its copper dome.

Saint Mary's School

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School children in front of Beaverton School

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School children

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A child's help was essential on the farm. School records show that boys were often absent over half the time.

St. Mary's Institute, Beaverton, Oregon

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St. Mary's girls, 1908

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Broadway 1920

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Broadway 1920, Fisher Building on right housed a variety of small shops including the bus depot and the Beaver Inn with it's home cooking. On the left is a sign for the White Hall Restaurant.

Broadway about 1910

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Looking west on Broadway about 1910. Left to right: Morse Hall (first floor Vincent Mazzei's shoe repair, second floor photo studio), George Hughson residence (originally the Kelly home), Dr. Robinson's Drug Store, Dr. Robinson's residence, Stroud Real Es

Broadway, looking west

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Broadway

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Broadway, M.P. Cady General Merchandise and Bank of Beaverton

Broadway

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Broadway, M.P. Cady General Merchandise and Bank of Beaverton

Business Street, Beaverton Oregon; Grocery Market

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Canyon Road

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Downtown Beaverton

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Downtown Beaverton. South side of Broadway looking east.

Downtown historic district

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Farmington Road, 1911; Grocery Market

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Main Street shops

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Oregon Electric train

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Denney Road, with bridge over Fanno Creek

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Possibly Denney Road, with bridge over Fanno Creek

SW 155th Avenue and Weir Road

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Possibly in the area of what is now SW 155th Avenue and Weir Road looking west with Cooper Mountain in the background. Alternately identified as Murray Road (Now SW Murray Boulevard) looking south toward Sexton Mountain.

Scholls Ferry Road 1931

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Car on Scholls Ferry Road across from the Golf Club, 1931

Southern Pacific Depot along Front Street

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Southern Pacific depot at Farmington and Broadway

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Old downtown area looking east. Farmington Road is to the right and Broadway to the left. Southern Pacific depot in background in center.

SW Broadway

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SW Broadway. Square facade is the current Broadway Saloon.

Two ladies with baby carriage, circa 1900

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View of Business Section, Beaverton Oregon 1912

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Watson Avenue

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Watson Street, boys in wagon

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Watson Street: boys in wagon are Heinie, Al Rossi, and Jimmy Whitworth.

Watson Street, February 1937

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Watson Street, Columbia Market - Beaverton snowstorm February 1937

Farm kids with Oregon Electric Railway behind

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Beaverton was a farming community. The Oregon Electric Railway (station in the background) brought new people and changes to the community.

Garden Home Railway Depot circa 1911

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Garden Home Railway Depot circa 1911. This structure formerly stood on a trestle where Multnomah Blvd and Garden Home now intersect. The old station site was the branch on the main stem. Tracks to the left went south to Nesmith, Metzger, and Greenburg. Tr

Hotel Beaverton viewed from the train depot

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Hotel Beaverton viewed from the train depot. This building was later known as the Commercial Hotel that was owned and operated by the Merlo family.

Near the track at Huber, F.W. Livermore Lumber

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Oregon Electric Railway - 1910 observation car det

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Oregon Electric Railway - 1910 observation car had mahogany wood finish, floors were carpeted, seats plush, and ceilings were decorated in green and gold.

Oregon Electric Railway - 1910 observation car

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Oregon Electric Railway - 1910 observation car had mahogany wood finish, floors were carpeted, seats plush, and ceilings were decorated in green and gold. The photo is either of two identical Observation Cars purchased by the Oregon Electric Railway (OER)

Oregon Electric train

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The Welters and their cars

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The Welters had the first Buick in Beaverton. It was a gray Buick and the kids loved riding with the top down. They built a home at 3rd and Lombard.

Wreck on the Southern Pacific line, about 1923

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Wreck on the Southern Pacific line near Glen Cullen and near Paccuzzi estates

Early Cedar Hills, looking southwest

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Hall Street - Progress

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Looking east over Orenco

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Looking northwest along present Highway 217

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Looking northwest from Fred Meyer Raleigh Hills

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Looking toward Aloha

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Looking toward Portland

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Looking West Toward Aloha

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North view including the High School and Airport

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Northeast view across Beaverton High School

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Reedville looking to the Southwest

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SE View along Railroad Tracks

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View of Beaverton 1950's

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Beaverton Airport, 1966

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Bernard Airport 1934

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One of the earliest photographs of Bernard Airport taken in 1934. Photo looks east towards Cedar Hills Blvd.

Bernard Airport/Bernard Beaverton Mall

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Before and after: Bernard Airport in the 1930's and Bernard Beaverton Mall in the late 1980's. Beaverton at top of photograph.

Boys of Bernard Field

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The Oregon Pilot’s Association, 1937 or 1938. Standing (left to right) – Tom Story, Volney Briggs, Charlie Bernard, Fred Miller, Myron Buswell, Holly Fletcher , Bud Gall, Eugene L. "Roy" Cooper. Kneeling (left to right) – Walt Rupprecht, G. Thurston, Bob

Dale and Don Holmes' (twins) glider at Bernard Ai

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The gliders were the spark that began it all. The handmade glider of twins Dale and Don Homes makes a gentle landing at Bernard Airport in 1930/31. Note the roof of Bernard's barn located just north of Walker Road in the photograph.

George Yates and his Bi-motor

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George Yates makes a final check on his Bi-motor prior to a test flight in 1940 from Swan Island Airfield. This aircraft was just one of the many planes designed and built by Yates at Bernard Airport.

George Yates and his student Morrie Gilbert

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Neighbors visit George Yates and his latest airpl

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Cedar Hills Blvd. neighbors Anne Holboke (far left) and Sophie and George Moshofsky and their children visit George Yates and check out the latest Yates addition to a growing Bernard Airport fleet.

Photo identified as Yates' "Stiper" geodetic airpl

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Photo identified as Yates' "Stiper" geodetic airplane. This airplane was built using a modified Chevrolet engine called the Martin 333 for Elmer Stipe, the first Chevy dealer in the Beaverton area.

Wives and friends of pilots and builders at Bernar

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Wives and friends of pilots and builders often attended local air shows and meets at Bernard Field. Mrs. Charles (Vivian) Bernard is third from the right.

Yates and Bernard at Yates Aircraft

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Top left: The Stipper, built by George Yates for Elmer Stipe. Right: Charles Edward Bernard, 1934. Bottom left: George Yates and the Stipper.

Unknown Photo

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Unknown Photo

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Early 20th-Century Store

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Early 20th-century Store, 1915

3rd St between Main and Angel

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This house is on SW 3rd street between Main and Angel. The view is looking west.

A.B. Cady family home on 7th and Angel

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Aaron Vasco Denney home

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Aaron Vasco Denney home 1902

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1902, Aaron Vasco Denney and Alice Smith pose by their new home.

Alexander residence on SW First Street

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Home of Guy and Mable Alexander (on SW First Street, Downtown Beaverton Historic District) who bought the house and made it their home for many years until they built a new home, currently located on 2nd and Main.

Augustus Fanno farmhouse

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The Augustus Fanno farmhouse is located off Hall Boulevard on Creekside Drive, just east of the Hall-Greenway intersection. This historic home has been restored by the Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District.

Bank of Beaverton

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Beaverton Bakery

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Beaverton Bakery. Car in photo is a Chevy Citation, early to mid 1980's.

Beaverton Grammar School 1912

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Beaverton High School 1915

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Beaverton High School 1915. The new three-story building had 21 rooms and only 21 students. The town was planning ahead because the grade school had 150 students.

Beaverton Mall, August 1984

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Beaverton Masonic Temple

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Beaverton Public School

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Beaverton School

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Beaverton School (student body and building)

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Beaverton's school population continued to grow. Eventually after years of crowding the entire student body on the front steps for the school photo, the porch and steps collapsed.

Beaverton School 1923-24

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Beaverton School 1923-24

Beaverton's School about 1880

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Beaverton's School about 1880

Fred Cady's stop

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Wagons ready to deliver goods from Fred Cady's store.

Walkway by Cady Building

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This is the walkway between the Cady Building looking south across Farmington. Cady Building is on the left. This building is currently a salon, and has changed little from the existing photo. The photograph was taken after the Farmington Rd renovation an

Welter Greenhouses circa 1910

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The Welter family had come from Germany to Chicago, Indiana, then Beaverton about 1890. They built greenhouses in Beaverton and raised cucumber in the summer and lettuce in the winter. Once a week the father Michael Welter loaded up a covered wagon and to

Unknown Photo

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Assembly crew in Otto Erickson's Beaverton Garage

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Assembly crew in Otto Erickson's Beaverton Garage 1923: (left to right) George Litzkg, Cecil Barnes, James Whitworth, Joe Muessig, and Guy Carr.

Beaverton Confectionary Shop on Broadway, 1916

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Boys in front of Beaverton Bakery

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Three teenagers take advantage of the snowy weather. Beaverton Bakery and the Ritz Theater can be seen in the background. Additional comment: The boys on the sled are Floyd Carlson Jr. and Bob Myers. The boy standing next to the horse may be Crandall Pec

Broadway

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The Bank of Beaverton founded in 1910 was located on the south side of Broadway Street between the M.P. Cady General Merchandise Store and the town bandstand.

Broadway 1920

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Broadway 1920, Fisher Building on right housed a variety of small shops including the bus depot and the Beaver Inn with it's home cooking. On the left is a sign for the White Hall Restaurant.

Broadway about 1910

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Broadway at West Avenue 1892

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Broadway at West Avenue 1892. Squires' Carriage and Blacksmith Shop on left. W.E. Squires at left with greyhound. Mrs. Frances Squires at the gate. Dave Wheeler in the wagon.

Broadway Saloon

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Broadway, M.P. Cady General Merchandise and Bank o

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Business Street, Beaverton Oregon; Grocery Market

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Carr Chevrolet with Beaverton Fire Department truc

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Carr's Car Service on Broadway 1937

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Carr's Car Service on Broadway at Watson Avenue (now Sieberts Furneiture). Around 1937.

Mason P. Cady's general store

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Mason P. Cady in the dark suit stands in front of his store on Broadway. 'Monopole' was a brand of canned goods popular in 1910.

Merchant outside of Cady Building, circa 1914

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Morse Building, Miller and Hardy

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Morse Building, Miller and Hardy, Props., Beaverton Oregon - 1911

Huber, F.W. Livermore Lumber Company

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Otto Erickson's Beaverton Garage 1919.

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Assembly crew in Otto Erickson's Beaverton Garage 1919. Left to right: Howard Boy, Guy Carr, Otto Erickson, Mr. Snipe, and Speedy Classen.

Rossi Saloon (built in 1900)

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Saloon owned by Gus Rossi (built in 1900) located at Broadway and West Streets.

Springwater mill on the Livermore land

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Springwater mill on the Livermore land. Mill burned fall 1897. Frank Livermore sawing; Ernest Livermore behind. Log ends were beveled to slide easier as the oxen pulled the fallen trees to the sawmill.

Stipe's Garage constructed in 1921

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Stipe's Garage was constructed in 1921 by Burt Hocken. In 1940 Guy Carr purchased the Chevrolet dealership which was formerly Stipe's. 1923

Telephone Company building

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Former Telephone Company building located on the corner of 1st and Watson

The Deans in front of Dean's Drug Store circa 1920

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Left to right: Lewis R. Dean, Harold Dean, Mary Dean standing in front of Dean's Drug Store circa 1920s. The store was located in the Cady Building and faced Farmington Road.

Thrifty Market on Broadway

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Thrifty Market, 1930's

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Thyng's Confectionary

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George Thyng and Archie Masters

View of Business Section, Beaverton Oregon 1912

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Watson Street, February 1937

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Watson Street, Columbia Market - Beaverton snowstorm February 1937

Community Sunday School Picnic about 1889

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Community Sunday School Picnic about 1889. Cong. Meth. Adventists, Lombard -- First and Front Street now.

Congregational Church Members

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Congregational Church: Mrs. Stitt, Rev. Blanoliette, Dr. Harrison, Rev. Ballinger, Fred Cady (behind organ on H.M. Barne's Truck)

Methodist and Congregational Churches 1913

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Methodist and Congregational Churches 1913, Metzeter Park

Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church and School 1913

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Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church and School

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Saint Cecilia's Catholic Church and School built 1913. Church was torn down in 1951 when Damerow Ford built its show room and garage.

Second Methodist Church

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Second Methodist Church. In the early days the Methodists were guests of the Congregationalists until they could build their own church. The first church was built in 1885 by W.O. Hocken, who also donated the land. It was a simple one-room building.

St. Cecilia's Catholic Church

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St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, 5th & Franklin. This building is still in-use by the parish.

St. Cecilia's Catholic Church and school

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St. Cecilia's Catholic Church and school built in 1913. Church was torn down in 1951 when Damerow Ford built its showroom and garage. In the early 1920's, Oregonians adopted an initiative law that prohibited parents from sending their children to private

"The Trail of Vengeance"

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This is a stock photo of "The Trail of Vengeance" featuring Al Ferguson and Pauline Curley, a movie made in Beaverton. Al Ferguson was the regular "hero" and Pauline Curley was a regular too. The log building was located on Erickson and was used in anothe

Beaverton Grade School Band 1936

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Beaverton Junior Rose Festival 1936

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Fourth of July Celebration 1912

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Fourth of July Celebration 1912: (front row, left to right) Vallie Stitt, Violet Fleck, Harold Kelly, Vena Thyng, Mrs. Geo Thyng, Louie Hughson, George Thyng, Bob Summers, Stanley Summers; (back row left to right) Mathilda Kelley, Mrs. George Stitt, Horac

Fourth of July Parade 1910

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Beaverton Band marching in the Fourth of July Parade, 1910

Fourth of July Parade 1912

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Fourth of July Parade 1912, Floyd Allen was the Grand Marshal.

Hook and Ladder Company on Parade July 4, 1901

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Beaverton's first hook and ladder company at East and Broadway for July Fourth parade 1901. Drummer Earl Evans, Earl E. Fisher with fife and bugle, Walter Chatterton with cant hook, Harry Summers left front with ladder.

Building on fire

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The photo was identified as: Possibly a house/shack on fire - on Cooper Mountain approximately 1/8 mile from what is now 16200 SW Satterburg Road (no longer exists; it is now a development called Satterberg Heights) that burned down prior to 1966.

Parade float

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Parade float: Vena Thyng and Violet Sprainer

Parade watchers in front of Rossi Saloon

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Parade watchers in front of Rossi Saloon(left) and Morse Hall (right). J. Frohnauer's Lettuce and Cucumber wagon (right).

Portland Rose Festival Parade 1926

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Beaverton's float in the 1926 Portland Rose Festival Parade at West and Broadway, White Hall in the background.

Livermore Mill

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Livermore Mill

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Livermore Mill

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Livermore Mill 1904-1909

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Livermore Mill 1904-1909, 185th SW of Hart Road

Livermore Mill 1910, at 170th and Farmington

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F.W. Livermore Lumber Company

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Near the track at Huber, F.W. Livermore Lumber Company

Plowing in 1931

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Plowing behind Lawrences', 1931

Early farmhouses in what is now downtown Beaverton

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Possibly some early farmhouses in what is now downtown Beaverton, circa 1930s.

Farm house

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This building is possibly the McCormack house