Umpqua River Lighthouse, 1947
Lighthouse
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1947
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
Union Grade School, c. 1931
School
Union Grade School, Reedsport. Probably 4th grade. Back of photograph reads:
Bert
Row 1
Norman Halliday, Andrew Cardwell, Norma Haggith, Sally Chapen, Nana Smiley, Dorothy Schram, Joan, Nancy, Louis Waggoner, Dennis Pitman
Row 2
Walter Cummings, Jean McWillis, Mildred Hertell, Katherine Redfield, Faye Leavitt, Claire Ann Eastland, (Olsen), Virginia Burdick, Nedra Cummings
Row 3
Bill Spicer, Donald Saling, Bill McWillis, Donald Boggs, Bert Barber, Charles Walls, Emil Phillips, Walter Orr
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
c. 1931
Helen Bartow
CC BY-SA 2016
4th Street looking north, 1947
Aerial view of Reedsport above 4th Street looking north towards the Burdick Building, Rainbow Tavern, Umpqua River Bridge, mill with wigwam burner, and Bolon Island.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1947
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
Pioneer School Cafeteria, c. 1940
School
Interior view of vacant cafeteria. Back of photograph reads, "Pioneer School cafeteria, 1940s." Reedsport.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1940s
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
Aerial view of Gardiner, c. 1960
Aerial view of Gardiner looking east. Jewett School, mill, wigwam burner, log rafts, paper mill, clear cut in background. Photographer name in corner.
Boersig, Tacoma
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1960s
Jean Harris
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Aerial view of Gardiner, 1953
Aerial view of Gardiner looking west. Jewett School, mill, wigwam burner, log rafts, farmland. Photographer name in corner.
Boersig, Tacoma
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1953
Jean Harris
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Scottsburg Hotel, c. 1910
Business
A large group of well-dressed men, women, and children posing on the porch of the Scottsburg Hotel.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1910s?
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
John Brown's store, c.1910
Business
The first store in Reedsport, located on the banks of Scholfield (Schofield) Creek.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
c.1910
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
Scottsburg Confectionery
Business
Early Scottsburg store. Confectionery, Cigars, Tobacco, and Lunch Room.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
c.1900-1915
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
Bert Bartow, US Army
War
Bert Bartow joined the US Army in 1942.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street Program
1942-44
Helen Bartow
CC BY-SA 2016
Business section of Reedsport on the Oregon Coast Highway, 1948
Picture of downtown Reedsport looking southwest. Edwards Theatre, Bernhardt's, Stevens Grocery, Umpqua Drug Co., Thriftway Independent, Star Clothing, Welcome Hotel.
Sawyers
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1948
Jean Harris
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Town of Booth, Oregon, 1938
The small town of Booth, now gone, was located on the east side of Siltcoos Lake north of Reedsport from 1933 to 1945. A general store and several houses grew up around a mill. Jean Harris's description reads, "Little mill town on Siltcoos Lake. No road into Booth. Go there by boat, train, or walk 1/2 mile."
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1938
Jean Harris
CC BY-SA 2016
Bert Bartow 1944 newspaper clipping
War
"Wounded includes 17 Oregon men." Bert Bartow served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was wounded in action in Pisa, Italy.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1944
Helen Bartow
Reedsport grade school
School
Reedsport grade school, also called Pioneer School, was built where the current Price N Pride is located.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
Helen Bartow
CC BY-SA 2016
Certificate awarded to Evangeline Smiley
Certificate from the President of the United States of America.
March 10, 1941
M. Carol Plagmann
CC BY-SA 2016
Eva Smiley
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
M. Carol Plagmann
CC BY-SA 2016
Smith River High School 1931 Yearbook
School
Smith River High School 1931 yearbook. Photographs and text. Typewritten on heavy brown paper.
Smith River High School, class of 1932
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1931
Vernon M. Hausmann
CC BY-SA 2016
Judge H. M. McCabe's Christmas card
People
Christmas card from Judge H. M. McCabe. Card reads, "Merry Christmas and a happy new year. - Mac"
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1969
Helen Bartow
CC BY-SA 2016
Walkers and McClay
People
Back of photograph reads "Walter Walker, Alured Walker, Dave McClay - father of Margie and Charlie." Alured spelled "Alurd" in other sources.
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
1930s-1940s
Helen Bartow
CC BY-SA 2016
Leafdahl Interview, March 4, 2016
Oral History
Arrival in Reedsport in 1948
Community Collection Day - March 4, 2016
Reedsport Main Street
Created March 4, 2016
Covering events in 1948
CC BY-SA 2016
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