By Ruth Vondracek and Sanju Gharti Chhetri
Collection Overview
Title: Frank Patterson Stereoscopic Photographs, 1911-1920
ID: P 330
Primary Creator: Patterson, Frank, 1883-1961.
Extent: 0.05 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: This collection is organized in a single series, Series 1: Stereoscopic Photographs.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
Abstract
The Frank Patterson Stereoscopic Photographs contain scenic images of natural features within the Cascade Range and Columbia Gorge in both Oregon and Washington. Included are views of the Columbia River, mountains, lakes, rustic bridges, lava tubes and dams. Frank Patterson was a prolific photographer who worked in studios in Medford, Oregon and Santa Rosa and San Francisco, California during the 1920s-1950s. The stereoscopic photographs were collected by Gerald W. Williams and were originally included with his general collection.
Scope and Content Notes
The Frank Patterson Stereoscopic Photographs collection consists of 45 black and white stereoscopic images depicting natural features within the Cascade Range and Columbia Gorge in both Oregon and Washington. All of the stereoscopic photographs are undated and appear to date from the 1910s. Represented within the collection are scenic views of Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier in Oregon, Trout Lake (Washington) and nearby lava flumes, and Oregon's Latourelle Falls and cave, and Oneonta Falls. Also included are views of the Columbia River, mountains, lakes, rustic bridges, lava tubes (referred to as flumes) and dams.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Frank Patterson, born December 20, 1883 in Klickitat, Washington, was a prolific photographer of the West Coast in the 1910s through the 1930s, working at studios in Hood River, Oregon and later Medford, Oregon and San Francisco, California. He married his first wife, Cora, on February 16, 1907, with whom he had three daughters. Frank and Cora divorced on September 7, 1921, after which Frank moved from Hood River to Medford, Oregon where he opened a photography studio. The photographs in this collection may be from the period when he lived in Hood River. He created the majority of his photographic postcards while he was in Medford. He married his second wife Josephine Champie on June 28, 1922. In 1928 Frank moved to Santa Rosa, California. In 1940 he was sentenced to San Quentin for twelve years and served six, after which he worked for Bear Photo in San Francisco until 1959. He died in 1961.
Author: Ryan Atwood
Administrative Information
Creators
Patterson, Frank, 1883-1961.
People, Places, and Topics
Adams, Mount (Wash.)
Cascade Range
Columbia River
Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)
Glaciers
Hood, Mount (Or.)
Hood River County (Or.)
Lava tubes
Rainier, Mount (Wash.)
Waterfalls--Oregon.
Forms of Material
Stereoscopic photographs.
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Stereoscopic Photographs, 1911-1920
- This single series consists of depicting natural features within the Cascade Range and Columbia Gorge in both Oregon and Washington. Images include scenic views of Mt. Hood in Oregon, Mt. Adams and Mt. Rainier in Washington, the Columbia River, Trout Lake (Washington) and nearby lava flumes, Oregon's Latourelle Falls and cave, Oneonta Falls, mountains, lakes, rustic bridges, lava flumes and dams. Extent: 45 black and white stereoscopic images, including 1 partial stereoscope.
- Box-Item 1.001: The Summit at Mt. Adams
- Photo Number: A20.
- Box-Item 1.002: The 2nd Summit at Mt. Adams, front north
- Photo Number: A18.
- Box-Item 1.003: NH Electric Co's Pipeline on the White Salmon
- Photo Number: H16.
- Box-Item 1.004: Timber Line Mt. Adams
- Photo Number: A12.
- Box-Item 1.005: A lady and a man with two dogs standing on a log above water
- Box-Item 1.006: Crevasse
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.007: Cascade Locks Full Lower Columbia
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.008: Hunting Christmas Tree
- Box-Item 1.009: A Glimpse of Trout Lake Valley
- Box-Item 1.010: Mt. Hood from Cloud Cap Inn
- Photo Number: M2.
- Box-Item 1.011: Looking out of Oneonta
- Photo Number: L11
- Box-Item 1.012: Rustic Bridge at Oak Grove
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.013: Lava Flume near Trout Lake
- Photo Number: n8.
- Box-Item 1.014: Division in the Lava Cave near Trout Lake
- Photo Number: n27. Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.015: Entrance to Lava Flume near Trout Lake
- Photo Number: n7.
- Box-Item 1.016: Cascades Lower Columbia
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.017: Lost Lake from Huckleberry Mt.
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.018: Glacier through the ravine
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.019: "Nevo", City Park
- Photograph of Nevo the lion in a cage. Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.020: Lunch at Mazama Camp
- Photo Number: Q7.
- Box-Item 1.021: Looking down from McDonald Ridge Mt. Adams -1
- Looking down from McDonald Ridge Mt. Adams. Photo number: A9.
- Box-Item 1.022: Looking down from McDonald Ridge Mt. Adams - 2
- Looking down from McDonald Ridge Mt. Adams. Photo number: A9.
- Box-Item 1.023: At the head of Mazama Glacier
- Photo Number: A10.
- Box-Item 1.024: Oneonta Gorge, Lower Columbia
- Photo Number: L10. Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.025: At the Trout Lake Fair
- Box-Item 1.026: White Salmon Apple Blossoms
- Photo Number: W17. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.027: Sleeping Beauty from Trout Lake
- Photo Number: W29.
- Box-Item 1.028: Interior of Lord Flume near Mt. Adams
- Photo Number: n-9.
- Box-Item 1.029: In Lava Flume near Trout Lake -1
- Photo Number: H-14.
- Box-Item 1.030: In Lava Flume near Trout Lake - 2
- Photo Number: H-14.
- Box-Item 1.031: Ice Cave Near Mt. Adams
- Photo Number: n-11.
- Box-Item 1.032: End of Lava Cave
- Photo Number: n-3.
- Box-Item 1.033: Arriving at the Summit of Mt. Hood
- Box-Item 1.034: On Eliot Glacier
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.035: N.W.P. Co's Dam Underwood -1
- Photo Number: N-1.
- Box-Item 1.036: N.W.P. Co's Dam Underwood - 2
- Photo Number: N-1.
- Box-Item 1.037: Latourelle Falls, 400 ft. Lower Columbia
- Photo Number: L2. Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.038: Latourelle Cave
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.039: Oneonta Falls 200 ft Lower Columbia
- Box-Item 1.040: Exit from Oneonta Lower Columbia
- Box-Item 1.041: Oneonta Falls
- Photo Number: L12. Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.042: Mt. Rainier from Summit of Mt. Adams
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.043: Mt. Hood, Crevasses
- Photo Number: M20. Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.
- Box-Item 1.044: The 2nd Summit of Mt. Adams from North
- Photo Number: A18.
- Box-Item 1.045: Natural Bridge at Celilo
- Frank Patterson Stereo-Photographer. Hood River, Oregon.

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