PORTRAIT OF AN ADORABLE LITTLE GIRL IN OREGON CITY, OREGON

This vintage photograph features an adorable little girl with long hair. She certainly is well dressed. The child is wearing a corsage and is holding a bunch of flowers. Her portrait was taken at the Cheney Studio in Oregon City, Oregon. Interest in photography must have been in the Cheney family genes. The web site “The Art of Historic Photos” reports that at least three siblings in the Cheney family worked as professional photographers. Eston Cheney and his sister Edith both had studios located in Oregon City. Sister Ethel was a partner with Bessie Krumm in a studio at McMinnville, Oregon. Eston operated his studio between 1895 and 1901. Another site, “The Historic Photo Archive” has a different version of the Cheney family history. Eston is reported to be the father of Edith and Ethel Cheney. The reason for there being (Chinese?) writing on the reverse of this photograph, is unknown. SOLD

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PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN : McMINNVILLE, OREGON : IDENTIFIED AS MINNIE MILLER

This cabinet card features a pretty young woman posing for her portrait at the Fritz studio in McMinnville, Oregon. Note the pin at her collar and the large bow on the left shoulder of her dress. An inscription on the reverse of the photograph identifies the woman as “Minnie Miller”. According to one source, According to one source, Charles Fritz (1854-1899) operated the “Fritz Superior Gallery” in McMinnville in the year 1891. During his career he also operated studios in Hillsboro, Portland, and Forest Grove in the state of Oregon. (SOLD)

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ACCIDENTALLY RISQUE WOMAN IN MCMINNVILLE, OREGON

This Cabinet Card is an image of 18 year-old Mary Earhart. The reverse of the card has pencil writing with her identification as well as the information that she was 5 foot and 3 inches, and weighed 137 1/2 pounds. It is unusual to find these statistics on the reverse of a cabinet card.. This image  is also unique because it appears that it shows the young woman’s ample bust in too much detail. Risque Cabinet Cards that emphasized  a woman’s breasts or cleavage seems to have been typically reserved for women who were prostitutes or actresses; and of course many people did not believe there was a difference between the two occupations. Perhaps this image was saved rather than destroyed by Ms Earhart but kept in a private place. The photographer was Fritz of the Superior Gallery in McMinnville, Oregon.

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