OHY_Lot140 Guide to the Kiser Photo Co. photographs 1901-1999 Kiser Photo Co. photographs Finding aid prepared by Sharon M. Howe and Megan K. Friedel Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Funding for preparing this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Funding for making preservation prints from original negatives was provided by Meyer Memorial Trust. Oregon Historical Society, Research Library 2006 Finding aid encoded by Megan K. Friedel 2006 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard) 2016 Revised to reflect addition of one folder and updates to best practices. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Org. Lot 140 Kiser, Fred H. Kiser Photo Co. photographs 1901-1999 1901-1927 14.5 cubic feet 3,015 photographs and other material in 11 document cases; 21 oversize boxes; and 11 folders in oversize flat files Fred H. Kiser, an accomplished mountaineer and promoter, was one of the most successful and widely known landscape and commercial photographers in the American West during the first two decades of the early 20th century. His work is credited with popularizing Crater Lake National Park and the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon and establishing Glacier National Park in Montana. He and his brother Oscar also operated the Lewis and Clark Official Photographic Co. at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Or. The collection includes photographs taken by the brothers, as well as by Clarence L. Winter, Fred's partner who later operated Winter Photo Company. The captions on the photographs in this collection, as well as the printed background materials, are in English. Biographical Note

Brothers Fred H. (1878-1955) and Oscar H. Kiser (1883-1905) started photography as a hobby, but Fred gained recognition as one of the most successful commercial photographers and one of the best artistic mountain photographers in the nation during the first quarter of the 20th century. Through his Kiser Photo Company and other enterprises, he produced and sold prints, albums, stereographs, postcards, and glass lantern slides, many of which were hand-colored in oils. As the official photographer for the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland, Or., in 1905, Kiser gained a wide audience. His photographs helped promote Crater Lake National Park and establish Glacier National Park. During World War I, Kiser also served as director of photography for the Emergency Fleet Corporation’s Oregon Division.

Before he was ready to embark on a career in photography, Fred studied business and commercial law at Portland Business College from 1898-1901. He and his brother, Oscar, explored photography as a hobby, which developed into a business in 1902, when they discovered that scenic images of the Columbia River Gorge appealed to visitors at their parents’ Columbia Beach Hotel in Warrendale, Or. One of their early commissions established Fred’s on-going relationship with Crater Lake National Park in 1903, when photographer and park promoter William G. Steele invited them to photograph a promotional expedition from Medford, Or. to the newly-created national park. Fred and Oscar Kiser also established a studio in the Abington Building in Portland in 1904, under the name of Kiser Bros., Scenic Photographers. They issued a hardbound book of scenic views taken during the 1903 Crater Lake expedition, Pacific Coast Pictures, under their own imprint, Wonderland Souvenir Company, Inc., the first of many businesses that Fred created during the next three decades. In 1904, Fred Kiser worked as the official photographer at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Mo., and in 1905, he established the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Official Photographic Company during the exposition's duration in Portland that year, with himself as vice-president and director of photography. The company published many of his photographs in a Souvenir Book of Views of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and Oriental Fair.

Fred and Oscar Kiser's partnership as Kiser Brothers ended in 1905, even before Oscar’s accidental drowning in November of that year. Following this, Fred established the Kiser Photo Company in the Lumber Exchange Building in Portland. By this time, he had perfected a system for mountain photography expeditions, and from 1903 through 1914, he provided official photography services for most of the Mazamas’ annual climbing outings to Northwest peaks. Fred Kiser recruited teams of energetic, mountaineering photographers who could get the heavy cameras and other equipment to practically any remote place and mountaintop in the Northwest. While his teams made many climbing photographs, Kiser’s marketing depended on the scenic views they produced during these expeditions.

Color made Kiser’s work nationally known and helped to create and promote national parks in the Northwest, including Crater Lake and Glacier. He selected the name “Artograph” to describe his “hand-colored in oil” images. Kiser developed the art of hand coloring into a mass-production line that allowed him to market his Artographs widely as individual images, in mounted sets, and in leather-covered albums. In 1907, he assembled a touring show of approximately 1,000 of his Artograph scenic views, which traveled to Oregon locations and to 20 cities across the country, including New York and Chicago. Maie Ely, who had made her name as an art colorist with a portfolio of Yellowstone Park images, hand-colored these photographs in oils.

During the decade before World War I, Kiser embarked on a whirlwind of photographic and promotional enterprises. The Southern Pacific and Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railroads used many Kiser images in their promotional literature, but his contract with the Great Northern Railway in Montana had the greatest impact on the National Park system. Beginning about 1909, Kiser and his team photographed the spectacular scenery of northwestern Montana, working from headquarters in a specially outfitted railway car provided by the Great Northern. An exhibit of more than 100 of his Artograph prints at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., was credited with providing the final push to gain Congressional approval for establishing Glacier National Park in 1910. Kiser marketed his Glacier Park photographs at the Great Northern’s tourist facilities for many years.

After several moves in its early history, Kiser Photo Company, with Fred as president, operated from a studio and sales gallery at 240 East 32nd Street, Portland, Or., from 1909 through 1914. He also developed a national sales network through agents in eastern cities, including John Wanamaker in New York and Philadelphia. Clarence L. Winter, who had extensive experience in mountain photography and operated a studio in Eugene, Or., joined the company in 1911 as a photographer and vice-president. In 1915, Kiser sold the studio operations to Winter so that he could concentrate on photographing the new Columbia River Highway, establishing a photo concession at Multnomah Falls Lodge, and other enterprises, including a major exhibition for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco that year. Winter retained much of the negative collection and took the studio’s master colorist, Frederick P. Luetters, with him. Together, the two men produced and marketed hand-colored, mounted images of exceptional quality, but Winter closed the business when Luetters joined the U.S. Army in 1918. Luetters settled in New Jersey after World War I. Winter moved to Vancouver, Wa., and died in 1926.

Fred Kiser reorganized his operations as Kiser’s Scenic Photo Studio at 773 Milwaukie Avenue in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, Or., with various sales outlets in downtown Portland during ensuing years. World War I interrupted Kiser’s mountain photography and sales of his scenic views. The Emergency Fleet Corporation requisitioned his studio in Sellwood and appointed him director of photography for the Oregon District; in this capacity, Kiser made many images of shipbuilding activities, primarily at Portland shipyards. After the war, he organized the Scenic America Company to market his Artographs, using the popular “See America First” slogan in his advertising, and built a motion picture studio, which opened in 1922 and operated for a few years.

The interruptions of World War I did not kill one of Kiser’s biggest dreams: obtaining a concession for a photo studio at Crater Lake. At least as early as 1911, Kiser proposed such a concession, but for much of the next decade he had to content himself with displaying and selling his photographs through the Crater Lake Company’s facilities, including Crater Lake Lodge. By 1921, he finally won a photographic concession that permitted the Scenic America Company to build a studio near the rim of Crater Lake. In 1926, he added a darkroom to the building, which allowed him to provide one-day film developing service to Crater Lake tourists. After Kiser’s disagreements with other principals in the Scenic America Company sent the firm into bankruptcy in 1927, he incorporated Kiser’s with a group of Grants Pass businessssmen. The new company opened a sales gallery in Grants Pass while continuing to operate the studio concession at Crater Lake. However, disagreements with his investors soon destroyed the new company, and Kiser relinquished his Crater Lake studio to the National Park Service in 1929. He moved to California, spending much of the rest of his life in the Los Angeles area.

The Kiser Photo Co. photographs include images produced by the Kiser Brothers, the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Official Photographic Co., the Kiser Photo Co., and the Winter Photo Co. from 1901-circa 1927. Other imprints include Fred H. Kiser Studios, Kiser Studios, and Scenic America Company. The collection contains both vintage black-and-white and hand-colored prints, including stereographs and panoramic photographs, as well as copy prints made from original Kiser negatives. The bulk of the images are examples of Kiser's landscape and mountain photography in Montana, Oregon, and along the Columbia River Gorge and Columbia River Highway, among other places, as well as of various places in Portland, Or. Other subjects include the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Mo., 1904; the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Or., 1905; landscape photographs taken for various railroad companies, 1903-1916; photographs of ships and shipbuilding in the Portland, Or. area, taken for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1918-1919; and photos of Kiser studio buildings in Portland, 1909-1923.

The collection also contains contemporary photomechanical reproductions of Kiser photographs, dating from 1903-circa 1930. These include postcards, photomechanical prints both loose and in albums, and publications containing reproductions of Kiser work. There are also background materials that contain biographical notes Fred H. Kiser and the history of his work with photography that were gathered during collection processing and date from 1903-1999.

Many images in the collection were made by the Kiser Brothers or Kiser Photo Company and its photographers but were produced for sale to the public over a long period of time, first by the Kiser Photo Company and then the Winter Photo Company. After Kiser sold part of his business to Winter in 1915, it appears that Kiser continued to make prints from earlier images for which Winter held the negatives, possibly by making copy negatives from original prints. Photographer Benjamin Gifford also bought Kiser negatives and produced them for sale; many of the copy prints in this collection were made from Kiser negatives that are housed in the Gifford and Prentiss photograph collection, Org. Lot 982.

Note on dates and photographers’ negative numbers: Kiser and Winter often issued prints of the same images over a long period. Prints sometimes include copyright dates in the photographer’s imprint. The dates provided in this guide include: actual date of photograph if known, copyright date if known, or circa dates derived from photographers’ negative numbers and image content. Kiser Brothers did not use a negative numbering system as far as can be determined. Kiser Photo Co.’s earliest assigned numbers represent the firm’s output but also may be for images made by the Kiser Brothers but marketed later. They are low numbers preceded by an “x”. Kiser seems to have adopted a consecutive numbering system by about 1906. The numbers are handwritten in pencil on the verso of prints. After he purchased part of the business in 1915, Winter appears to have continued the consecutive numbering system from where Kiser Photo Company left off. After 1915, Kiser appears to have adopted a new numbering system, using a “C” prefix.

The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series A: Vintage prints by Kiser Brothers and Lewis and Clark Official Photographic Co., 1901-1905 Subseries 1: Kiser Brothers, 1901-1905 Subseries 2: Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 1903-1904 Subseries 3: Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Or., 1904-1905 Series B: Vintage prints by Kiser Photo Company, Scenic America Company, and Winter Photo Company, 1902-1929 Subseries 1: Alaska, circa 1910 Subseries 2: California, 1903-1915 Subseries 3: Montana, 1909-1915 Subseries 4: Oregon (except Portland), 1903-circa 1920 Subseries 5: Portland, Or., 1906-1918 Subseries 6: Columbia River Gorge, 1902-circa 1917 Subseries 7: Washington, 1905-1914 Subseries 8: View albums, circa 1905-1922 Subseries 9: Work for railroad companies, 1903-1916 Subseries 10: Emergency Fleet Corporation photographs, 1917-1919 Subseries 11: Unidentified photographs, undated Series C: Copy prints from original negatives by Kiser Studio Company and Scenic America Company, 1905-1929 Subseries 1: Photographs of Kiser studios and advertising, 1909-1923 Subseries 2: Places, 1901-1925 Subseries 3: Portraits, 1914-1925 Subseries 4: Work for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1918-1919 Subseries 5: Other subjects, 1914-circa 1925 Series D: Photomechanical reproductions, published works, and ephemera, 1903-circa 1930 Subseries 1: Postcards, 1903-circa 1930 Subseries 2: Photomechanical prints, 1903-1905 Subseries 3: Publications, 1904-1905 Subseries 4: Ephemera, 1911 Series E: Background materials, 1903-1999

Collection is open to the public.

658 photographs are viewable online in OHS Digital Collections.

The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Kiser Photo Company photographs and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses, with the exception of the material listed below:

Background material photocopied from the Mazamas Library. The Oregon Historical Society does not own the original items, and permission must be obtained by the user from the Mazamas Library in Portland, Or. before this material can be used for publication. Background material photocopied from the archives of Crater Lake National Park. The Oregon Historical Society does not own the original items, and permission must be obtained by the user from the Crater Lake National Park archives before this material can be used for publication .

The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Kiser Photo Company photographs, Org. Lot 140, Oregon Historical Society Research Library

The Kiser Photo Company photographs were accumulated at the Oregon Historical Society from circa 1948-2004 from various sources. The collection was created from the following accessions:

Photo accession nos. 976D012, 982D166 (see Library accession no. 16207). Library accession nos. 293, 8070, 9125, 9611, 9715, 12467, 16207 (see Photo accession no. 982D166), 21299, 21960, 23858, 24508, 24841, 25127, and 25498.

During the course of processing, many duplicate photographs were removed from the collection.

Howe, Sharon M. “Photography and the Making of Crater Lake National Park.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 103 (2002): 76-97.

Robinson, Thomas. Oregon Photographers; Biographical History and Directory 1851-1917. Portland, Or.: Thomas Robinson.

The Oregon Historical Society Research Library contains the following collections that relate to the Kise Photo Company photographs:

Gifford and Prentiss photograph collection, Org. Lot 982, Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Contains original Kiser negatives from which many of the copy prints in this collection were made. Spokane, Portland, & Seattle Railway photograph album, Album 271-B, Oregon Historical Society Research Library. Contains many photographs taken by Kiser, as well as other photographers, for the Railway, circa 1909 and earlier. Fred H. Kiser's stock prospectus, "Filming the Old Country," is located in Mss. 2952, Oregon Historical Society Research Library. There may also be other original Kiser prints in the Self-Indexing Photo Files, including File #895-A (Redmond, Or.).

Other Kiser photographs of the studio at Crater Lake National Park are located in the Alex Sparrow collection, MS-591, at the Southern Oregon Historical Society in Medford, Or.

 Kiser, Fred H. Kiser, Oscar H., 1883-1905 United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation--Photographs Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.)--Photographs Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : St. Louis, Mo.)--Photographs Kiser Bros. Kiser Photo Co. (Portland, Or.) Winter Photo Co. Columbia River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)--Photographs Columbia River Highway (Or.)--Photographs Crater Lake National Park (Or.)--Photographs Glacier National Park (Mont.)--Photographs Portland (Or.)--Photographs Photographs Expeditions and Adventure Montana Oregon Portland Panoramic prints Photographic prints Photomechanical prints Postcards Stereographs Series A Kiser Brothers and Lewis and Clark Official Photographic Co. photographs 1901-1905

Arranged into three subseries: Subseries 1. Kiser Brothers, 1901-1905; Subseries 2. Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 1903-1904; and Subseries 3. Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Or., 1904-1905.

This series contains photographs taken by Fred and Oscar Kiser's original business, Kiser Brothers, as well as their work for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Mo. in 1903-1904 and as the official photographers of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Or. in 1904-1905.

 Subseries 1 Kiser Brothers 1901-1905 1/1 Columbia River ca. 1903 1/2, 12/1 Columbia River Gorge - Beacon Rock 1903

Possibly depicts the first successful ascent to the top of Beacon Rock (then called Castle Rock). Oscar Kiser is depicted in this group photograph, among others.

 1/3 Columbia River Gorge - Colcoa Pillar 1903 Stereograph. 12/2 Columbia River Gorge - Oneonta Bluff 1902 20/1 Crater Lake, Or. - Diwie Canyon 1903 12/3 Crater Lake, Or. - "Will G. Steele Crater Lake Excursion, 1903" album (Album 140-1) 1903 Album cover is hand-tooled, hand-colored leather.

Formerly cataloged as Album 165.

 1/4, 12/4, 28/1 Crater Lake, Or. 1903-circa 1904

Includes hand-colored photographs and some copy prints of photos that appear in Album 140-1 (Box 12, Folder 3).

 12/5 Portland, Or. - City Hall Museum 1903 Subseries 2 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo. 1903-1904 1/5 "The largest Tideland Spruce tree in the world...," Clatsop County, Or. 1903

Includes photocopy of clipping about the tree from the 1909 December 6 issue of the Sunday Oregonian.

 12/6 Fir log on rail car shipped to the Exposition 1904 1/6, 20/2, Oversize file 1 Oregon Building and exhibits 1904 Includes panoramic photographs. Subseries 3 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Or. 1903-1905 32/1-2 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition photograph album (Album 140-13) 1905

Formerly cataloged as Album 238.

 1/7 Grounds 1903-1904 Includes two digital prints. [There is no 1/8] 31/1 Construction photograph album (Album 140-11) 1905

Formerly cataloged as Album 230.

 1/9 Opening ceremony 1905 June 1 1/10, 12/7, 20/3, 28/2-4, Oversize files 2-3 Buildings 1904-1905 Includes panoramic photographs. 1/11, 20/4 The Trail (midway) 1905 20/5 Event - German Day 1905 1/12, 28/5, Oversize files 4-6 Views, general 1905 Includes stereograph and panoramic photographs. 1/13 Peristyle at entrance gates 1905 1/13 Lewis and Clark Official Photographic Co. headquarters 1905 Digital print. 20/6 Portraits - Meriwether Lewis descendents at Exposition 1905 August 12 Series B Vintage prints taken by Kiser Photo Company, Scenic America Company, and Winter Photo Company

This series is arranged into the following subseries: Subseries 1: Alaska; Subseries 2: California; Subseries 3: Montana; Subseries 4: Oregon (except Portland); Subseries 5: Portland, Or.; Subseries 6: Columbia River Gorge and Highway; Subseries 7: Washington; and Subseries 8: Work for railroads.

Many of the prints in this series were made by the Winter Photo Company from images originally taken by the Kiser Photo Company. Titles and negative numbers occasionally are written in pencil on the front of the image. Includes many hand-colored prints.

 Subseries 1 Alaska circa 1910

Arranged alphabetically by place name.

 1/14 Mt. McKinley - Claude Ewing Rusk expedition 1910

Expedition sponsored by the Mazamas.

 1/14a Unidentified locations undated Subseries 2 California 1903-1915

Arranged alphabetically by place name.

 12/8, 28/6 Mount Shasta 1903 1/15 Mount Shasta 1915 Subseries 3 Montana 1909-1915

Arranged alphabetically by place name.

Many of the photographs in this subseries depict areas in Montana in what would become Glacier National Park.

 1/16, 12/9 Apistoki Falls 1912 1/17, 12/10, 20/7 Avalanche Lake and basin 1909, 1911 1/18, 28/7 Blackfoot Glacier 1909, 1911 12/11 Blackfoot Mountain 1912 1/19 Canyon Creek 1911 1/20 Castle Mountain 1910 1/21, 12/12 Chief Falls 1912 1/22 Mount Cleveland (Belly River region) 1913 1/23, 20/8 Cracker Lake 1911 1/24, 12/13, 20/9, 28/8 Cut Bank River and Camp 1909, 1912 1/25 Dawn Mist Falls 1913 1/26 Mount Edwards (Swift Current region) 1911 1/27 Mount Fusilade 1909 1/28, 20/10 The Garden Wall and vicinity 1910, 1913 1/29 Goat Mountain 1911 1/30, 12/14, 28/9 Going to the Sun Mountain 1909, 1911 1/31, 12/15 Golden Stair Falls 1910, 1911 1/32, 12/16 Grinnell Mountain, Glacier, and Lake 1910, 1913 1/33 Gunsight region 1909 1/34 Heavens Peak 1910 1/35 Helen Lake and Cascades 1910, 1913 1/36, 12/17 Iceberg Lake (Swift Current region) 1910 1/37 Indian Pass (Belly River region) 1913 1/38, 12/18 Mount Jackson 1911 1/39, 12/19, 20/11 Lake Ellen Wilson 1909, 1911 1/40 Lake Llian 1910, 1911 1/41, 12/20, 20/12, 28/10 Lake McDermott 1910, 1911, 1913 1/42, 12/21, 20/13, 28/11 Lake McDonald 1909-1911, 1913 1/43 Lake McDonald - Lodge and boatdock 1909 2/1, 13/1, 20/14, 28/12 Lake St. Mary 1909, 1911-1913 2/2 Lake St. Mary - fishing 1912 13/2 Little Chief Mountain 1911 2/3 Lincoln Peak 1909, 1911 2/4, 28/13 Little Chief Mountain 1911 2/5 Luscilade Mountain 1909 2/6, 28/14 McDermott Falls (Swift Current River) 1911, 1913 2/7 Morning Eagle Falls 1912 2/8, 13/3 Piegan Pass 1912 2/9, 13/4 Pollock Mountain 1912 2/10 Red Eagle Lake 1909 2/11, 13/5, 28/15 Red Eagle Mountain and Pass 1909, 1911, 1912 2/12 Red Rock Falls (Swift Current River) 1910 2/13 Mount Rockwell 1909 2/14 Swift Current region 1909, 1910, 1912 2/15 Swift Current region - pack trains 1910 2/16 Swift Current River 1910 2/17, 13/6 Trick Falls (on Two Medicine River) 1912 2/18, 13/7 Two Medicine Lake and vicinity 1909, 1911, 1912 2/19, 13/8 Two Medicine Lake - camp 1912 2/20 Mount Wilbur 1909 2/21-29, 28/16 Glacier National Park trips 1909, 1911, 1912

Photographs from Fred Kiser's work with the Great Northern Railroad in the area that became Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana. Includes photographs of Great Northern Railroad hotels, depots, and railroad tracks; the Kiser Studio "Photographic Special Car" that traveled with the railroad; Blackfoot Indians; and other unidentified landscape views. See also Album 140-10 (Box 27, Folder 1) for more photographs of the 1911 trip to Glacier.

 27/1 Glacier National Park Trips - "See America First Glacier National Park 1911 Trip" album (Album 140-10) 1911

Formerly cataloged as Album 662.

 Subseries 4 Oregon (except Portland) 1903-circa 1920

Arranged alphabetically.

 2/30, 29/1 Cities and towns - Astoria 1906, 1911 29/2 Cities and towns - Eugene 1906 2/31, 20/15 Cities and towns - Eugene - Mill Race 1903, 1908 2/32, 14/1, 29/3 Cities and towns - Eugene - University of Oregon - Buildings 1907, 1909, circa 1920 2/33, 20/16, 29/4 Cities and towns - Eugene - University of Oregon - Campus views 1903, 1907, 1909, circa 1920 2/34 Cities and towns - Eugene -University of Oregon - Kappa Theta sorority circa 1920 2/35 Cities and towns - The Dalles 1907 29/5 Cities and towns - Tillamook 1906 2/36, 14/2, 20/17 Coast - Bayocean 1908, undated 2/37, 20/18, 29/6 Coast - Cannon Beach 1903, 1909, 1912, 1916 2/38 Coast - Cape Mears 1908 20/19 Coast - Elk Creek 1916 29/7 Coast - Heceta Head lighthouse 1906 20/20 Coast - Indian Beach 1916 20/21, 29/8 Coast - Seal Rocks 1907-1907, 1916 2/39, 14/3 Coast - Tillamook Bay 1908 2/40, 14/4, 20/22 Coast - Ocean views 1907-1909, 1916 15/1 "Crater Lake" album (Album 140-2) undated

Formerly cataloged as Album 884.

 14/5, 21/1 Crater Lake - Grotto Cave 1903, 1908-1909 3/2 Crater Lake - The Palisades 1903, 1917 3/3-6, 14/6, 21/2-4, 29/9-11 Crater Lake - Phantom Ship 1903, 1908, 1910, 1913 3/12-14, 14/8-9, 21/8-9, 29/16-17 Crater Lake - Wizard Island 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909, 1913 3/15, 21/10 Crater Lake - Vicinity 1913 3/7-11, 14/7, 21/5-7, 29/12-15, Oversize file 8 Crater Lake - Views 1903, 1906-1907, 1913 Box 29, Folder 12 contains panoramic views.

For other general views of Crater Lake, see also the "Crater Lake" album (Album 140-2) in Box 15, Folder 1.

 3/16 Crater Lake - Waterfall 1903 3/17-18, 21/11, 29/18 Forest views, unidentified 1903, 1906, 1908-1910 30/4 Lakes - Bull Run Lake 1906 3/19, 14/10, 21/12, 29/19 Mountains - Mount Hood, from Bull Run Lake 1903, 1906, 1908, 1911 3/20 Mountains - Mount Hood, from near Cloud Cap Inn 1903 3/21, 21/13, 29/20 Mountains - Mount Hood, from Columbia Slough 1906-1909 3/22-25, 14/11-15, 21/14-17, 29/21-22 Mountains - Mount Hood, north side 1903, 1906-1907, 1912, 1914-circa 1915

Includes photographs of Mazamas climb, 1912.

 3/26, 21/18, 29/23 Mountains - Mount Hood, from Mount Tabor circa 1906-1907, undated

See also Box 4, Folder 41.

 3/27-28, 14/16, 21/19, 29/24 Mountains - Mount Hood, south and east sides 1907-1909, 1911, undated 3/29, 14/17, 21/20 Mountains - Mount Hood, west side 1906, 1916, undated 21/21 Mountains - Mount Hood, view of Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens from undated 3/30 Mountains - Mount Jefferson and vicinity - Deschutes Canyon 1910 22/1 Mountains - Mount Jefferson and vicinity - Ester Falls 1907, 1917

Includes photographs taken during a 1907 Mazamas outing.

 3/31 Mountains - Mount Jefferson and vicinity - Humbug Creek bridge 1907 3/32, 14/18, 30/1 Mountains - Mount Jefferson and vicinity - Kiser Falls 1907

Also known as Cascade Falls.

 3/33 Mountains - Mount Jefferson and vicinity - Mazamas outing 1907 3/34-35, 30/2 Mountains - Mount Jefferson and vicinity - Views 1907, 1916 3/36-37, 22/2 Mountains - Three Sisters and vicinity - Mazamas outings 1903, 1910, 1916 3/38-39 Mountains - Three Sisters and vicinity - Views, taken during Mazamas outings 1903, 1910

See also Album 140-9 *Box 26, Folder 1) for more views of the 1910 Mazamas outing to the Three Sisters.

 26/1 Mountains - "See America First Three Sisters" photograph album (Album 140-9) circa 1910

Contains hand-colored photographs of a Mazamas outing at the Three Sisters in central Oregon. Formerly cataloged as Album 663.

 3/40, 4/19, 22/3, 30/3 Mountains - Three Sisters and vicinity - Views 1910-1912 3/41 Mountains - Three Sisters and vicinity - Views, taken during Mazamas outing 1916 14/20, 22/4 Rivers - Clackamas River 1907 3/42 Rivers - Crooked River bridge 1912 3/43 Rivers - Deschutes River - Cline Falls 1912 22/5 Rivers - Deschutes River - Benham Falls 1911 3/44 Rivers - Deschutes River - Railroad 1910 3/45 Rivers - Deschutes River - Shearar's Ranch 1910 3/46-47 Rivers - Deschutes River - Views 1903, 1910-1911 22/6 Rivers - Hood River - Dead Point Falls 1908 4/1, 14/21, 22/6 Rivers - Hood River - Devil's Punch Bowl 1908 4/2 Rivers - Nelson Creek (Siuslaw region) circa 1908 4/3 Rivers - Rogue River 1903 4/4, 30/5 Rivers - Santiam 1907, 1916 22/7 Willamette River Valley - Coast fork, Willamette River 1908 4/5, 22/8 Willamette River Valley - Eugene region 1908 4/6 Willamette River Valley - Mapleton region 1908 4/7 Willamette River Valley - Salem region circa 1908 4/8 Willamette River Valley - Springfield region 1909 22/12, 30/6 Willamette River Valley - Willamette Falls 1907 4/9 Willamette River Valley - Woodburn region 1908 4/10 Willamette River Valley - Willamette Falls 4/11-14, 14/22, 22/9-11, 30/7-8 Willamette River Valley - Agriculture 1903-circa 1915 4/15, 30/9 Willamette River Valley - Views 1903, 1906, 1909-1911, circa 1915 Box 30, Folder 9 contains panoramic photographs. Subseries 5 Portland, Or. 1906-1918

Arranged alphabetically.

 4/16 Bridges - Broadway Bridge circa 1918 4/17, 30/10 Bridges - Railroad bridges 1908-1909 4/18 Bridges - Steel Bridge 1912, circa 1915 4/19 Buildings - Commercial 1906-1907 4/20 Buildings - Pioneer Courthouse 1907 4/21 Businesses - Eastern Lumber Co. 1907 4/22 Businesses - Heilig Theater 1907 4/23 Businesses - Hotels circa 1906-1907 4/24 Businesses - Meier & Frank 1907 4/25 Businesses- Portland Lumber Co. 1907 4/26 Businesses- See Lung Hing Kee & Co. (181 1st Ave.) 1907 4/27 Businesses - Tull & Gibbs, Inc. 1906 4/28 Churches - First Congregational 1907, circa 1915 4/29 Churches - First Presbyterian (SW 12th and Alder) 1907 4/30, 22/13, 30/11-12 Eastmoreland 1906, circa 1912, 1915 Box 4, Folder 30 contains panels of two panoramic photographs.

Includes photographs of the Waverly Country Club.

 4/31, 22/14 Fire - Chamber of Commerce building 1906 April 6 4/32 Flowers 1909, circa 1915 4/33, 22/15, 30/13, Oversize file 7 Oregon Pioneer Association Banquet, Armory Building (11th and Davis) 1908 June 11 4/34 Residences, identified by address circa 1915 4/35, 22/16 Residences, identified by owners 1907, circa 1915

Includes photos of homes of Henry Waldo Coe, H. W. Corbett, Lloyd Frank, Henry Hahn, William Jones, W. S. Ladd, Frederick Leadbetter, K. A. J. McKenzie, Ambrose B. Scott, and Osmun B. Stubbs.

 Oversize file 11 Rose Festival, general view undated Film positive framed between two pieces of glass. 4/36-4/36A, 30/14 Rose Festival - Parades 1907-1925

Folder 4/36A contains a glass-plate positive of a 1907 Rose Festival parade taken from a vantage point at SW Sixth and Oak.

 4/37 Rose Festival - Events 1908 4/38 Sacajawea Monument, Washington Park undated 4/39 Schools undated 4/40 Street scenes undated 4/41, 30/15 Views circa 1906-1907, undated Box 30, Folder 15 contains panoramic photographs.

Includes views of Mount Hood from Portland; see also Box 3, Folder 26.

 4/42 Waterfront 1908, undated

Includes photos of ships.

 Subseries 6 Columbia River Gorge and Highway 1902-1917

Arranged into alphabetically by place name into two groups: Columbia River Gorge and Columbia River Highway.

This subseries depicts views of the Columbia River Gorge and its natural landmarks and waterfalls, as well as views from and of the Columbia River Highway.

 Columbia River Gorge 5/1 Altar of the Gods (Perdition Trail) circa 1903

Depicts Oscar Kiser.

 5/2 Beacon Rock undated 5/3 Bridal Veil Falls 1904, undated 5/4, 14/23 Cape Horn (Cigar Rock) 1906, undated 5/5, 14/24 Cascade Locks vicinity circa 1924, undated 5/6 Celilo Falls 1907 January, undated 5/7, 14/25, 23/25, 30/18-19 Columbia River views (various) 1903, undated 5/8 Coopey Falls undated 5/9, 14/24-25, 23/1-2, 30/16 Crown Point and vicinity 1915, circa 1924, undated 5/10, 23/3 Eagle Creek undated 5/11, 23/4 Eagle Creek - Metlako Falls undated 5/12, 14/26, 23/5 Eagle Creek - Punch Bowl Falls circa 1906, circa 1924, undated 5/13, 30/17 Fishwheels on the Columbia River undated 23/6 Horsetail Falls undated 5/14 Interstate Bridge circa 1917 5/15 Katani Rock undated 5/16 Larch Mountain (view of Mount Hood) undated 5/17, 23/17 Latourell Falls circa 1915 5/18 Lyle, Wa. and vicinity undated 5/19 Memaloose Island, view from 1904 5/20 McCord Creek Falls 1903 5/21 Mist Falls undated 5/22, 23/18 Multnomah Falls 1903-1904, 1907, 1915 5/23, 23/19 The Needles undated 5/24, 23/20 Oneonta Falls undated 5/25, 14/27, 30/20, Oversize file 9 Oneonta Gorge 1902, undated 5/26 Pillars of Hercules 1902, 1907, undated 5/27 Residences, unidentified undated 5/28 Rooster Rock undated 5/29, 23/21, 30/21 Sailboats on the Columbia River 1902, undated 5/30, 14/28, 23/22 Saint Peter's Dome 1903, undated 5/31 Shell Rock Mountain undated 5/32, 14/29, 23/23 Sheppherd's Dell, vicinity of circa 1924, undated 5/33 Sheppherd's Dell Falls undated 5/34, 23/24 Table Mountain undated 5/35, 23/26 Wahkeena Falls undated 5/36 Wallalute Falls undated Columbia River Highway 5/37, 23/27 Cascade Divide undated 5/38 Cathedral Peak undated 5/39, 14/30, 23/28 Crown Point and Vista House circa 1924, undated 5/40, 23/29 Eagle Creek Bridge undated 5/41, 23/30 Eagle Creek viaduct and vicinity undated 5/42, 23/31 Horsetail Falls Bridge undated 5/43, 23/32 Latourell Bridge undated 5/44 Mitchell Tunnel undated 5/45 Moffett Creek Bridge undated 5/46, 23/33, 30/22 Multnomah Falls and vicinity undated 5/47, 23/34 Oneonta Tunnel undated 5/48, 23/35, 30/23 Sandy River undated 5/49, 23/36, 30/24 Sheppherd's Dell - Bishop's Cap undated 5/50, 23/37, 30/25 Sheppherd's Dell bridge and vicinity undated 5/51, 23/38 Views, unidentified undated

Box 5, Folder 51 includes one photo that possibly depicts the Columbia River Highway survey team at work.

 Subseries 7 Washington 1905-1914

Arranged alphabetically by place name.

 6/1 Bridge Creek 1909 30/26 Carson - Mineral Springs Hotel circa 1903 6/1a Glacier Peak 1911

Taken during Mazamas outing.

 15/2 "Lake Chelan" album (Album 140-3) 1909

Formerly cataloged as Album 883.

 6/2-7, 14/31-32, 24/1-2, 30/27 Lake Chelan region 1906-circa 1916, undated

Box 14, Folder 32 and Box 24, Folder 2 contain images that were taken during a Mazamas outing.

 30/28 Mount Adams and Trout Lake undated 6/8-9, 14/33, 24/3 Mount Baker 1906, 1909

Taken during Mazamas outings.

 6/10-12, 14/34-35, 24/4-5, 30/29, Oversize file 10 Mount Rainier 1903, 1905-1907, 1914

Includes images that were taken during Mazamas outings.

 24/6 Mount Rainier - Mystic Lake circa 1909 6/13 Mount Rainier - Niarada Falls circa 1906 6/14, 14/36, 24/7 Mount Rainier - Nisqually River 1906, 1909 14/37 Mount St. Helens 1906-1907 6/15 Okanogan region - Okanogan to Omak 1910 6/16, 24/8 Okanogan region - Omak to Riverside 1910 6/17 Okanogan region - Lumber mill 1910 Includes panoramic photographs. 30/30 Packwood Lake undated 6/18 Skykomish River Scenic Hot Springs undated 6/19 Wind River - Log drive 1909 Subseries 8 View albums circa 1905-1907

Arranged chronologically.

This subseries contains four albums of photographs taken by Kiser and the Scenic America Company of various locations in Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Three albums contain "artographs," Kiser's photographs that were hand-colored in oils, taken circa 1905-1907. The fourth album contains photographs by the Scenic America Company that were taken circa 1919-1922.

 16/1 "Miscellaneous" artograph album (Album 140-4) circa 1905-1907

Contains hand-colored photographs of various locations in Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Formerly cataloged as Album 886.

 16/2 Artograph album (Album 140-5) circa 1905-1907

Contains hand-colored photographs of various locations in Montana and Oregon. Formerly cataloged as Album 885.

 25/1 Artograph album (Album 140-8) circa 1905-1907

Contains hand-colored photographs of various locations in Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Formerly cataloged as Album 887.

 17/1 "W. C. Saunders" artograph album (Album 140-6) circa 1905-1907

Contains hand-colored photographs of various locations in Montana, Oregon, and Washington. "W. C. Saunders" is inscribed in gold on the album cover. Formerly cataloged as Album 882.

 31/2-4 Winter Photo Co. photograph album (Album 140-12) 1916 Disbound album in three folders.

Contains photographs of Oregon, including the Columbia River Highway, Crater Lake, the Portland Rose Festival, and various residences in Portland. Formerly cataloged as Album 119.

 18/1 Scenic America Company photograph album (Album 140-7) circa 1919-1922

Contains hand-colored photographs of various locations in Glacier National Park, Mt. and Oregon. Formerly cataloged as Album 881.

 Subseries 9 Work for railroad companies 1903-1916

Arranged alphabetically by railroad company and place or subject.

For photographs of Kiser's work with the Great Northern Railway in Montana, see Box 2, Folders 21-29; Box 28, Folder 16; and Box 27, Folder 1.

 6/20 Southern Pacific Railroad - Agriculture 1910 6/21 Southern Pacific Railroad - Mountaineering circa 1915 6/22 Southern Pacific Railroad - Mazamas outings 1914, 1916

Depicts outings to Mount Rainier in 1914 and to the Three Sisters in 1916.

 6/23 Southern Pacific Railroad - Oregon - Corn Creek Canyon circa 1906 6/24 Southern Pacific Railroad - Oregon - Rogue River 1903 6/25 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Agriculture 1911 6/26 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Columbia River 1909, 1911-1912, circa 1915 6/27 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Employee picnic train 1916 August 20 6/28 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Mazamas outing at Mount Adams 1913 6/29 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Astoria 1910-1912, 1915 6/30 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Bend 1911 6/31 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Deschutes County undated 6/32 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Deschutes River 1911 6/33 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Gearhart 1912 6/34 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Neocoxie River 1910 6/35 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Prineville 1911 6/36 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Seaside 1910-1912 6/37 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Three Sisters 1911 6/38 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Oregon - Tumalo irrigation district undated 6/39 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Washington - Beacon Rock circa 1915 6/40 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Washington - Carson 1909 6/41 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Washington - Castle Rock circa 1915 6/42 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Washington - Collins 1912 6/43 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Washington - White Salmon 1912 6/44 Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road - Washington - Wind River, log drive 1909 Series 10 Emergency Fleet Corporation photographs 1917-1919

Arranged into two groups: Ships and Shipyards.

Note that all of the photographs of the shipyards at G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation were taken in Kenton, Or., though they may be labeled otherwise.

 30/31 Ships - S.S. Wasco circa 1918-1919 Damaged photograph. 6/45 Shipyards - Kenton, Or. - G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation 1917 6/46 Shipyards - Kenton, Or. - G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation 1918 January-June 6/47 Shipyards - Kenton, Or. - G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation 1918 July-November Subseries 11 Unidentified photographs undated 6/48, 24/9-10, 30/32 Unidentified locations undated 6/49 Unidentified people undated Series C Prints from original negatives produced by Kiser Studio Company and Scenic America Company 1905-1929

Arranged into five subseries: Subseries 1. Photographs of Kiser studios and advertising, 1909-1923; Subseries 2. Places, 1901-1925; Subseries 3. Portraits, 1914-1925; Subseries 4. Emergency Fleet Corporation photographs, 1918-1919; and Subseries 5. Other subjects, circa 1914-1925.

This series contains copy prints made from original Kiser negatives. Many of these original negatives are stored in the Gifford and Prentiss photograph collection, Org. Lot 982. Photographer Benjamin Gifford bought Kiser's negatives and marketed them himself. The "GiC" number on many of the are Gifford's own negative annotations, "Gi" standing for Gifford and "C" for Kiser.

 Subseries 1 Photographs of Kiser studios and advertising 1909-1923

Arranged alphabetically by studio name.

This subseries contains both interior and exterior photographs of the various studio buildings owned and operated by Fred and Oscar Kiser, both in Portland, Or. and at Crater Lake National Park. Many

7/1 Kiser Photo Company (Portland, Or.) building circa 1915 7/2 Kiser Photo Company (Portland, Or.) advertising circa 1912-1913 7/3 Kiser Photo Company (Portland, Or.) endorsements 1909-1916 7/4 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Portland, Or.) building circa 1922-1923 7/5 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Portland, Or.) building - movie studio interiors 1923 7/6 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Portland, Or.) building - dressing rooms 1923 7/7 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Portland, Or.) building - equipment 1923 7/8 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Portland, Or.) building - offices 1923 7/9 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Portland, Or.) advertising, general circa 1921 7/10 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Portland, Or.) advertising, Kiser Art Film 1923 7/11 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Portland, Or.) endorsements 1921-1923 7/12 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Crater Lake, Or.) building circa 1926 7/13 Kiser Studios, Inc. (Crater Lake, Or.) advertising 1923 7/14 Kiser's Scenic Photo Studio (Portland, Or.) advertising circa 1912 7/15 Kiser's Scenic Photo Studio (Portland, Or.) endorsements 1920 7/16 Scenic America Company (Portland, Or.) building circa 1912 Subseries 2 Places 1901-1925

Arranged alphabetically by place name.

 7/17 Alaska - Katmai expeditions, National Geographic Society 1915-1919

These photographs are prints from negatives taken by Kiser of photos originally taken by L. C. Folsom.

 7/18 Montana - Glacier National Park, maps of circa 1915 Photographs of maps. 7/18a Oregon - Astoria - unidentified sailboat 1917 7/18b Oregon - Clatsop County - "Largest tideland spruce in the world," for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo. 1903 7/18c Oregon - Columbia Beach circa 1920 7/19 Oregon - Crater Lake - automobiles 1914 7/20 Oregon - Crater Lake - Diwie Canyon 1914

Depicts the Parkhurst family at Dewie Canyon.

 7/21 Oregon - Crater Lake - fish 1914 7/22 Oregon - Crater Lake - Lodge (under construction) 1914 7/23 Oregon - Crater Lake - Maps and other images circa 1921 7/24 Oregon - Crater Lake - Road 1914 7/25 Oregon - Crater Lake - Truck from Crater Lake Co. 1914 7/26 Oregon - Crater Lake - Victor Rock 1914 7/26a Oregon - Crater Lake - Views undated 7/27 Oregon - Crater Lake - Wizard Island 1914 7/28 Oregon - Mount Hood 1914, undated 7/29 Oregon - Mount Hood - snowshoe clubhouse circa 1915

These photographs are prints from negatives taken by Kiser of photos originally taken by Rodney L. Glisan.

 7/30 Oregon - Portland - Buildings - Parkhurst building (2nd & Couch) 1914

Also known as the Hotel Modern.

 7/31 Oregon - Portland - Businesses - F. N. Clark & Co. real estate circa 1914 7/32 Oregon - Portland - Businesses - Masons Supply Co. (SE 12th & Clinton) circa 1925 7/33 Oregon - Portland - Businesses - Multnomah Hotel (3rd & Pine) circa 1921 7/33a Oregon - Portland - Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition 1905 7/34 Oregon - Portland - Neighboorhoods - Eastmoreland 1914, circa 1922 7/35 Oregon - Portland - Neighborhoods - Laurelhurst circa 1922 7/36 Oregon - Portland - Streets - 28th & Burnside 1914 7/37 Oregon - Tillamook River undated 8/1 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River Gorge - Beacon Rock 1902 8/1a Oregon/Washington - Columbia River Gorge - Interstate bridge 1919 8/2 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River Gorge - Multnomah Falls circa 1918 8/3 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River Gorge - Residences circa 1916

Views of the Thompson family home.

 8/4 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River Highway - Castle Rock circa 1915

Depicts Benseon-Yeon group on top of Rock, surveying for highway.

 8/5 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River Highway - Crown Point circa 1915 8/6 Washington - Camas - Crown Willamette Paper Miller circa 1915 8/7 Washington - Mount Baker circa 1923 8/8 Washington - Mount St. Helens circa 1909; copy print made 1914 8/9 Washington - Spirit Lake - Boy Scouts circa 1901 8/10 Unidentified locations circa 1909-1925 8/11-12 Unidentified locations - Residences 1914-circa 1915

Includes views of the DeKeyler family house.

 Subseries 3 Portraits 1914-1925

Arranged by alphabetically by subject into four groupings: Children; Groups; Men; and Women.

 8/13 Children - Jorgensen children circa 1914-1920 8/14 Groups - Boy Scout troop #22, Portland, Or. circa 1922 8/15 Groups - Burg family circa 1914 8/16 Groups - Hastings family originally taken circa 1895; copy made circa 1914 8/17 Groups - Kiser Studios, Inc. cameramen circa 1922-1923 8/18 Groups - E. C. McDonald group circa 1915 8/19 Groups - Okanogan group circa 1914 8/20 Groups - August Schafer family circa 1921 8/21 Groups - U.S. Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation circa 1918 8/21a Groups - YMCA ski club, Mount Hood, Or. 1917 8/22 Men - Judge Coleman circa 1918 8/23 Men - Fred Kiser undated 8/24 Men - Frank Branch Riley circa 1925 8/25 Men - William Gladstone Steel originally taken 1889; copy made 1914 8/26 Men - Dolph Thomas circa 1923 8/27 Men - Unidentified originally taken circa 1865; copy made circa 1922 8/28 Women - Unidentified originals taken circa 1885-1925; copies made 1914-circa 1925 Subseries 4 Emergency Fleet Corporation photographs 1918-1919

This subseries contains photographs of ships built by shipyards in Astoria, Portland, and Vancouver, as well as the shipyards themselves, taken by Kiser for the Emergency Fleet Corporation of the U.S. Shipping Board, 1918-1919.

 9/1 Ships - S.S. Belding 1918 November 9 9/2 Ships - S.S. Bushing - Congressional party trip 1918 9/3 Ships - S.S. Calala - Camouflage trial trip 1918 9/4 Ships - S.S. Clauseus circa 1919 9/5 Ships - S.S. Kuwa 1918 September 9/6 Ships - S.S. Munro - Launching 1919 9/7 Ships - S.S. Northern Pacific 1914-1915 9/8 Ships - S.S. Rinia 1918 September 21 9/9 Ships - S.S. Wasco 1918 May 30 9/10 Ships - S.S. Wraith 1918 9/11 Shipyards - Astoria, Or. - Astoria Marine Works circa 1918 9/12 Shipyards - Astoria, Or. - George F. Rogers Co. 1919 9/21 Shipyards - Kenton, Or. - G. M. Standifer Construction Corporation 1918 9/13 Shipyards - Portland, Or. - Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. 1918-1919 9/14-15 Shipyards - Portland, Or. - Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. - Hull No. 2178 1918 9/16 Shipyards - Portland, Or. - Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. - Personnel 1918 9/17 Shipyards - Portland, Or. - Pacific Marine Iron Works 1918 9/18 Shipyards - Portland, Or. - Peninsula Shipbuilding Co. 1918 9/19 Shipyards - Portland, Or. - Supple-Bailin 1918 9/20 Shipyards - Portland, Or. - St. Helens Steamboat Co. circa 1918-1919 9/22 Shipyards - Unidentified locations - Nilson Shipbuilding Company 19[18?] April 30 9/23 Shipyards - Unidentified locations - People 1918 9/24 Shipyards - Unidentified locations - Ships knees circa 1918 Subseries 5 Other subjects 1914-circa 1925

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

This subseries contains many photographs taken by Kiser for contract advertising work for various Oregon businesses.

 10/1 Agriculture - Strawberry crops circa 1923 10/2 Advertising - Associated Industries circa 1925 10/3 Advertising - Blevens "Super Davit" model circa 1918 10/4 Advertising - Liberty Loan (Third) circa 1918 10/5 Advertising - Meyers Zo-Ro-Lite agate jewelry circa 1919 10/6 Advertising - New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. billboard circa 1915 10/7 Advertising - Oregon Fair circa 1925 10/8 Advertising - Ports of Columbia Commission circa 1915 10/9 Advertising - Sidney Vincent pump and windmill circa 1923 10/10 Architectural landscape drawings original documents created 1911, undated; copy prints made 1914, circa 1925 10/11 Automobiles - Locomobile auto in Dunthorpe circa 1915 10/12 Fire trucks 1914 10/13 Floral arrangements circa 1914-1918 10/14 Flowers - Irises circa 1922 10/15 Paintings circa 1914-1923 10/16 Poetry by Sharpe Fee 1915 Series D Photomechanical reproductions, published works, and ephemera 1903-circa 1930

Arranged into four subseries: Subseries 1. Postcards, 1903-circa 1930; Subseries 2. Other photomechanical prints, 1903-1905; Subseries 3. Published works, 1904-1905; and Ephemera, 1911 and undated.

 Subseries 1 Postcards 1903-circa 1930

Arranged alphabetically by place name.

 11/1 Oregon - Crater Lake 1903, 1927-1930 11/2 Oregon - Mount Adams undated 11/3 Oregon - Portland - Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition 1905 11/4 Oregon - Portland - Rose Festival 1907 11/5 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River - Celilo Falls undated 11/6 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River - Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road images 1903, 1909 11/7 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River - Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway/North Bank Road images 1912, undated 11/8 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River - Views circa 1903 11/9 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River Gorge - Latourell Falls undated 11/10 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River Gorge - Multnomah Falls 1905, undated 11/11 Oregon/Washington - Columbia River Gorge - Saint Peter's Dome circa 1906

Depicts Oscar Kiser.

 11/12 Washington - Carson undated 11/13 Washington - Mount Rainier undated Subseries 2 Other photomechanical prints 1903-1905

Arranged chronologically.

 11/14 "Singer Souvenirs of Portland" 1904 11/15 Oregon views circa 1904 11/16 Washington views 1904 11/17 Miniatures from the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Or. 1905 2 booklets. 11/18 "Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition" album 1905 11/19 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Or. 1905

Some of these photomechanical prints are also in the album in Box 11, Folder 18.

 11/20, 19/3-4 "Scenic Wonders: Portland and Columbia River" album (Albums 140-14a-c) 1903-1905 Three copies.

The album in Box 19, Folder 4 was formerly cataloged at Album 561.

 Subseries 3 Published works 1904-1905

Arranged chronologically.

 19/1-2 Pacific Coast Pictures: A Representative Collection of Pictures of Grand Scenery in Oregon and Washington from Kiser Bros.' Famous Collection of Photographs 1904 Two copies. 11/21 The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Illustrated 1905 11/22 Sights and Scenes at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Oregon Contains photographs taken by the Official Photographic Co., as well as others. 1905 11/23 Souvenir View Book of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and Oriental Fair 1905 11/24 Official Guide to the Lewis & Clark Exposition, Portland Oregon, June 1 to October 15, 1905 Compiled by Lawson G. Bradley; includes photographs taken by the Official Photographic Co., as well as others. 1905 Subseries 4 11/25 Ephemera 1911, undated

Includes an undated Kiser Scenic Photos label and a typescript list of titles of images taken during the 1911 trip to Glacier National Park.

 Series E Background material 1903-1999

This series contains biographical and historical information on Fred Kiser and the Kiser Photo Company that was gathered during the processing of this collection. Mostly contains photocopies of material on Kiser that is contained in other manuscript, printed, and newspaper collections at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library, as well as some photocopied material from the Mazamas Library in Portland, Or. and the archives of Crater Lake National Park.

 11/26 Photocopies of manuscript and printed material from other collections in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library 1904-circa 1928 11/27 Newspaper clippings 1905-1989 11/28 Material on Kiser from the Mazamas Library 1903-1940

USE OF THIS MATERIAL IS RESTRICTED. The Oregon Historical Society Research Library does not own the original documents from which these photocopies were made. Researchers must receive permission to publish from the Mazamas Library in Portland, Or.

11/29 Material on Kiser from Crater Lake National Park archives 1912-1999

USE OF THIS MATERIAL IS RESTRICTED. The Oregon Historical Society Research Library does not own the original documents from which these photocopies were made. Researchers must receive permission to publish from the Crate Lake National Park archives.