Antique Photo Album 1890s-1950s Oregon Wyoming Alaska For Sale

Antique Gossett–Stewart Family Photograph Album – Oregon / Wyoming / Alaska – Late 1800s to Mid-1900sWonderful original multi-generation American family photograph album documenting the Gossett and Stewart families and related individuals.The collection contains numerous original photographs dating from approximately the late 1800s through the mid-20th century, with many photographs accompanied by handwritten family identifications, dates, relationships and locations.Highlights include early cabinet-card and mounted photographs, Portland/Oregon studio portraits, early automobiles, horse-and-buggy transportation, rural and Western scenes, family portraits, wedding photographs, large group photographs and military material.Of particular interest is an original 1931 photograph of Battery “B,” 218th Field Artillery at Camp Stevens, Oregon, identified directly on the photograph.The album also contains a period newspaper clipping concerning Dr. W. E. Gossett, describing his departure for Douglas Island, Alaska, as well as additional Gossett family history.Several family members are identified in handwritten notes, including Grace Edith Gossett Stewart and Marshall/Marshal Lathern Stewart. Their 1907 Portland-area marriage is consistent with surviving historical marriage records.The album contains a fascinating mixture of:* Late-19th/early-20th-century portraits and cabinet photographs
* Oregon and Portland-related photographs
* Gossett and Stewart family genealogy
* Wyoming connections
* Alaska/Douglas Island historical material
* 1931 Oregon military photograph
* Early automobile photographs
* Horse-drawn wagons and rural scenes
* Period clothing and family life
* Photographer/studio-marked photographs
* Handwritten identifications and family history
* Newspaper ephemeraPhotographs vary in condition due to age, with fading, discoloration, edge wear and other expected signs of age. Album pages and protective coverings also show age/storage wear. Please examine all photographs carefully for condition.Album is being sold intact as found. Photographs and handwritten identification notes have not been separated from the collection.A great piece for collectors of Western Americana, Oregon history, antique photography, genealogy, military history and early American family archives.Please see all photographs as they are an important part of the description.

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