Wagon Train Pioneers
Title
Wagon Train Pioneers
Description
Black and white image of a group of elderly people sitting in the back of a horse-drawn wagon. The wagon is decorated with bunting, drapes, and greenery. The women in the image mostly wear dark dresses with long sleeves and hats or bonnets, and a number wear dark capes. One woman wears a white apron and neck scarf, and her bonnet supports a dark prayer veil. The men wear typical suits and hats of the era. Three of the women have ribbons attached to their capes and dresses.
[Front] [blue ink on label] Mrs. C B Reynolds [sic], Mary R. Woods, Mrs. Stewart, Thos. Otchins, S. J. Brown, Mary Moore, Mrs. R. K. Ennis [pencil] Walters [ink] Thos. Tucker, Kmalli [scribbled out with pencil, followed by, still in pencil] Kimberly. [Back] Pioneer's [sic] who crossed the plains in covered wagons in the 1840's and 1850's [sic] to Oregon.
Date Created
circa 1900
Subject
Pioneer picnics
Pioneers
Women pioneers
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Reynolds, Mrs. C. B.
Woods, Mary R.
Stewart, Mrs. [?]
Otchin, Thomas
Brown, S. J.
Moore, Mary
Ennis, Mrs. Riley Killigan
Tucker, Thomas
Kimberly
Cultural Studies
Economic History
Human Migration
Local & State History
Genealogy & Family History
Social History
Place
Hillsboro, Oregon
Medium
card photographs
Language
English
Identifier
WCMpic_001063
Rights
Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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Source
Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum
Type
Still Image