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The SOHS Sawyer Collection

The images presented here are part of a donation we are calling the Sawyer Collection. The images have come from multiple photography studios, some of them unidentified. Most were taken by the Kiser Studio of Portland, Oregon in the 'Teens and early 'Twenties, especially of rugged scenes in Crater Lake and Glacier National Parks and along the Columbia River. A small collection was taken 1905-07 by photographer H. G. Peabody of Massachusetts and Maine urban and coastal scenes. An anonymous collection portrays architectural and rural views taken in Central Mexico in the same era.

The collection was saved and cared for by William Gruber, who had a long working relationship with the Portland photography studio Sawyer Service Inc. Gruber was the inventor of the popular View-Master, which he produced in collaboration with Sawyer’s. According to the donor, in 1939 Sawyer’s was poised to dispose of these glass plate negatives in order to focus on the View-Master, when Gruber offered to take the plates. Over the past eight decades, the Gruber family has meticulously maintained the collection of approximately 3,000 plates, weighing roughly half a ton. Southern Oregon Historical Society received the plates as a donation in 2019, and has made them publicly available with additional grant funding from Oregon Parks and Recreation and the Oregon Cultural Trust.

 SAWYER COLLECTION INDEX        WILLIAM GRUBER       WHEN THE COLLECTION ARRIVED AT SOHS     

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SWY1964

Kalispell Apple Orchard, E. L. Sleter (Wealthy Apples)
SWY1965

Kalispell R. A. Rollins Apple Orchard
SWY1966

Kalispell R. A. Rollins Apple Orchard
SWY1967

Kalispell R. A. Rollins Apple Orchard--Crabapples
SWY1968

Kalispell R. A. Rollins Apple Orchard
SWY1969

Kalispell R. A. Rollins Apple Orchard
SWY1970

Kalispell R. A. Rollins Apple Orchard (Wealthy Apples)
SWY1971

Kalispell W. Brennan Apple Orchard
SWY1972

Kalispell Cherry Tree
SWY1973

Kalispell--Limb of Delicious Apples, R. A. Rollins
SWY1974

Kalispell--Timothy Grass, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1975

Kalispell--Wheat, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1976

Kalispell--Head of Barley, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1977

Kalispell--Oats, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1978

Kalispell--Head of Wheat, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1979

Kalispell--Head of Wheat, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1980

Kalispell--Oats, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1981

Kalispell--Peas, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1982

Kalispell--Wheat, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1983

Kalispell--Alfalfa, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1984

Kalispell--Head of Oats, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1985

Kalispell--Flax, Chamber of Commerce
SWY1986

Lake Chelan Overlooking Washington Pass--Panorama #1
SWY1987

Overlooking Washington Pass--Panorama #1
SWY1988

Lake Chelan Overlooking Washington Pass from Summit of Whistler Mountain--Panorama #1
SWY1989

Lake Chelan--Quartz Mountain, Washington Pass
SWY1990

Lake Chelan--Mt Sahale & Glacier in Horseshoe Basin
SWY1991

Lake Chelan--Summit of Mt Sahale
SWY1992

Looking Southeast from Mt Sahale
SWY1993

Looking Down the Stehekin Canyon on the Climb to Mt Sahale
SWY1994

Lake Chelan--Doubtful Lake
SWY1995

Lake Chelan--Shoreline, Doubtful Lake
SWY1996

Lake Chelan--Camp at Doubtful Lake
SWY1997

Stehekin Canyon on a Stormy Day
SWY1998

Lake Chelan, Washington--The Stehekin from Cascade Pass
SWY1999

Lake Chelan, Washington--Horseshoe Basin
SWY2000

Glacier National Park--Triple Divide Trail, 7 Miles from Cut Bank
SWY2001

Lake Chelan, Washington--Saw Teeth, Horseshoe Basin
SWY2002

Lake Chelan, Washington--Looking South from Horseshoe Basin
SWY2003

Lake Chelan, Washington--Looking Down the Stehekin Canyon from Horseshoe Basin
SWY2004

Lake Chelan, Washington--Twin Falls near Horseshoe Basin
SWY2005

Above the Clouds, Cascades Pass, Doubtful Lake, Washington
SWY2006

Lake Chelan, Washington--Looking West from Cascade Pass--Mt Baker in Distance
SWY2007

Lake Chelan, Washington--Summit of Whistler Mountain
SWY2008

Lake Chelan, Washington--Rock Cliffs on Summit of Whistler Mountain
SWY2009

Lake Chelan, Washington--Looking Northwest from Whistler Mountain
SWY2010

Lake Chelan, Washington--Looking West from Whistler Mountain
SWY2011

Lake Chelan, Washington--Rainy Lake as Seen from Whistler Mountain
SWY2012

Lake Chelan, Washington--Rainy Lake
SWY2013

Lake Chelan, Washington--Head of Rainy Lake