Dan White Restaurant and Confectionery
1910-1925
Gresham, Multnomah County, OR, USA
Black and white photo of a two story white building with cars parked at the side and one car driving south on Main in front of the building; banner on side of building reads "ENTRANCE TO FAIRGROUNDS | FOR AUTOS." The photo is taken from a height, perhaps a building rooftop. The building is the Dan White Restaurant and Confectionary on the NW corner of Main Ave. and Second St. in Gresham. There are two men in hats looking at the building with their backs to the photographer. There is a poem written in ink (cursive) on the back of the photo. "It was in the town of Gresham where lived two of Bethlehem's best men. They had traveled far and wide and after meeting Esther and Retty in whom they took much pride They decided to forever here abide."
More about this item
- Identifier
- ghs20140080017
- Description
- Black and white photo of a two story white building with cars parked at the side and one car driving south on Main in front of the building; banner on side of building reads "ENTRANCE TO FAIRGROUNDS | FOR AUTOS." The photo is taken from a height, perhaps a building rooftop. The building is the Dan White Restaurant and Confectionary on the NW corner of Main Ave. and Second St. in Gresham. There are two men in hats looking at the building with their backs to the photographer. There is a poem written in ink (cursive) on the back of the photo. "It was in the town of Gresham where lived two of Bethlehem's best men. They had traveled far and wide and after meeting Esther and Retty in whom they took much pride They decided to forever here abide."
- Rights
- No Copyright
- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, OR, USA
- Date
- 1910-1925
- Subject
- Historic buildings
- Automobiles
- Restaurants
- Confectioneries
- Multnomah County Fair
- Street scenes
- Provenance
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The banner on the building refers to the Multnomah County Fairgrounds, which were located in Downtown Gresham from 1908 to 1969 at a site west of Main Avenue (the road visible in this photo).
Donated by Norma Davidson in 2014. - Type
- StillImage
- Medium
- Print, Photographic
- source resource
- https://www.northwestdigitalheritage.org/legacy/api/items/166384
- Item sets
- Gresham Heritage
