There was one photographer from Portland Oregon who was especially creative in how he would entice customers to pose for their portraits. His name was Charles :”Cal” Calvert and he specialized in fast postcard photos. He advertised himself as “Cal Calvert the 10 Minute Post Card Man”.
In 1947 a soldier that had returned from the war had the idea to set up a fort and to recruit Indians from Umatilla to come and setup and encampment and show tourists the ways of the Native American. He and his wife Virginia, with help from friends, put all that they had into building the Mt Hood Indian Pageant.
Here’s an antique postcard depicting a crowd that had gathered in the street in downtown Hood River, Oregon.
I have come across an interesting series of photographs recently that document the filming of a silent movie that took place on Mount Hood.
It was 1915 and a lot was going on just east of Troutdale Oregon in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. Planning was taking place for the construction of the now Historic Columbia River Highway.
