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1913 Big Eddy oregon businessmen group The Dalles Celilo Canal Shooting UPDATED For Sale
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1913 Big Eddy oregon businessmen group The Dalles Celilo Canal Shooting UPDATED:
$79.95
UPDATED: Based on information from a resident expert and photos from the same day.
FIRST INFO: 1913 Big Eddy oregon The Dalles Celilo Canal area shooting group. Interesting item. The canal is maybe a couple years off from opening, but these folks from the area go to Big Eddy to do some shooting. Clay pigeons probably. There is a dog in the photo. But all the shotgun shells are laying at their feet. A kid behind the adults not identified and only one person seems to be identified in the shot with the position noted, 2nd from right IC Nickelsen. He was the one who created what is now Oregons oldest bookstore and the 7th oldest in the country. It is now Klindts, but it was Nickelsen first. Online it is noted that it was sold to the Weigelt family in 1927-some saying he sold it, but that is impossible since he died in 1923. Looking at his findagrave I compared the photo with this one. It is the only man with gray hair, but other photos have him with a mustache. Back in the day lots of old guys never changed their facial hair, but maybe he lost it as he got older. The others are not pointed out in the line who they are. Here are my guesses.
Guess UPDATED, I will put in the new info under the original with my guesses. I was also advised for a serious collector this photo is fairly priced.
2 younger guys on the left (far and 2nd from left) are probably Weigelts as around 1913 they would have been late teens and they both died younger. Far left he is enjoying a cigar. The one right in the middle seems to not want to be there and holding the shotgun as if it will bite him. A dandy man LOL Inbetween them is who I think is Moody, looking at his photo on findagrave seems to match. The man on the far right...well it is anyones guess why he is there, he does not look happy. R. Williams is the photographer and I seem to recall he had a photo studio at Big Eddy. But not positive.
Ok, I dug in a little bit on findagrave. For the Weigelts in 1913: Gus would be 17 Henry would be 14 and he died age 19 Paul would be 19 It is possible Dad Albert is there as he would be 49, in the middle next to dandy dapper dresser. The man in the white sweater is maybe Paul at 19. Just guessing here you understand. So that leavesthe kid in the back and later mafia man at the far right as unknown. Would love to know the types of shotguns. Would be worth a small fortune today.
I was shown a card from the same day and there were more men in that photo. addressed to H.E.Greene, from FWS. It was noted in that card that he hit only 2 out of 25 that day. Thus my guess it was trap or skeet shooting. Mr H.E. Greene was a member of the election board in Wasco County in 1920 and in 1940 he was county assessor. TheF.W.S.quite possibly might be Frank W Saunders as he was a Jr Engineer at Big Eddy for the canal. In the 1930s he was still there at Big Eddy and was chief Government Engineer and was over the dredging on the canal. So there is some info to update yours. I think it was a large group that mostly was Weigelt, moody, nickelsen, saunders and woodfield, Speaking of...Frank Woodfield is that dandy man, I have put a photo of him from findagrave on here as reference. One can see it is the same man. He also was a well known photographer in the Gorge and lots of references to him online in regards to photos. He took the large well known photo of the opening of the canal in May 1915.To the left it seems like that is where the dam is stopped up for the canal where the final locks will be. Your other card is Jan 1913 so I bet this was late fall of 1912 for shooting day.Frank Woodfield was born in Astoria, Oregon, on July 17th, 1879. Woodfield was introduced to photography by Elmer Alan Coe in 1910. Woodfield was active in Astoria, Oregon from 1910-1942 and took many images along the coastline of Oregon. He began to make and market photo postcards. Frank died in 1954 in his home in Tolovana Park, Oregon.It just dawned on me with the amount of work I put in researching even a single card and identifying people etc that is something you are paying for as well.You are welcome :)
I do try to combine shipping if you let me know when and what. Within a day or two.
Of course the X will not be on the original. Just being sure the buyer has full rights to it.
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