Featuring paintings of the  Early Mayors of Portland, Oregon
Art work by  Theodore Gegoux  (1850 - 1931)
Courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
     Portraits of Portland mayors, (1851 - 1913).  The two portraits shown here exemplify the collection, of which there were 29 in all.  See below for the entire list of Mayors in this collection.  
 
Thomas J. Holmes   Thomas J. Holmes  --  Mayor from 1866 to 1867.
Oil on canvas.  21 inches by 26 inches
Photograph by Theodore Gegoux III © Copyright - All Rights Reserved
David P. Thompson   David P. Thompson  --  Mayor from 1879 to 1882.
Oil on canvas.  21 inches by 26 inches.
Photograph by Theodore Gegoux III © Copyright - All Rights Reserved
From the records of the Oregon Historical Society
Portraits of Portland (Oregon) Mayors, 1851 - 1913.  Painted mostly from photographs in Oregon Historical Soceity collections.  Cica 1910 - 1915, oil on canvas, each approximately 67 cm. by 54 cm., catalog numbers 75-1.223 thru 75-1.250  
 
Gegoux's Mayors Painitings are catalogued at:
 
 
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600,000 records of the Inventory of American Painting & Sculpture, Photograph Archives and Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index.  
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1) Hugh O'Bryant, 1851-52
2) A. C. Bonnell, 1852
3) Josiah Failing, 1853
4) William S. Ladd, 1854
5) George W. Vaughan, 1855-56
6) James O'Neill, 1856-58
7) S. J. McCormick, 1859
8) George Collier Robbins, 1860-61
9) John M. Breck, 1861-62
10) David Logan, 1863-64
11) Henry Failing, 1864-65, 1873
12) Thomas J. Holmes, 1866-67
13) J. A. Chapman, 1867-68, 1875-77, 1882-85
14) B. Goldsmith, 1869-71
15) Philip Wasserman, 1871-73
16) W. S. Newberry, 1877-78
17) David P. Thompson, 1879-82
18) John Gates, 1885-88
19) Van B. de Lashnut, 1888-91
20) W. S. Mason, 1892-93
21) George P. Frank, 1894-95, 1898
22) Sylvester Pennoyer, 1896-97
23) William A. Storey, 1899
24) Henry S. Rowe, 1900-01
25) George H. Williams, 1902-04
26) Harry Lane, 1905-09
27) Joseph Simon, 1910-11
28) Allen G. Rushlight, 1912
29) H. R. Albee, 1913-17


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