I know it is distracting, but at least the image is identifiable.
I have been given some photos of early area pioneers. One is a beautiful lady, and the photographer is Ralph Gifford of The Dalles. Because of HHR, I know a little about Gifford and his talent. He was in The Dalles 1895 to 1910.
I have no idea who the lady is.

L.E. on 27th October 2021 @ 8:03am

Arthur - before I read your Notes, I had the same reaction. Then I thought it would be easy to do some simple image processing and remove the writing since the ink is blue and the image is B&W.

Kevin on 27th October 2021 @ 9:42am

Behind the gentleman on the right is the wrapping area with paper and string dispenser. I can remember this in every store, before the era of plastic bags. I think I would still prefer this as recycling plastic is such a bother. Paper recycles or becomes good fire starer.

nels on 27th October 2021 @ 9:47am

Another nice example of conversion to tube and post electric lighting, as seen in the George Crowell store a few days ago, though this time the referenced prior posting doesn't provide a before-and-after, as did the Crowell images.

Alan Winston on 27th October 2021 @ 10:44am

I meant photographer Benjamin Gifford. Not Ralph.

L.E. on 27th October 2021 @ 12:56pm

Based on the hand written caption, I believe the woman second from the right must be Eliza Hinrichs, wife of John W. Hinrichs (my great-great grandparents). The gentleman on the right bears a resemblance to Copley Hinrichs, eldest son of John W. Hinrichs. We have seen him before in pictures associated with First National Bank (see Image # 284). Although I can't be sure about him, since a lot of the men in those days looked similar with those TR style moustaches.

If Arthur had removed the hand writing to clean up the picture, I would have never made the connection to my great-great grandmother, unless Arthur had dutifully captured the handwritten notes in his Notes section.

kmb on 27th October 2021 @ 10:50pm