October 18, 2007
Antioch the Glorious
Detail, Adcox Auto School, Portland, circa 1920.
Oregon Historical Society Negative GI 10572.
ANTIOCH THE GLORIOUS Visions of Metropolitan Life
Selections from the Benjamin Gifford Photograph Collection. Courtesy the Oregon Historical Society. With text by William H. Hall, 1920.
Installation curated by G.B. Wexler.
Benjamin A. Gifford (1859-1926) was one of Oregon’s premier commercial photographers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This installation features selections from the extensive Gifford collection housed at the Oregon Historical Society, combined with a text by William H. Hall from The National Geographic Magazine of August, 1920.
Currently on view at the Energy Bar, 1431 SW Park Ave. @ Clay, Portland, Oregon. For information call 503-306-5241.