Historic Hood River
J. E. Hanna’s Store
8-27-2014
Notes
Here’s another fine interior from the 1890s. Not only do we know the names of most of the patrons, we know their occupations:
- Ase Oiler (carpenter)
- Jud Ferguson (jeweler)
- Unknown
- Jim Hunt (painter)
- J.E. Hanna
- Roy Slocum (boy with camera)
The caption indicates Roy Slocum’s camera was one of the earliest in Hood River.
Roy Slocum was born in 1879. He was orphaned as a young boy and came to live with his aunt Georgiana Smith, wife of E.L. Smith.
spinsur
ok, must be the "carpenter on the left, I’m old enough to have used a brace and bit (with my dad, of course!), but there’s another contraption on the one in his hand. Ideas from the other greybeards?
charlott
Little Roy Slocum’s aunt was a sister of his father. Her maiden was was Slocum and she had two brothers, George and Roy, but which was his father I don’t know, maybe he was Roy Jr. Naturally E. L. Smith was Ezra Leonard Smith.
What a lucky little guy to have had a camera of his very own in that time frame. Most adults didn’t.
First thing I noticed was those pants, looks like they might be bibs.
Arlen Sheldrake
brings to mind how much work it was just to light a room……wick maintenance, globe cleaning, fueling, lighting, extinquishing…..
Judy
Was this the Georgiana Smith that the Library named the park after?
Kate
Yes, the Library Park is named after Georgiana Smith. She was instrumental in growing the lending library before the Carnegie Library was built. The property the Library is on was donated in her name by her daughter after Georgiana passed away. The large yellow house on the corner of State & Sixth (now businesses) was the Smith’s house. They did take in the Slocums.
nels
Spinsur I was wondering the same thing,could that be some kind of ‘carrier’ when not using the drill bit? And does the man behind the little boy have some kind of floral pants, or is that just age and discoloration?
Arthur
spinsur, the device in the carpenter’s hands is actually a combo brace and bit and hand drill. His right hand is on an eggbeater handle which couples into the brace handle, so you could rotate the bit in two different ways.
spinsur
Interesting, that’s what it appeared, but I’d never seen one! Thanks!
Nels, I took that to be the painter, and a combination of his line of work, and photo degradation.
Judy
The Library Foundation helped with the park. Thanks so much to Virginia Hosford.
L.E.
THE 1890 AND 1891 HR Glacier, refer to it as the Hanna & Ziegler Store. In April of 1891, Mr. Ziegler sells his interest.
L.E.
HR Glacier May 09, 1907,page 4
Old land Marks Disappearing:
The building recently occupied by Hanna’s grocery has been torn down and the lumber moved from the ground. This structure was at one time the most palatial building in Hood River……..
Nina Glover
James E Hanna was my great grandfather. Married to Margaret Belle Gregory. My Grandmother was Ruth Margaret Hanna, his youngest child. She left Hood River for Portland at a young age. She attended a school of natural pathology and became a doctor. Dr Ruth Barnett was a famous abortionist in Portland for 50+years. She died at 77 in 1966. She wrote a book about her life in Portland "They Weep on My Doorstep" co authored by Doug Baker. Doug Baker wrote for the Oregonian for many years a column called "Baker’s Dozen". In 1993, Rickie Solinger wrote a book about Dr. Ruth, called, "The Abortionist" "A woman against the law". I have wonderful pictures the Hanna family and of my grandmother as a teen on the basketball team of Hood River High School.