Historic Hood River
Snowy Stairs
7-9-2024
Notes
This Ella May Davidson image shows a section of the Second Street Stairs near its crossing of Hazel Street, circa 1915. The original stairs were a haphazard wood structure running next to the Wilson pipeline. This shallow section was a mix between stairs and a ramp.
Ella May lived in a house just west of here at 224 Serpentine. That house still exits. Many of her images are taken at a house just east of the stairs on Hazel. It’s my suspicion that was where her father Charles Davidson lived, but I haven’t verified that.
You can review my research on the history of the stairs here.
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Lovely cool picture, but not getting me to walk on that snow covered wood without spikes. Fall, slide, bump down the steps, keep sliding. Go to bed for a week, if not the hospital.