XRARE: 1903 Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity Oregon

Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon
Containing Original Sketches of Many Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present

 Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1903 (1st edition)
 

Handsomely published collection of biographies of Portland's (Oregon) finest - its foremost citizens at the beginning of the 20th century. Each section begins with a tissue-protected portrait (earlier citizens have steel-engraved portraits, later ones have photographs). Contains hundreds of bios.
 

Ruled brown leather with gilt titles and marbled endpapers. Gilt page edges on all three sides. 883 pages with index. 11.5" x 9" x 3". 

Rare piece of Portland, Oregon history!
 

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