Historical Photograph Collection
The Electric Studio/O.G. Allen collection, ca. 1911-1913

Collection number: PH 033

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Biographical Sketch:

Little is known about O.G. Allen. He was a member of the Pendleton Camera Club. Robinson notes that Allen's name appears in the Pendleton city directories only in 1911-1913, and that he was hospitalized for mental illness in 1913 in the following newspaper report.

1913: "Crazed Man Drives His Auto Into Drug Store; Interior of Place Wrecked; None Hurt. O. G. Allen, a local photographer, escapes from attendants at St. Anthony's hospital, jumps into machine, and speeds down street at fifty miles an hour tears through fence and heads for business center of city. Stands in car yelling 'Let 'er Buck" (the full two column account must be seen to be appreciated) East Oregonian August 22, 1913.

Scope and Contents:

The Electric Studio/O.G. Allen collection consists of five glass plate negatives and one vintage print.

[untitled], Martin Schmitt/Appaloosa Horse. Glass plate negative and print.
John Thomas bulldogging, Round-Up, Pendleton, OR, No. 25, Electric Studio.
33x. Homer Wilson Bulldogging, Round-Up, Pendleton, OR, Electric Studio.
Roy Hunter bulldogger at the Round-Up By O.G. Allen Pendleton No. 638.'
[untitled], crowd gathered at train for whistle-stop campaigning.

There is no documentation for this collection. However, the location is clearly Pendleton, Oregon c.1910. As one image is signed by O.G. Allen, and Robinson documents a postcard with the imprint "Allen's Electric Studio, Eagle Woodman Bldg., Pendleton, Or.", the entire collection is attributed to this photographer.

Extent: .25 linear ft. (1 container)

Provenance: Unknown. Possibly a donation from Lee D. Drake of Pendleton

Access restrictions: None.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Electric Studio/O.G. Allen collection, PH 033-[item number], Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299.

Related collections:

This collection forms part of the Pendleton Group, a series of photograph collections from the Pendleton area, 1880s-1940s. Images from certain photographers, such as Bowman, may be found in many of these collections. The Pendleton Group includes the Lee Drake photographs (PH 021), the Lee Moorhouse photographs (PH 036), the Charles W. Furlong photographs (PH 244), the Walter S. Bowman photographs (PH 004), and the Electric Studio/O.G. Allen photographs (PH 033). Related images are also held in the Print Collection (PH 035) and the Park Weed Willis photographs (PH 288).

Images of Allen's traveling studio appear in the Lee Moorhouse collection, PH036-2941, PH036-2989 and PH036-2990. Allen is also shown on a bucking horse in PH036-3592.

Publication rights:

Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish images must be submitted to the Photographs Curator of Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Processed by: Normandy S. Helmer
Date Completed: February 2004

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Last Modified: August 4, 2008
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