Photo Archives
"The Orr Collection"
Orr001
Description
Date Taken
Notes
File No.
Orr001A
Orr002
Orr005
Orr004
Orr003
Orr006
Orr007
Orr008
Orr011
Orr011(2)
Orr010
Orr009
Orr011A
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Orr014
Orr013
Orr012
Orr018
Orr016
Orr015
Orr020
Orr019
Orr017
Photo Missing
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Orr023
Orr024
Orr022
Orr021
Mrs. Anita Fuller wearing Emma Orr's traveling dress
1953?
Orr025
Orr028
Nathaniel Orr's rifle which accompanied him on his westward journey from Virginia. Later given to Bob McNeilly, and held here by Cliff Renauf.
1950
Mirror, skeiner, piano cover, and rifle owned by Nathaniel and Emma Orr; presently in Orr Home
1950
Orr027
Orr029B
Orr029A
Orr029C
Orr030
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Photo needs to be rescanned (on webmaster's "To Do" list)
Original photo not well focused
Orr031B
Orr031A
Orr031
Orr031E
Orr031D
Orr031C
Orr031H
Orr031G
Orr031F
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Orr033
Orr032A
Orr032
Orr034
Orr035
Orr035B
Orr035A
Orr038
Orr038A
Orr037
Orr036
Orr039
Orr039C
Orr039B
Orr039A
Orr040
Orr043
Orr042
Orr041
Orr046
Orr045
Orr044
Orr047
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May 1868
Nathaniel Hope Orr and Emma Thompson Orr wedding photo
This portrait was taken while Nathaniel still lived in Virginia. He moved west in 1852/3, stopping on St. Louis to learn wagon making, and in Portland, OR, the learn orcharding.
Nathaniel Orr portrait
Nathaniel Hope Orr and Emma Thompson Orr wedding photo
May 1868
1849
Nathaniel Orr's sister, Emily
Nathaniel Orr's brother, James
1850s
1850s
Nathaniel Orr's aunts, Agnie Wilcox and Kare Bixby
Nathaniel Orr's sister, Mary Frances
1850s
1850s
Sarah Evans Thompson, mother of Emma Thompson Orr
Nathaniel Orr's standing in the doorway of his Wagon Shop
Unk
1880
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Glen Orr in the Wagon Shop
Nat and Glen Orr in the Wagon Shop
~1900
~1900
East side of Wagon Shop, by this time showing its age and disrepair
Darrel Smith in WW-I uniform. Wagon Shop in background
1918
1918
Orr home in Virginia. Shows Glen Orr's brother and sister, Nat and Mary Frances Orr
Nathaniel (Nat) George Orr, son of Nathaniel Hope Orr and Emma Thompson Orr
Portrait of Glen Orr
Unk
1918
1905
Closer view of Darrel Smith in WW-I uniform, Wagon Shop in background
1906
Gladys Heal, husband, and child. Gladys was a cousin of Glenn Orr and daughter of Julianne Heal, Emma Thompson Orr's sister
Portrait of Glen Orr
Unk
1920
Wagon Shop with large maple still standing at front, left corner
Portrait of Emma Thompson approximately one year before she married Nathaniel Orr
1867
1980
Portrait of Emma Thompson approximately Emma Orr standing in her flower garden
1900
Joanna Renauf wearing Emma Thompson Orr's wedding dress. Joanna was Emma's niece.
1950
Joanna Renauf wearing Emma Thompson Orr's wedding dress. Joanna was Emma's niece.
~1900
May 1923
1950
Orr026
Black republican cherry trees, sidewalk in front of house.
Orr home with fencing and boardwalk.
Cherry trees in front of house
The Orr home viewed from intersection of Main and Rainier Streets. A friend of Glen Orr's called the home "The Ormont" during this period.
1950
1940
North side of Orr home.
~1960
~1960
South side of Orr home.
Front (east) of Orr home.
Interior of Orr home as it was when SHMA took possession of it in 1974. Bedroom.
Front of Orr home just before the Steilacoom Historical Museum Associationi bought it in 1974
~1960
Early 1971
1975
Interior of Orr home as it was when SHMA took possession of it in 1974. Front door.
1975
Interior of Orr home as it was when SHMA took possession of it in 1974. Stairs to second floor, just inside front door.
1975
1975
Interior of Orr home as it was when SHMA took possession of it in 1974. The parlor.
Interior of Orr home as it was when SHMA took possession of it in 1974.
Interior of Orr home as it was when SHMA took possession of it in 1974. Rocking chair, wallpaper.
Interior of Orr home as it was when SHMA took possession of it in 1974. Writing desk, wall clock, heater, rocking chair, wallpaper.
1975
1975
1975
Interior of Orr home as it was when SHMA took possession of it in 1974. Bedroom.
Interior of Orr home as it was when SHMA took possession of it in 1974. Stuffed chair, writing desk.
1981
1975
1975
Orr home after first renovation which took place in 1979 - 1980.
1981
1975
Orr home decorated for "Christmas at the Orr Home".
Orr home after first renovation which took place in 1979 - 1980.
1989
Orr home after second restoration which took place in 1996 - 2002.
2003
2003
2002
Orr home after second restoration which took place in 1996 - 2002. Shows fence.
Orr home after second restoration which took place in 1996 - 2002. Shown from Main Street at corner of Wagon Shop.
Painting by Jim Dyer of Wagon Shop interior when it was being used as a boat repair shop in the late 1940s.
Orr home after second restoration which took place in 1996 - 2002.
Unk
2003
Building at corner of Main and Rainier Streets used as a garage, fire station, and storage shed.
1978
1938
Building at corner of Main and Rainier Streets after purchase by SHMA. Used for storage.
Building at corner of Main and Rainier Streets after purchase by SHMA. Used for storage.
1978
Wagon Shop after conversion to auto body shop, seen from across Main Street
Nov 2, 1946
Nov 2, 1946
Wagon Shop after conversion to auto body shop, seen from Main Street. Sign on outer wall says "Quick Starting Shell Gasoline"
Nov 2, 1946
Nov 2, 1946
Wagon Shop after conversion to auto body shop, seen from Main Street. Close up shot of sign on outer wall says "Quick Starting Shell Gasoline"
Wagon Shop after conversion to auto body shop, seen from across Main Street
Sarah Jane Thompson, Emma Thompson Orr's sister. Sarah Jane lived in Ontario, Canada.
Julia Anne Thompson Heal, Emma Thompson Orr's sister. Julia lived in Victoria, B.C.
1870s
Unk
Emma Thompson Orr's brother, name unknown. Taught theology at the University of Ontario.
Emma Thompson Orr's mother, Sarah Thompson, with unidentified grandchildren.
Unk
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Apple storage in the basement of the Orr home.
Maybe Nathaniel Orr's mother.
View of Orr home from northwest corner. Shows orchard.
Unk (but probably early 1900s)
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Unk (but probably early 1900s)
Orr home parlor.
Unk (but probably early 1900s)
Orr050
Orr049
Orr048
Fruit tree in Orr orchard.
Apr, 1971
Apr, 1971
Apr, 1971
Fruit tree in Orr orchard, NE corner of Orr Home.
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Fruit tree in Orr orchard, NW corner of Orr property.
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Orr051
Fruit tree in Orr orchard, NW corner of Orr propety.
Apr, 1971
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Orr053
Orr052
Maple tree at SW corner of Wagon Shop (shop corner at right in photo). Maple tree no longer there. Note absence of house between Wagon Shop and Lafayette Street. Photo taken from Main Street.
Apple tree showing Orr Home in background, auto garage at right. (Note: the apple tree is at the corner of the Wagon Shop, photo taken from Main Street.)
Apr, 1971
Apr, 1971
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Orr054
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Fruit tree in Orr Orchard.
Apr, 1971
Orr055
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Pear in Orr Orchard, Balch Street in background.
Apr, 1971
Orr056
Orr057
Apr, 1972
Apr, 1971
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Imperial Ottoman plum, Orr Orchard
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Fruit tree in bloom, SE corner of Orr Home, Orr Orchard
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Orr058
Waxen (aka Belmont) apple tree in bloom, Orr Orchard
Apr, 1972
Orr060
Orr059
Fruit tree, possibly at NE corner of Wagon Shop (tree, obviously distressed when photo was taken, has since been removed).
Lambert cherry tree in bloom, Orr Orchard
Apr, 1972
Apr, 1972
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Orr062
Orr061
Fruit tree in Orr Orchard.
Fruit tree in the Orr Orchard. Looking (generally) west.
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Apr, 1972
Orr064
Orr063
Fruit tree in Orr Orchard.
Columbia plum tree in Orr Orchard.
Apr, 1972
Apr, 1972
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Orr066
Orr065
Apr, 1972
Apr, 1972
Sweet Summer Paradise apple tree at right, pear trees at left, along northern edge of Orr property. McNeil Island in background. Photo taken from Balch Street.
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Sweet Summer Paradise apple tree at right, pear trees at left, along northern edge of Orr property. McNeil Island in background. Photo taken from Balch Street. (Photo nearly identical to Orr065.)
Orr068
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Apple tree ready for harvest, Orr Orchard.
Sep, 1972
Note: Photos Orr048 through Orr067 were either taken by, or donated to the Steilacoom Historical Museum Association by, or both, Patricia J. Laughlin.
Orr067
Orr067
Orr069
Wagon Shop before remodeling in 1992.
Artist's rendition of Orr Home (ca. 1860) when being used as wagon shop on ground floor. Note horse on turnstyle which turned belt that turned machinery in the wagon shop. After marriage in 1868, Nathaniel Orr built a separate Wagon Shop and moved the horse "power" mechanism to that shop which was built at approximately the location from which this artisit's rendition was viewed.
Before 1992
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