Name/Title
First Motor Car (Steam) Built in Oregon City, Oregon 1902Entry/Object ID
P-6235Tags
ArcadiaDescription
Oregon City First Motor Car (Steam).
Jackson's Steamer auto in front, Mattieson Locomobile behind.
Mort Park at Locomobile and Jackson at Steamer.
Grant Mumpower by Steamer.
Built by H.W. Jackson with help from Mort Park and Tom Lovelace.
Carbide light from Dr. Sommers buggy.
Original from G.V. Bolton #2.
*I changed the date from 1900 to c. 1902. If this is Jackson's Steamer auto, then it was still under construction in early 1902 (JAH 12/2022).
Negative and sample Print - 2008.008.001.082Made/Created
Date made
1902Place
City
Oregon CityCounty
ClackamasState
OregonCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaNotes
Medium: Negative
Location of Negative: Society CollectionOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
Other No.: Society 82; Society Photo #: 82; Other Photo #: Mrs. G.V. Bolton #3