McLoughlin House - Ladies Upstairs Sitting Room

Name/Title

McLoughlin House - Ladies Upstairs Sitting Room

Entry/Object ID

P-7387

Description

McLoughlin House furnishings. On Back: "The "Ladies upstairs sitting room" was undoubtedly used as a gathering place for Mrs. McLoughlin's guests. The pie crust table of applewood was hand made in England. the Bible, published in 1822, belonged to the Tolmie family. (Dr. Tolmie was a young English medical man who came to Fort Vancouver in 1829 as assisted Dr. McLoughlin during an epidemic which killed a great number of both Indians and white men.) The gold and black Chinese lacquer cabinet belonged to a friend of Dr. McLoughlin." Companion photos: P-2058, P-7387, P-7388 - A=desk from Hudson's Bay; B=ladies upstairs sitting room; C=20-foot banquet table.

Made/Created

Date made

1911

Place

City

Oregon City

County

Clackamas

State

Oregon

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America