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1. Boy Fishing
Boy Fishing
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A wooden sculpture of a boy with a fishing pole, holding a fish on a wooden platform., The Boy Fishing; Russell Childers; wood; 21x5.5x9 inches; ohsu movable, In 1970 Childers had a one man show that opened in the University Of Oregon Museum Of Art and has toured colleges, galleries and libraries in the Northwest including a very successful exhibit in Sapporo, Japan. His wood carvings are being purchased by museums and private collectors who gladly pay up to $2,000.00 for his pieces. Russell has truly gained recognition as a gifted artist. This was not always the case. On January 11, 1926 at the age at 10 has was committed to Fairview State Home for the Feeble Minded because of "fits" that quite possibly could have been epileptic seizures stemming from early childhood falls and several bouts with extremely high fevers. Records show that his first- and second- grade teachers regarded him as incorrigible. In those days that was enough reason to have a child institutionalized. While at Fairview he received several diagnoses including autism. Perhaps because of deafness he found it difficult to communicate so he was labeled as being retarded. As a former superintendent of Fairview, Merry McGee said, "When a person was labeled as retarded, all services ceased." Patients were fed and clothed but received no training. Russell spent the next forty years in silence. Russell is not sure when he started to carve but thinks it was during World War II. While thumbing through an issue of Life Magazine, he saw an illustration of a woodcarver at work and this triggered something in him. Woodcarving was Childers' only significant activity for most of the forty years he spent there. He was not allowed to have a knife for many years, so he sharpened bits of metal and with donated wood he eagerly created wooden cowboys, bartenders and bears for the ward attendants. He charged 50 cents for his work. In 1965, Pauline Lindell, one of the founders of Willamette Valley Rehabilitation Center felt that Russell was capable of "leading a more useful life" and helped in obtaining his release. Russell moved to Lebanon to reside in a foster home. At Willamette Valley Rehabilitation Center he was given a set of hearing aids, extensive reading and writing classes and a place to continue his carving. In his new open environment, Russell has thrived. He is paid a salary at the center, with which he shares the proceeds from his carvings. As he works at his bench, Russell will occasionally chat with workers who pass by, but his thoughts stay with the steady strokes of his coping saw as he shapes a piece of maple or oak into a delicate figure. His self-portraits and the poignant pre-Fairview family scenes are works of art. One of the most acclaimed is of Childers, a brother and an aunt who are sitting together on a bench the day before he was committed. As Jan Zach, retired professor of sculpture at the University of Oregon and a good friend of Russell, said a few years ago, "Russell's work is beautiful, it's absolutely astonishing." When asked, Russell thinks he does good work, but calls it a hobby -- one that he has pursued eight hours a day for a good part of his 73 years., http://prettisculpture.typepad.com/photos/russell_childers/russell_childers.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
2. The Cycle
The Cycle
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A black and white print of the process of a salmon's life cycle. To the left of the print is a man fishing for salmon, with what looks like a net. Below the man is a salmon egg enclosed in a black rectangle. To the right of the egg is a salmon jumping upstream, and above that is an open-mouthed salmon's head., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
3. PH014_b053_005 Gertrude Bass Warner photographs
PH014_b053_005 Gertrude Bass Warner photographs
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Fish Weir And Fisherman'S Hut
4. PH014_b070_022 Gertrude Bass Warner photographs
PH014_b070_022 Gertrude Bass Warner photographs
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Fishing
5. PH014_b070_025 Gertrude Bass Warner photographs
PH014_b070_025 Gertrude Bass Warner photographs
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Cormorant Fishing At Gifu
6. PH001_0099 C.L. Andrews photographs
PH001_0099 C.L. Andrews photographs
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Wooden fish-packing warehouse attached to pier with stacked wooden barrels. Two men in suits and one in hat stand on pier next to two docked fishing boats. A wooden ladder lays to the right of the two men. One man stands on the deck of the fishing boat in the foreground with his hands in his pockets. He is wearing a hat, long sleeved shirt, and dark pants. Ropes, and lanterns are visble on the boat. Behind this boat is another fishing boat that contains two men and possibly a pile of fish nets.
7. Men shoveling smelt from boat bottoms into boxes at Columbia River Smelt Co., Kelso, WA
Men shoveling smelt from boat bottoms into boxes at Columbia River Smelt Co., Kelso, WA
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Black and white image of four men, one of whom is shoveling smelt from the bottom of a boat into wooden boxes. The boxes have the words "From the Columbia River Smelt Co. Kelso, Wash." stamped on them. The man doing the shoveling is an older man with his back to the camera. He is wearing a hat with a brim, a long-sleeved shirt, a vest with a large hole in the back, workpants and shoes. To his left, a younger man kneels, holding on to one of th boxes with his right hand. He is wearing a brimmed hat, long-sleeved shirt, and pants. In another boat facing the camera is an elderly man dressed in a suit, with jacket, white shirt and bowtie, and a brimmed hat. Next to him in the boat is a younger man, without a hat, wearing work pants, and a long-sleeved shirt with the collar pulled up around his neck. Behind them is the river and the opposite shore can be seen in the distance.
8. Fishing on the Columbia River
Fishing on the Columbia River
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A black-and-white stereoscopic view of a man fishing. The man appears to be either Asian or black. He wears a light shirt and dark jacket, both with wide sleeves, medium-light pants, and dark shoes. Half his head is either shaved or balding; the dark straight hair on the back half may be held back by some sort of headband. The man squats on a driftwood log at the edge of the placid river water. He holds a wood or bamboo pole out at a 90-degree angle to his body. On the log in front of him are twigs strung with small fish and weighed down with another piece of driftwood. At the very left edge of the left-side photograph can be seen part of a wooden bucket. Along the upper bank of the river to his left runs a line of telephone or telegraph poles. Beyond him stretches the river and forested hills.
9. PH036_2964 Lee Moorhouse photographs
PH036_2964 Lee Moorhouse photographs
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[Fisherman, casting in lake.]
10. Men in boat taking salmon from fish trap on Columbia River. J.F. Ford photo.
Men in boat taking salmon from fish trap on Columbia River. J.F. Ford photo.
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Black and white image of men in a boat taking fish from a fish trap on the Columbia River. The trap is constructed of tall wooden poles with nets strung in between them. There are four men in the boat, all wearing long-sleeved shirts, pants, and hats. A fish can be seen on the far right as it is being pulled into the boat. In the background can be seen other fish traps and the opposite bank of the river. Trees line the riverbank. Written on the bottom left of the image are the words "278 J.F.Ford."
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