It is hoped that some ancestor of this family may know who they are
M. M. Hazeltine's stereoviews; both
are hand titled in faint pencil on back as "Miners" but this may
not be Hazeltine's writing - maybe a later person's guess at the
subject matter. They are on the mount style he used in Baker
City and the series is called "On the Line of the O.R.& N RR".
In this case, they are not printed but hand titled in ink,
indicating maybe that this was a limited edition. Apparantly
Hazeltine had a deal with the RR which assisted them in
advertising and allowed him to travel and photograph all over
Oregon and up into Alaska. He also reissued his older
California negatives, I think, on Baker City Mounts, so one has
to be careful to make sure the subject is really Oregon. Also
went down and did a series of Yellowstone from Baker city.
In the big group photo, if these are
miners, the guys in front with ties, vests, etc must be
Management. In the smaller group, if miners, they are cleaned up
pretty good.
Maybe someone can match some faces
with photos in the archive collection and determine if these are
Baker City or Canyon City, or other.