Joseph Z. Dufresne (Portland)
Dufresne Studio
His business address in the Buchanan Bldg was 501 and his home in the same bldg 309. The Commonwealth Portrait Studio was 308 in the same year, 1910
The 205 Blue Mouse Theater Building was also the address for Henry Berger.
Roy J. Peterson bought the Dufresne Studio in Portland.
Employee Listings
Karten, Stella M., Miss., retoucher 1907-1908
Moffit, John H photographer 1912
Directory Listings
1904-1906 PCD not listed
1907 PCD pg. 477 “Dufresne, Joseph Z, photog 332 1/2 Washington, rms same”
1909 PCD pg. 500 “Dufresne, Joseph F, photog 502 Buchanan bldg, rms same”
1910 Or. pg. 160 Portland Photographers “Dufresne, J. Z., 501 Buchanan bldg”
1910 PCD pg. 368 “Dufresne, Joseph Z, photgr 501 Buchanan bldg, h 309 same”
1911 PCD pg. 465 “Dufresne Studio, Roy J. Peterson Propr, High Class Photography, Portraits, in Sepia, Water Color and Oil 501 Buchanan Bldg, 286 1/2 Washington, Tel A 2634”
Photographer’s Imprints
“Portraiture by Joseph Z. Dufresne, 205 Blue Mouse Theater Bldg. Portland Ore.” printed folder.
News Items and Advertisements
1927: “For Dollar Day Only. This Ad is Worth $4.00 On the Price of a $5.00 Portrait. To introduce our high-grade portraiture to a large clientele, we will give one of our regular $5 8×10 Ivory Tone Portraits for $1.00. This offer good only to those arranging sittings on $1 Day! Joseph Dufresne, 205 Blue Mouse Bldg., Telephone BR 6856” Morning Oregonian, November 16, 1927, pg. 3, col. 2.