Matthias A. Goethe (Portland)
Directory Listings
1904 PCD pg. 420 “Goethe, Matthias A, foreman Blaesing Granite Co, res 509 Columbia”
1910 PCD pg. 461 “Goethe, Matthias A, frmn Blaesing Granite Co, res 509 Columbia”
Mautz Oregon “Goethe, M. A., 1890, Portland”
Photographer’s Imprints
“M. A. Goethe, 509 Columbia St., Portland Or.” 5″ x 7″ home portrait on card mount.
News items and advertisements
1910: “Died. Goethe — In this city, April 14, at his late residence, 509 Columbia st., Matthias A. Goethe, aged 48 years, 8 months and 11 days. Funeral notice hereafter.” Morning Oregonian, April 15, 1910, pg. 18, col. 4.
1910: “GOETHE — The funeral services of Matthias A. Goethe will be held at his late residence, 509 Columbia street, at 2 P. M. to-day (Sunday). Friends invited. Interment at Rose City Cemetery. H. A. Frederick, Clerk” Sunday Oregonian, April 17, 1910, sec. 2, pg. 5, col. 5. (electronic pg. 21)
1910: “The will of Matthias A. Goethe was admitted in the County Court yesterday, Mary Goethe, the widow, being appointed executrix. The appraisers are Otto J. Kraemer, Lester W. Humphreys and John Hannon. Goethe died April 14, leaving an estate worth $5900.” Morning Oregonian,May 25, 1910, pg. 9.
Bibliography
Brown, Robert O., Nineteenth Century Portland, Oregon Photographers: A Collector’s Handbook (author; Portland, 1991) pg. 64.
cited as stereographer by Darrah