3rd Decade 1945-1954

Dr. Russell Ames Cook

PSO Conductor 1937-1951Click Here

Dr. Russell Ames Cook

1946

PSO Women's Committee (likely P-H photo)Click Here

1946

Percy Grainger, 1949

Percy and Mrs. Grainger with Russell Ames Cook, 1949 (photo taken by and contributed by PSO violinist Arthur Hussey)Click Here

Percy Grainger, 1949

Daytime work

Vocation of Donald Davis: Congress Street Market Meat Cutter, c.1950 Click Here

Daytime work

Nighttime relaxation

Avocation of Donald Davis: PSO First Clarinetist, c.1950 (Press Herald photo) Click Here

Nighttime relaxation

1951

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Russell Ames Cook, ConductorClick Here

1951

PSO Rehearsal, 1951

Richard Burgin, Conductor (likely P-H photo)Click Here

PSO Rehearsal, 1951

PSO Conductors, 1952

Conductor Richard Burgin and Associate Conductor Clinton W. Graffam, Jr. (likely Press Herald photo)Click Here

PSO Conductors, 1952

1952 Student concertmaster

Thomas Downs, with charter PSO members Louis Rapaport, Carl Liberty and Arthur Stevens (likely Press Herald photo)Click Here

1952 Student concertmaster

PSO Concertmaster, 1952

Conductor Richard Burgin and concertmaster Norman Balabas (likely P-H photo)Click Here

PSO Concertmaster, 1952

1953

Portland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Burgin, ConductorClick Here

1953