A photograph of George Hooker, Ervin Flowers (spelled Irving on photograph), and Lloyd Flowers hunting pheasants. Two of the men are holding pheasants and one man is crouching with a hunting dog. Ralph Flowers was one of the first African-Americans employed by the city of Portland and would retire as foreman of the municipal garage. He also operated his own shop called Flowers Auto Repair and sold real estate. In addition to being a mechanic, he was known as a great baritone singer. He performed with the Dixie Strollers and the Bethel AME Chorus as a soloist; singing at private parties, public concerts, and on KGW. Ervin Flowers also worked for the city as a truck driver for the paving division (predecessor to PBOT). Ervin was also President of the Portland’s NAACP Chapter in the 1920s and 1930s. George Hooker would become a well known and respected resident of Pendleton; working as a florist, gardener, newspaper agent and proprietor of a tavern called Hooker’s Place. A Portland Family Album - 1995 exhibition at Blue Sky Gallery http://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibition/a-portland-family-album-self-portrait-of-an-african–american-community/#1