Later, photographic greeting cards were added to the Sawyer's product line, marketed to major department stores. Graves handled marketing for the products while Mayer ran the business. The company was producing photographic postcards and album sets as souvenirs by 1926, when Harold Graves joined Sawyer's. The company relocated to a large two-story building at 181 Ella St., near Morrison Street in Portland, Oregon. Kelly, renaming the business Sawyer Service, Inc. Graves, Thomas and Pauline Meyer, and Augusta and Raymond F.
He built up a photo-finishing business there, and bought into Sawyer's Photo Finishing Service in 1919 with the help of his father August Mayer, his fiancée Eva McAnulty, and her sister Vi McAnulty.Įdwin described how he started the business in a letter dated April 1, 1954: "Suffice to say that in 1919, what little it was, was purchased with borrowed ($3,500) money from Dad, aided by about $1,600 in insurance money Eva got when her father died and which was left in permanently, and $1,600 borrowed from Vi and repaid, along with Dad's notes, within a few years." Īs the business grew, Ed Mayer incorporated in about 1926, taking on partners Harold and Beulth F. ( November 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įdwin Eugene Mayer worked as a pharmacist at Owl Drug store in downtown Portland, Oregon, after serving in the U.S. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
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