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Photo-Art Commercial Studios (Portland, Or.)

 Organization

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Anthony Brandenthaler photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 590
Abstract

Fourteen photographs of visitors to the Oregon Centennial, including Anthony Brandenthaler, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Tom Campbell, and of scenery and ghost towns in the Greenhorn Mountain Area in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon. Brandenthaler (1895-1979) was owner of Burnt River Lumber Company in Baker, Oregon, and chair of the Oregon Centennial Commission.

Dates: circa 1952-1979

Ernest F. Tucker architectural photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 101
Abstract

Collection includes photographs of residential, public, and commercial structures designed by Portland, Oregon, architect, Ernest F. Tucker, circa 1925-1960.

Dates: circa 1925-1960

Orlando J. "Banjo" Miller photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 687
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs depicting Orlando J. "Banjo" Miller at various events promoting theaters and the war effort, and with his wife, Maude Miller.

Dates: circa 1941-1942

Photo Art Commercial Studio Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 791
Dates: 1936 - 1998

Portland General Electric Co. floats photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 170
Abstract

Nine photographs of parade floats for Portland General Electric Co. in the Portland Rose Festival, 1954 and 1964, and an unidentified parade featuring rail cars depicting Oregon agriculture and industry.

Dates: circa 1900-1964

Herbert Retzlaff photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 589
Abstract

Small collection of photographs of Herbert Retzlaff, primarily while he was an employee at Fred Meyer, Inc., and of Jack Crocker, Fred G. Meyer, and Albena J. Skubic. Retzlaff began working as an accountant for Fred Meyer Inc. in 1939, and he later became a vice president of the company.

Dates: 1952-1970

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway main line photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 272-B
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of scenes along the main line of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, including laying of tracks in East St. Johns in July 1952; railroad trains and tracks; railroad stations, particularly in Washington state; and interior views of railroad cars.

Dates: 1938-1954

Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 78
Abstract

Collection consists of marketing and promotional photographs used by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway. It includes images of rolling stock, railroad tracks, railroad stations, agriculture, street scenes, and landscapes.

Dates: 1890-1970

Loran L. Stewart photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 400
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs, primarily black and white, and two strips of film. Subjects depicted include camping and hunting near Umpqua Hot Springs; family members; lumber scenes and equipment; a field trip of the O & C Advisory Board to the Hubbard Creek Burn Area; and officers and directors of the West Coast Lumbermen.

Dates: circa 1930-1981

William Swindells photographic collection on the paperboard industry

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1191
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs documenting the production of paperboard in the Willamette Valley area, specifically at the plants of Western Corrugated, Inc. in Beaverton, Oregon, and Western Kraft Corp. in Albany, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1955-1956

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Photographs 9
photographs 9
Oregon 5
Portland 3
Businesses and Corporations 2
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Forestry and Forestry Products 2
Railroads 2
Railroads -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs 2
Agriculture -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs 1
Architect-designed houses -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Architects -- Oregon 1
Architecture 1
Architecture -- Oregon 1
Architecture, Domestic -- Oregon -- Portland -- 20th century -- Photographs 1
Cities and towns -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs 1
Dalles (Or.) -- Aerial photographs 1
Dwellings -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs 1
Ghost towns -- Oregon -- Photographs 1
Grain elevators -- Washington (State) -- Vancouver -- Aerial photographs 1
Hubbard (Or.) -- Photographs 1
Landscapes -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs 1
Logging -- Oregon -- Photographs 1
Motion picture industry -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Oregon -- Centennial celebrations, etc. -- Photographs 1
Paper products industry -- Oregon -- Albany -- Photographs 1
Paper products industry -- Oregon -- Beaverton -- Photographs 1
Parade floats -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs 1
Parades -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs 1
Portland (Or.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs 1
Railroad cars -- Photographs 1
Railroad stations -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs 1
Railroad stations -- Washington (State) -- Photographs 1
Railroad tracks -- Washington (State) -- Photographs 1
Railroad trains -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs 1
Railroad trains -- Photographs 1
Railroads -- Oregon -- Portland -- Design and construction -- Photographs 1
Umpqua County (Or.) -- Photographs 1
University of Oregon -- Buildings -- Pictorial works 1
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest (Or.) -- Photographs 1
Washington (State) 1
Wishram (Wash.) -- Aerial photographs 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs 1
photograph albums 1
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