Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway main line photograph album
Scope and Contents
One album containing 160 black and white photographs, 1938-1954, of scenes along the main line of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, including: laying of tracks in East St. Johns in July 1952; Union Station in Portland, Oregon; stations in Stevenson, Camas, Wishram, Wind Mountain, Lamont, White Salmon, and North Dalles, Washington; aerial views of the Kaiser shipyards, Vancouver, Washington; grain elevators, Wishram, Washington, and The Dalles, Oregon; interior views of dining and lounge rail cars; and many images of trains and tracks. Most of the images have typewritten or handwritten captions on the prints or the album pages. Collection also includes a small number of loose negatives. The images were taken by multiple photographers, many by Photo-Art Commercial Studios.
Dates
- Creation: 1938-1954
Creator
- Photo-Art Commercial Studios (Portland, Or.) (Photographer, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Extent
0.29 Cubic Feet (1 custom box)
Language of Materials
English
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.
Subject
- Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway -- Photographs (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Grain elevators -- Washington (State) -- Vancouver -- aerial photographs
- Oregon
- Photographs
- Railroad cars -- Photographs
- Railroad stations -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
- Railroad stations -- Washington (State) -- Photographs
- Railroad tracks -- Washington (State) -- Photographs
- Railroad trains -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
- Railroads
- Railroads -- Northwest, Pacific -- Photographs
- Railroads -- Oregon -- Portland -- Design and construction -- Photographs
- Washington (State)
- Title
- Guide to the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway main line photograph album
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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Portland OR 97205 United States
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