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Floods -- Oregon -- Vanport -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Harold M. Brown photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 197
Abstract Collection consists of photographs taken by Harold M. Brown, a commercial photographer in Oregon and Washington, from approximately 1909 to 1956. Subjects include photographs of the lumber and shipping industries in northwestern Oregon, views of various locations in Oregon and Washington, including ranches and agriculture, and portraits of Brown and other people. The collection also includes photocopies of three of Harold M. Brown's photography ledgers, dating from 1922 to 1956 which include...
Dates: circa 1909-1956

Gordon and Virginia Jeffries photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1427
Abstract

Collection consists of 18 snapshot photographs of damage from the 1948 Columbia River flood, also known as the Vanport Flood, taken by Gordon Jeffries and Virginia Jeffries in May and June of 1948.

Dates: 1948 May-1948 June

Helen Libonati photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 712
Abstract

Collection consists of 40 black and white photographs depicting scenes in Oregon and Washington, including Seaside; Timberline Lodge and Mt. Hood; Spirit Lake; the Vanport Flood in 1948; and the 1948 Rose Festival parade in Portland.

Dates: circa 1940-1949

Multnomah County Division of Public Safety photographic collection on the Vanport flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 567
Abstract

Photocopies of black and white photographs depicting the 1948 Columbia River flood, also known as the Vanport flood.

Dates: 1948

Ernest V. Page photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1433
Abstract

Collection consists of 33 black and white photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood, also known as the Vanport Flood, which depict the evacuation of residents, flood damage, and cleanup efforts in Vanport and Portland, Oregon. The photographs were taken or collected by Ernest V. Page in May and June of 1948.

Dates: 1948 May-1948 June

Herman Tint photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1428
Abstract

Collection consists of 31 photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood, also known as the Vanport Flood, which depict flood damage in Vanport and Portland, Oregon. The photographs were taken by Herman Tint or a family member in May or June of 1948.

Dates: 1948 May-1948 June

Photographs of the Vanport (Or.) flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1363
Abstract

Collection consists of 10 black-and-white photographs of the Vanport flood in 1948, taken by an unidentified photographer. Most of the photographs are aerial views showing the floodwaters, damaged and floating buildings, and other debris. Several photographs show people standing amid the wreckage.

Dates: 1948

Photographs of Vanport, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1364
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs of Vanport, Oregon, before and after the flood of 1948. The photographs belonged to Dale Skovgaard and include images of Skovgaard and his family, who lived in Vanport at the time of the flood.

Dates: circa 1948

Carl Vermilya photograph of the Vanport Flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 257
Abstract

Black and white photograph of people abandoning cars to escape floodwaters in Vanport, Oregon.

Dates: 1948 May 30

Jerry Jiro Yasutome photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 762
Abstract

Photographs depicting the Tule Lake Relocation Center, the 1948 Vanport Flood, and students from the Northwest School of Photography. The photographs were taken and collected by Jerry Jiro Yasutome between 1945 and 1948.

Dates: 1945-1948