Vancouver (Wash.)
Subject Source: archiveswest
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Aerial photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood
Collection of ten black-and-white aerial photographs depicting damage caused by the 1948 Columbia River flood, also known as the Vanport Flood. The photographs were all taken from an aircraft and show the extent of the flood damage in Vanport, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington.
British North American Boundary Commission photographs
This collection consists of photographic copy negatives and copy prints taken by the British North American Boundary Commission along the 49th parallel during two separate survey periods, from 1860-1861 and from 1872-1875.
Robert C. Harder collection
Sketches in pen, pencil, marker, pastels, etc., of trains and buildings in the Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington area. Scenes include: Kerns Grammar School (in 1923) and Montavilla School (in 1917) in Portland, Oregon; Oakville Church in Oakville, Oregon; and a streetcar in Vancouver, Washington.
Photographs of aircraft damage in Portland, Oregon, area after Columbus Day storm
Photographs by an unknown photographer, depicting damage to small planes, cars, and buidings at airfields in the Portland, Oregon area following the Columbus Day storm in October 1962. The images primarily show Portland International Airport, Hillsboro Airport, Troutdale Airport, and Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington. Three photos were taken prior to the storm and were developed in June 1962.
Photographs of the launching of the U.S.S. Alazon Bay
Photographs of the launching of the escort carrier CVE-55 USS Alazon Bay (later the USS Casablanca), at the Kaiser shipyards, Vancouver, Washington. Includes images of Eleanor Roosevelt at festivities and christening the ship, of Henry Kaiser, and of Josephine Hilda Schmid Coffin, governess to the Kaiser family.