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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 412 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs from First Unitarian Church exhibit on the architecture of Jamieson Parker

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 102
Abstract

Photographs used in a 1974 exhibit at First Unitarian Church in Portland, Oregon, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the church building and of Jamieson Parker (1895-1939), the Portland architect who designed it. The exhibit focused on Parker and his work; the photographs in this collection were largely taken in the 1970s, and most depict Oregon residences and churches he designed, including First Unitarian.

Dates: 1911-circa 1970; Majority of material found within circa 1970

Flavel (Or.) photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 692
Abstract

Forty black and white photographs of the town of Flavel, Oregon, including: the interior and exterior of the Flavel Hotel, railroad tracks and stations, and the ship Great Northern.

Dates: circa 1896-1920

Flowers family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 865
Abstract

Collection consists of 27 original photographs and copy prints relating to the Flowers family of Portland, Oregon, dating from approximately 1860 to 1955. The Flowers family were early Black community leaders and entrepreneurs in Portland.

Dates: 1860-1955

Ken Foote photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 319
Abstract

Collection consists of two black and white panoramic photographs by a photographer identified as Armstrong, Cottage Grove, Oregon. One panorama depicts two unidentified soldiers on Pier Warrenton in Oregon; the other is a portrait depicting uniformed soldiers of the Oregon Coast Artillery on their first payday.

Dates: circa 1917-1919

J. F. Ford photograph album of logging and Northwest scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Album 194
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs by J. F. Ford, most of which depict logging activities. Also included are cityscapes of Portland and Astoria, Oregon; sternwheel steamboats; and Northwest landscapes.

Dates: circa 1890-1900

J. F. Ford photograph album of Oregon and Washington scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Album 162
Abstract

One album containing 25 black and white photographs of scenes in Oregon and Washington state, most with the mark of photographer J. F. Ford. A significant number of the photographs depict logging scenes. Others are of places in the Columbia River Gorge; Mount Hood; Mount Rainier; the steamer Bailey Gatzert; a shipwreck on Clatsop Beach; a cottage in Seaside, Oregon; and construction of a log raft in Stella, Washington.

Dates: 1900

Forestry Building fire photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 709
Abstract

Collection consists of 23 color slides depicting the burning of the Forestry Building at NW 28th and Upshur St. in Portland, Oregon, on August 17, 1964. The building, designed by architect Ion Lewis, was constructed for the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905. It was described as the world's largest log cabin or the Timber Temple.

Dates: 1964 August 17

Fort Ross, California photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 265
Abstract

Twenty color photographs depicting Fort Ross in California, historical re-enactors, and re-enactments of loading and firing cannons at the fort.

Dates: 1984

Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1030
Abstract

Photograph of Fort Walla Walla, taken on May 1, 1859. The photograph was originally owned and may have been taken by Frederick Tracy Dent (1820-1892). Dent served as captain of the 9th United States Infantry at Fort Walla Walla. In 1859, Fort Walla Walla was a cavalry outpost for the United States military located in the Washington Territory, now Washington State.

Dates: 1859

Foster (Or.) photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 675
Abstract

Eight black and white photographs of the town of Foster, Oregon, including Main Street, the Foster family house, the Cascade Flour Mill, the sawmill, and other unidentified buildings.

Dates: 1927 May 1