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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 412 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin A. Gifford photograph album of rivers, waterfalls, and mountains in Oregon, Washington, and California

 Collection
Identifier: Album 609
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs taken by Benjamin A. Gifford and primarily depicting rivers, waterfalls and mountains in Oregon, Washington, and California, particularly in the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: 1892

Sister Margaret Jane Gillespie photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 294
Abstract

Two black and white photographs, one depicting a house in Los Angeles, California, and one panoramic view showing Vista House in Oregon and the Columbia River.

Dates: 1907; circa 1939

Gilliam Portrait Studio and Camera Shop negatives

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1275
Abstract

Collection consists of negatives owned by the Gilliam Portrait Studio and Cemera Shop. The negatives date from 1930 to 1970 and were used to create photographic postcards. They depict landscapes, landmarks, city streets, storefronts, and tourist destinations across Oregon.

Dates: 1930-1970

Glass negatives of late nineteenth-century Oregon landscape scenes

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1422
Abstract

Collection consists of 22 glass plate negatives that depict landscape scenes around the state of Oregon in the late nineteenth century. The locations depicted in the negatives include Mount Hood, the Oregon coast, Crater Lake, and the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: approximately 1890-1900

Jennie Burton Bewley Gonty photograph album pages

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1067
Abstract

Color photocopies of pages from a photograph album assembled by Jennie Burton Bewley Gonty of Oregon. Includes scenes of the filming of the motion picture "The Golden Trail" in Oregon, circa 1919-1920, and pictures of women in bathing suits.

Dates: circa 1913-1920

Photograph of grade school class in Portland or Lake Oswego, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1104
Abstract

Black and white photograph depicting a grade school class on the steps in front of a school building in either Portland or Lake Oswego, Oregon. A smaller inset photo depicts the exterior of the school building.

Dates: circa 1900

Grant Smith, Porter, Guthrie Company photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 731
Abstract

Twenty-four black and white photographs, 1917-1918, depicting the construction of ships, ship launches, shipyards, employees and wartime activities of the Grant Smith, Porter, Guthrie Company in Oregon.

Dates: 1917-1918

Great Northern Railroad photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 183
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs taken during construction of the Cascade Tunnel in Washington state by the Great Northern Railway. Many of the photographs depict scenes of or near the West Portal of the tunnel, including views of switchbacks, Tye Creek, workers, and buildings at the work camp.

Dates: 1897-1899

Harry A. Green residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 541
Abstract

Ten black and white photographs of the exterior, interior, ironwork, and grounds of the home of Harry A. Green at 3316 SE Ankeny St., Portland, Oregon. The house is more commonly known as the Bitar mansion.

Dates: circa 1928-1951

Dorsey Griffin postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1121
Abstract

Eighteen photographic postcards, color and black and white, with Oregon scenes, including hotels, buildings and parks in Portland, and scenes along the Columbia River.

Dates: circa 1904-1914