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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 434 Collections and/or Records:

The Robert Fulton Exhibit and Reception photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1189
Abstract

Small collection of color snapshots taken at a reception on September 21, 1981, associated with the Robert Fulton exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society, in coordination with the University Club. The photographs primarily show people and scenes at the reception, including some views of parts of the exhibit. Collection also includes a small quantity of related ephemera.

Dates: 1981 September 21

Helen Plummer Gatch photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 32
Abstract

Collection of black and white prints and cyanotypes by and relating to photographer Helen Plummer Gatch, a pictorialist who lived in Salem, Oregon. The images primarily depict family members and views of the Oregon coast.

Dates: 1880-circa 1910

George Gay residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 677
Abstract

Collection consists of 20 black and white photographs of the George Gay house near Hopewell, Oregon, the first brick building in Oregon. Photographs document the deterioration and ultimate ruin of the house, and also include images of a monument and replica.

Dates: circa 1842-1961

General Contractors of America photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 268
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs depicting construction equipment and sites, and a panoramic group portrait of the 7th annual meeting of the Associated General Contractors of America, held in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: 1922-1953

Addison Crandall Gibbs family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 170
Abstract

One album containing card photographs and tintypes of members of the A. C. Gibbs family and others. The photographs are portraits of both children and adults; most are unidentified. Identified subjects include Gibbs' children; his wife, Margaret Watkins Gibbs; and the children of his brother-in-law, Dr. William Henry Watkins.

Dates: circa 1850-1886

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