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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 412 Collections and/or Records:

Les Femmes photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 593
Abstract Small collection of photographs depicting activities of Les Femmes, a Portland, Oregon, organization focused on the social and educational development of Black youth. The photographs include officers and members of the organization, youth participating in community service and activity programs, and portraits of young women and men in formalwear. The photographs were originally assembled on an information panel about Les Femmes, and the collection includes a photograph of the original...
Dates: circa 1956-1989

Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 261
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of personnel, buildings, grounds, and events at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The album belonged to William Russell MacKenzie, auditor of the exposition.

Dates: 1905

Photographs of buildings and grounds at Lewis and Clark Exposition

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1266
Abstract

This collection of 14 snapshots by an unidentified photographer gives a brief tourist-eye-view of a visit to the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon, in 1905. The photographs primarily depict buildings at the exposition, but also include one snapshot of the Cedar River at Renton, Washington. The photographs are glued to seven album pages that appear to have been removed from a larger album.

Dates: 1905

Cicero Hunt Lewis residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 552
Abstract

Small collection of black and photographs and one drawing of the exterior and interior of the Cicero Hunt Lewis house at NW 19th and Glisan St. in Portland, Oregon. Lewis (1826-1897) emigrated to Portland, Oregon, in 1851. He founded a mercantile firm, Allen and Lewis, with Lucius H. Allen.

Dates: circa 1890-1910

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

Irving B. Lincoln photographic collection on Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 794
Abstract

Collection consists of 14 black and white photographs, primarily of Mt. St. Helens and Spirit Lake.

Dates: 1940-1946

Linder family photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1118
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs of members of the related Linder, McQuinn, Wright, and Fredenburg families, as well as photographs of John G. Linder as a prisoner of war during World War II and after his release.

Dates: circa 1850-1975

The Links, Inc. photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 594
Abstract

Small collection consisting of photographs, most in color, that were used on an informational panel about the Portland chapter of The Links, Inc., a women's service organization devoted to the African American community. The photographs depict members and activities of the group. The collection also includes a photograph of the original panel.

Dates: circa 1959-1989

Katherine Livingston photographic collection on the dedication of the Oregon Trail Monument

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 733
Abstract

Three black and white photographs, 1906, of the dedication of the Oregon Trail monument at the courthouse in Malheur County, with Ezra Meeker and John E. Johnson.

Dates: 1906

Loew family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 336
Abstract

Black and white photographs of mostly unidentified members of the Loew family in Portland, Oregon. Subjects include outdoor activities; Portland scenes, including the 1910 and 1912 Rose Festivals; and the Kuhn family. A number of photographs depict family vacations to various locations in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.

Dates: 1910-1919