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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 413 Collections and/or Records:

North Bank Road photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 275
Abstract

Photograph album, possibly compiled by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, containing black and white photographs, most taken by Fred H. Kiser, of landscape scenes along the Oregon Trunk Railway. Among the subjects depicted are the Celilo Bridge, the Deschutes River, the Tygh Valley, Mount Jefferson, Crooked River Canyon, and Benham Falls.

Dates: 1911-1912

Oak Grove Powerhouse construction photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 240
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs of the construction of a diversion dam on the Clackamas River, laying of water pipes, and the construction of the Oak Grove Powerhouse on the river.

Dates: circa 1910-1924

Old Oregon Trail Centennial photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 104
Abstract Collection consists of pages from a disbound photograph album compiled by the Old Oregon Trail Centennial Commission and presented to the Oregon Historical Society. The photographs depict people, places, events, and other scenes associated with the Old Oregon Trail Centennial, and caption information is included. Events depicted include ceremonies, parades, re-enactments, and banquets; the photographs particularly feature commemorative activities in Champoeg, Baker, and Portland. Members of...
Dates: 1943

Charles Oluf Olsen photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 919
Abstract

Collection consists of 34 photographs of scenes in Portland, Oregon, and in Vancouver and Longview, Washington, that were taken or collected by poet and author Charles Oluf Olsen between 1924 and 1931. Subjects depicted in the collection include an encampment of unhoused people, Lone Fir cemetery, Burnside Street, and the Longview Rolleo log-rolling competition.

Dates: 1924-1931

Oregon album

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1115
Abstract

Twenty black and white photographs of Oregon scenes, including: the Columbia River Gorge, Portland, Ashland, Table Rock, and the Willamette River.

Dates: circa 1900-1919

Oregon and California Land Grant Conference photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 333
Abstract

Black and white panoramic photograph by The Parker Studio, depicting delegates to the Oregon and California Land Grant Conference in Salem, Oregon, in September 1915.

Dates: 1915 September

Oregon Electric Railway, Portland to Salem route photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 278
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs of towns and businesses along the Oregon Electric Railway route from Portland to Salem, Oregon. A map of the route is included in the album.

Dates: 1903-1908

"Oregon looks at the electric sign" photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 575
Abstract

Collection consists of 19 black and white photographs of electric and neon signs and billboards in Portland, Oregon, particularly car dealerships, taken for a survey titled "Oregon Looks at the Electric Sign." The survey was commissioned by the Portland City Club and conducted by Bardsley & Haslacher, Inc.

Dates: circa 1940-1966

Oregon nurses photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 367
Abstract

Album containing portraits and snapshots of nurses and children. The images include scenes of nurses playing a guitar, talking on the telephone, and gardening with shovels. Identified locations include Salem and Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1900-1910

Oregon School for the Deaf photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 618
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs from the Oregon School for the Deaf, a boarding school for deaf children founded in 1870. The photographs date from 1870-1989. They depict the physical space, people, and activities of the school.

Dates: circa 1870-1989