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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 426 Collections and/or Records:

Slides and audio recordings of Kitty O'Neil breaking land-speed record

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1440
Abstract

Collection consists of color slides and audio recordings documenting Kitty O'Neil's successful attempt to break the women's land-speed record on December 6, 1976, in the Alvord Desert, Oregon. O'Neil (1946-2018) was a Hollywood stuntwoman who raced vehicles and held 22 speed records. Deaf from infancy, she advocated for equal opportunity for women and Deaf people.

Dates: 1976 December 4-7

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

Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 686
Abstract

Black and white photographs depicting the shipyard, workers, and ships of the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland, Oregon, including an album on the all-woman launch of the S.S. Nehalem, and images of fireboats and crews fighting a fire at the shipyard on August 30, 1945.

Dates: circa 1942-1945

Oregon State Fish Commission photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1146
Abstract

Two mounted black and white photographs of unidentified scenes in Oregon. One shows four distant figures standing in a river, as well as part of a building on the riverbank. The other photograph shows a woman, man, and child sitting on the front porch of a house.

Dates: circa 1880-1899

Pacific Coast Biscuit Company photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 212
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs of the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company in Portland, Oregon, its employees (primarily women) and a prize-winning float in 1914.

Dates: circa 1900-1929