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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 413 Collections and/or Records:

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

Pacific Northwest steamboats photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 353
Abstract

One album containing 146 black and white photographs, primarily of steamboats, most identified and dated. Other subjects include scenes in Portland and Astoria, Oregon. The collection also includes a receipt from the Veteran Steamboatmen's Association.

Dates: circa 1835-1928

Ernest V. Page photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1433
Abstract

Collection consists of 33 black and white photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood, also known as the Vanport Flood, which depict the evacuation of residents, flood damage, and cleanup efforts in Vanport and Portland, Oregon. The photographs were taken or collected by Ernest V. Page in May and June of 1948.

Dates: 1948 May-1948 June

Panel & Folding Box Co. photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 308
Abstract

Album containing 12 black and white photographs of exterior and interior views of the Panel & Folding Box Co. in Hoquiam, Washington. Subjects include employees at work, sawmill and planing mill scenes, dry kilns, and lumber.

Dates: circa 1910-1919

Panorama photograph of a parade in downtown Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1072
Abstract

Photograph depicting the intersection of SW Broadway and Taylor Street in Portland, with a drill team called the Royal Oaks, from Oakland, California, possibly in a July 4 parade.

Dates: circa 1912

William Russell Parnell photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 533
Abstract

Collection consists of five photographs that were originally owned and may have been taken by William Russell Parnell (1836-1910). Parnell was stationed at several military encampments in the Northwest, including those depicted in this collection. While stationed in the Northwest, he commanded Troop H and Troop F of the 1st Cavalry of the United States, and fought in multiple conflicts with Native peoples in the region.

Dates: 1864-1871

Parvin-Brown family photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 771
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs depicting members of the Parvin and Brown families. The bulk of the photographs are of spouses Addie Sutton Parvin and Zimri Mullen Parvin; other family members depicted include their grandson Vivian Zimri Brown, great-grandson Walter Zimri Brown, and daughter Mamie P. Brown.

Dates: circa 1880-1927

Elizabeth Patapoff slide collection on Timberline Lodge

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 492
Abstract

Collection consists of 267 slides of Timberline Lodge for the Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting film "Doorways to the Past: Timberline Lodge, Legacy of the '30s," produced by Elizabeth Patapoff. Scenes include construction; dedication of the lodge; and interior and exterior shots of the lodge, as well as details of artwork, metalwork, woodwork, and furniture.

Dates: circa 1930-1979