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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 424 Collections and/or Records:

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

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