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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 413 Collections and/or Records:

Portland Public Schools during World War I photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 319
Abstract

Album containing 109 black and white photographs of activities of the Portland Public Schools during World War I. Includes exterior photographs of school buildings, as well as interior views of classrooms and workshops, and classes and activities such as mechanical drawing, forging, wood turning, plumbing, carpentry, textiles, printing, gardening, cobbling, and band.

Dates: circa 1909-1918

Portland Women's Union photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 814
Abstract

Collection consists of 42 color negatives of members of the Portland Women's Union; of the Martha Washington Hotel and the Alexandra Court Hotel in Portland, Oregon; and of the 100th anniversary tea. The Portland Women's Union was founded in 1887 and operated in the Martha Washington Hotel to provide safe housing for single working women.

Dates: 1986

Portland Woolen Mills picnic photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 616
Abstract

Black and white panoramic photograph of attendees at a company picnic for employees of Portland Woolen Mills on July 28, 1923. The photograph belonged to Ray DeLashmutt, and the collection also includes a photocopy with handwritten notes identifying family members in the image.

Dates: 1923 July 28

Marie Holst Pottsmith photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 460
Abstract This collection consists of original sheet film negatives taken by Marie Holst Pottsmith, the bulk of which she made during the eight months of 1908 that she taught in the remote Finnish community of Hamlet, Oregon. These images document people, farming, and community life in Hamlet. Other photos in the collection depict her studies at the University of Oregon; her time teaching at Fisher, Washington; and her early married life as a Presbyterian minister’s wife in Washington and Oregon. The...
Dates: 1908-circa 1956; Majority of material found within 1908-1919

Alfred Powers photographic collection on turkey farming in Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 713
Abstract

Twenty-five black and white photographs and photographic postcards of the turkey farming industry in Oregon. The images depict turkeys, turkey processing, farms and farmers.

Dates: circa 1900-1981

Charles Prescott residence photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 702
Abstract

Thirteen black and white photographs and drawings of the exterior and interior of the Charles Prescott house at NW 19th and Marshall St. in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1884-1899

Maurice A. Price photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 835
Abstract

Five black and white photographs of Maurice A. Price, brother of artist C. S. Price, and biographical information by Frances Price Cook.

Dates: 1908-1916

Photograph of railroad yard and construction of Steel Bridge

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1089
Abstract

Photograph taken in Portland, Oregon, that shows the roofs of buildings in the foreground at left, a rail yard at right, and the Steel Bridge under construction in the distance. The Steel Bridge over the Willamette River opened July 21, 1912, for trains and August 12, 1912, for automobiles.

Dates: circa 1912

Mrs. D. L. Ramsay photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1134
Abstract

Collection consists of 2 tintypes and 9 cartes-de-visite, primarily depicting members of the Klum, Nye, and Coyle families.

Dates: circa 1850-1890

Read family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1197
Abstract

Studio portraits, most contained in three photograph albums, depicting members of the Clifford Kittredge Read family and associated families. Many of the people depicted are identified. The Read family came to Turner, Oregon, from Illinois in 1852.

Dates: circa 1880-1917