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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 424 Collections and/or Records:

Portland General Electric Co. floats photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 170
Abstract

Nine photographs of parade floats for Portland General Electric Co. in the Portland Rose Festival, 1954 and 1964, and an unidentified parade featuring rail cars depicting Oregon agriculture and industry.

Dates: circa 1900-1964

Portland Gun Club panorama photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1086
Abstract

Black and white panoramic group portrait depicting members of the Portland Gun Club.

Dates: circa 1928

Panoramic photograph of Portland letter carriers with mailbags full of roses

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 270
Abstract

One black and white panoramic photograph of Portland letter carriers posing with mailbags full of roses for the Portland Rose Festival.

Dates: 1912 June 13

Portland Machinery Company photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 730
Abstract

Eight black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of the offices and shop of the Portland Machinery Company, and of employees.

Dates: 1905-1938

Portland, Oregon: The Rose City

 Collection
Identifier: Album 674
Abstract

Photograph album produced by Wesley Andrews that includes 25 miniature black and white photographs, primarily depicting street scenes, buildings, and bridges in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1915-1920

Portland, Oregon unidentified family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 241
Abstract

Album containing black and white snapshots, most depicting unidentified adults and children, primarily in the Portland, Oregon area. Subjects and activities include houses, an ice storm, picnics, fishing, and members of the Behnke Walker baseball team.

Dates: circa 1910

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