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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 413 Collections and/or Records:

Louise Savier Washburn photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 282
Abstract

Two albums containing photographs, clippings, and ephemera, and a small quantity of loose material that had been in the albums. Subjects include members of the Savier and Washburn families, and friends; Louise Savier Washburn; members of the Du Mond family; a trip to Europe; and scenes in Hawaii.

Dates: circa 1890-1960

Carleton E. Watkins photograph of block house near Upper Cascades, Columbia River

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1167
Abstract

Black and white cabinet photograph showing a two-story wooden blockhouse in a field or clearing.

Dates: circa 1867-1883

Aubrey R. Watzek photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 704
Abstract

Ten photographs of Aubrey R. Watzek and of his house, built by John Yeon in 1937. Watzek (1888-1973) was a Portland, Oregon, philanthropist, lawyer, and lumberman.

Dates: 1909-1965

"The way it was" photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 580
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs used in research and production of the book "The Way it Was: A Kaleidoscopic Look at Early Theatre in the Oregon Country and a View of the Changing Pattern of Theatre in the Early Years of the Twentieth Century into the Present Day" by Cecil Matson, published in 1988. Subjects depicted in the collection include performers, producers, and directors, as well as theaters in Ashland, McMinnville, Portland, Oregon City, and Roseburg.

Dates: circa 1858-1972

George M. Weister photograph album of Pacific Coast logging and lumber views

 Collection
Identifier: Album 382
Abstract

Album containing 47 black and white photographs by George M. Weister of logging and sawmill operations from tree to board at Big Creek Logging Co. in Knappa, Oregon, and Crossett Western Lumber Co. in Wauna, Oregon. The photographs include forest scenes; logging, loggers, and camps; transportation of logs by train and river; and mills, the milling process, and lumber.

Dates: circa 1912-1913

Lucille and Dave Welch family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1186
Abstract Three photograph albums of members of the Lucille and Dave Welch family. Two albums focus primarily on Lucille Welch and friends, with subjects including Columbia University (now the University of Portland), Oneonta Gorge and Multnomah Falls, children, mine workers, outdoor activities, and military life before World War I. The third album focuses on David Welch's travels and friends, with subjects including Gearhart, Oaks Park, and Lafayette in Oregon; Ardle Cottage in Long Beach,...
Dates: 1909-1927

West Oregon Lumber Company employees panorama photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1094
Abstract

Black and white panoramic photograph with the text "West Oregon Lumber Co. Employees. Dec. 8-1927" in capital letters at the bottom. The photograph, taken outdoors, depicts approximately 150 people in four rows, facing front.

Dates: 1927 December 8

Westover Terrace (Portland, Or.) photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 669
Abstract

Twenty-eight black and white photographs of the construction of the Westover Terrace area of Portland, Oregon, by Lewis-Wiley Co.

Dates: 1910-1912

Chris Wheeler photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 433
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and slides likely received and compiled by Chris L. Wheeler (1927-2013) during the time he served as state engineer of Oregon from 1962-1975. The bulk of the photographs depict the Tumalo Irrigation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon, from 1913-1915. Other photographs, color slides, and albums depict state and private irrigation efforts in Oregon from approximately 1910-1925, and dams and reservoirs in Oregon from 1950-1967.

Dates: circa 1910-1967

Lily E. White negatives

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1415
Abstract

Collection consists primarily of glass and film negatives attributed to Lily E. White. The negatives depict the Columbia River Gorge, Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, the California coast, the home of Sarah Hall Ladd and her husband, Charles Elliott Ladd, and Lily E. White’s houseboat, the Raysark. The photographs date from approximately 1900 to 1915.

Dates: 1900-1915