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Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 412 Collections and/or Records:

Jan Caplener photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 911
Abstract

Album containing 34 photographs, primarily depicting scenes in Portland, Oregon, and unidentified people. Subjects include the Skidmore Fountain, Washington Park, the First Congregational Church of Portland, ships, rail cars, aerial views of Portland, and unidentified buildings and places.

Dates: circa 1905

Caribou herd near Nome, Alaska photographic postcard

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1101
Abstract

Black and white photographic postcard of a herd of caribou near Nome, Alaska.

Dates: circa 1945

Royal E. Carpenter photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 332
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs of the homes and land of the Carpenter family in the Lents area of Portland, Oregon, including unnamed family members, the family car, and bridges over the Clackamas River. Also included are portraits of members of the Archibald family and friends.

Dates: circa 1880-1924

Cascade Tunnel construction photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 184
Abstract

One album containing 48 black and white photographs that depict the construction of the Cascade Tunnel for the Great Northern Railway. Scenes include workers, worker camps, equipment, and landscapes.

Dates: 1897-1900

Cased photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1414
Abstract

Collection consists of approximately 630 cased photographs, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes (also called ferrotypes) dating from approximately 1840-1900. The photographs are primarily portraits of early migrants to Oregon and the western United States. Also represented are early Oregon street and residential scenes.

Dates: 1840-2000; Majority of material found within 1840-1900

Chinese-American Citizens Alliance, Portland Lodge, photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 75
Abstract

The collection consists of 50 black-and-white portraits of the founding members of the Chinese-American Citizens Alliance, Portland Lodge, 1921.

Dates: 1921; 1998

Christmas Day flood aerial photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 16
Abstract

Black and white aerial photographs, taken from December 23, 1964, to January 16, 1965, of rivers and cities affected by the Christmas Day flood in the Pacific Northwest, primarily in Oregon. Also includes scenes of bridges and dams.

Dates: 1964-1965

Mary Louise Church photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1160
Abstract

Collection consists of about 800 black and white travel photographs, 1905-1911, the bulk of which are in seven photograph albums. The photographs were probably taken by Mary Louise Church, and depict locations in Germany, China, the Netherlands, Spain, France, England, Ireland, Italy, India, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Indonesia.

Dates: 1905-1911

Phimister P. Church photographic collection on A. Phimister Proctor

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 487
Abstract

Nine black and white photographs of A. Phimister Proctor with several of his sculptures now located around Oregon, including the "Rough Rider" statue of Theodore Roosevelt in Portland, the "Pioneer" statue in Eugene, "The Circuit Rider" statue in Salem, and others.

Dates: circa 1885-1950

Cirkut prints photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 220
Abstract

Collection consists of two black and white panoramic photographs: one by Frank Woodfield that depicts damaged buildings and blocks of rubble in Astoria, Oregon, after the fire of 1922; and one group portrait of employees of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, taken in 1928.

Dates: 1922-1928