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Vanport (Or.) -- Pictorial works

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Life in Vanport prints

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 557
Abstract Four prints from the Portland General Electric Company's "Life in Vanport" series, each featuring a painting made for PGE and descriptive information about PGE or Vanport. The prints are: "Day Nursery in a Tree-shaded Park," made from a watercolor by Charles Voorhies; "Waiting for the 4:40 Bus," made from an oil painting by Sergeant John W. Hatch; "Sandlot Baseball in the Sunshine," made from a watercolor by Sergeant Robert Jakobsen; and "Between-Shift Interlude," made from a watercolor by...
Dates: circa 1944

Vanport collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1413
Abstract

Collection includes "Vanport City Rules and Regulations," 1943, with map of Vanport and index; photocopy of "Vanport City Flood 1948," an American Red Cross report; "Vanport: Emergency Relief Operations," a Salvation Army publication; and four watercolors depicting life in Vanport, 1942-1946.

Dates: 1942-1948