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Portland (Or.) -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

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

John D. Rees postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1122
Abstract

Ten color photographic postcards depicting scenes of Portland, Oregon, neighborhoods, Mount Hood and other mountains, logging, Washington Park and St. Vincent's Hospital.

Dates: circa 1916

Relf and Thompson families collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1079
Abstract

Photographs and ephemera of Huston Relf and Melvin Thompson, Black residents of a house at 25 NE Prescott Street, in the Albina neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon. Photographs include: family in Alabama and Oregon; outings and recreation; street scenes; and the Lac a Wonica Cleaners at 3632 N. Williams Avenue, run by Melvin and Katie Thompson. The materials were found in the house at 25 NE Prescott after it was sold by the estate of Huston Relf in 2000.

Dates: circa 1930-1979

Salem, Oregon unidentified family photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 208
Abstract Album containing black and white photographs, taken circa 1898-1908, which primarily depict unidentified people, scenes near Salem, Oregon, and scenes in other Oregon and Washington locations, including Portland, Oregon; Buena Vista, Oregon; Sodaville, Oregon; Vancouver, Washington; and Yakima, Washington. Subjects include residences and landscapes; individuals and groups; dairy farming and livestock; hunting and fishing; boating; dogs and cats; and parades. Handwritten notes provide dates,...
Dates: circa 1898-1908

John G. Sayers postcard collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1057
Abstract

Seventy-seven postcards depicting scenes in Oregon. Scenes include mining in Galice; the Oregon Coast; Gold Ray Dam on the Rogue River; Gold Hill; and scenes in Eugene, Grants Pass, Salem, Astoria, Woodburn, Ashland, and Portland. Many of the cards include correspondence.

Dates: circa 1890-1925

Hilary K. Spray photographic collection on a walking trip around Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 538
Abstract

One album of black and white photographs taken on a walking trip in the summer of 1902, from Eugene, Oregon, up the coast to Astoria, to Mount Hood via Portland, and back to Eugene via Salem.

Dates: 1902

Starr Drilling employee photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1429
Abstract

Collection consists of 49 photographs, taken by an unknown employee of the Starr Drilling Company, showing flooding in Portland railyards and industrial buildings during the 1948 Columbia River flood, also known as the Vanport Flood.

Dates: 1948

Tabor family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 968
Abstract

Collection consists of 21 card photographs collected by J. W. Tabor and Margaret Tabor dating to circa 1895 and depicting Portland, Oregon, Celilo Falls, and Granite, Oregon.

Dates: 1885-1895

Shirley Tanzer photographic collection on Southwest Portland, Oregon

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 624
Abstract

Black and white photographs of scenes in Southwest Portland, Oregon, including the Steel Bridge, the Burnside Bridge, the Skidmore Fountain, the Lovejoy Fountain, O'Bryant Square, the Southwest Park Blocks, Tom McCall Waterfront Park, and the transit mall.

Dates: 1980