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photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 472 Collections and/or Records:

1890 Portland flood and street scene photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1423
Abstract

Collection consists of 18 photographs of Portland, Oregon, taken circa 1890. The primary subject of the photographs is flooded streets in downtown and inner East Portland during the 1890 flood. Other subjects depicted in the photographs include cable cars, the bark Coloma, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, the Riverside Hotel, the Morrison Bridge, and other unflooded street scenes from Portland.

Dates: circa 1890

Alaska volcanic islands photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1114
Abstract

Two black and white photographs of islands in the Gulf of Alaska, with original envelope.

Dates: circa 1900-1910

Albertina Kerr Nursery photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 952
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographs depicting children and employees at the Albertina Kerr Nursery in Portland, Oregon. Also included is a photograph of a Kerr Nursery float in the Rose Festival parade.

Dates: circa 1907-1943

Albina Homestead School class photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1085
Abstract

Black and white class photograph composed of oval-shaped portraits of each student. Below the portraits are the words "Albina Homestead School Jan. '22."

Dates: 1922 January

Album compiled by unidentified collector

 Collection
Identifier: Album 901
Abstract

Album compiled by an unknown person, containing miscellaneous photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to people, places, and events in locations including Oregon, New York, Illinois, California, and Montana. Many of the items in the album were cut from the pages of other albums or scrapbooks.

Dates: circa 1907-1945

Allen Preparatory School baseball team photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1409
Abstract

This collection features photographs of the Allen Preparatory School baseball team for the years 1905-1907. The school was a private college preparatory school in Portland, Oregon, from 1900 until 1934.

Dates: 1905-1907

Amato's Supper Club photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1434
Abstract

Collection consists of 43 photographs and promotional posters of performers and guests at Amato's Supper Club, a nightclub operated by George Amato in downtown Portland, Oregon, from 1948 to 1959.

Dates: circa 1915-1960; Majority of material found within circa 1945-1960

Leona Ambrose papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 983
Abstract

Papers of sculptor Leona Ambrose (1936-2021), including personal correspondence, writings, and photographs; professional papers; and photographs of her works. Ambrose, who also made mosaics and paintings, had her work exhibited at the Contemporary Crafts Gallery, the Portland Art Museum, and the Butters Gallery in Portland, Oregon; at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon; and at the Pindar Gallery in New York.

Dates: circa 1920-2021; Majority of material found within 1936-2021

Ambrotype portrait of Nakoosa StarĂ¡ Moreland by Shane Balkowitsch

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1425
Abstract

Collection consists of one 8 x 10-inch ambrotype on a glass plate of Nakoosa StarĂ¡ Moreland taken by Shane Balkowitsch, one copy of Balkowitsch's book, "Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective Volume 2," and digital photographs taken behind the scnenes during Moreland's studio sessions.

Dates: 2021-2023

Martha Anderson photographic collection for "Black Pioneers of the Northwest"

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1092
Abstract

Black and white copy prints of images used in the book "Black Pioneers of the Northwest" by Martha Anderson. Subjects include pioneers in Laramie, Wyoming; cowboys; railroad workers; soldiers and military bands; and the Rev. W. O. Johnson.

Dates: circa 1800-1918