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 Subject

Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 518 Collections and/or Records:

20th Engineers Regiment Forestry Unit photographs and ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1458
Abstract

Collection consists of 143 photographs, 19 postcards, and related materials compiled by Horace Getz and Robert A. Johnson, both of Klamath Falls, Oregon. The materials document their service in the 20th Engineers Regiment Forestry Unit of the United States Army during World War I, from 1917 to 1919. The Forestry Unit established logging camps in France to produce timber for the construction of barracks and other structures during the war.

Dates: 1917-1919
Found in Subjects:  World War, 1914-1918 -- France -- Photographs
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Guide to the 20th Engineers Regiment Forestry Unit photographs and ephemera
Found in Notes:  Collection consists of 143 black-and-white photographs and 19 postcards compiled by Horace Getz and

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
Found in Subjects:  Floods -- Oregon -- Portland -- 19th century -- Photographs
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Guide to the 1890 Portland flood and street scene photographs
Found in Notes:  Collection consists of 18 photographs of Portland, Oregon, taken circa 1890. The photographs are

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
Found in Subjects:  Islands -- Alaska -- Photographs
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Guide to the Alaska volcanic islands photographs
Found in Notes:  Two black and white photographs, circa 1900-1910, with original envelope, which reads: "These 3

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
Found in Subjects:  Children -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
Found in Notes:  Thirteen black and white photographs, taken circa 1907 and in 1943, of children and employees

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
Found in Subjects:  Students -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs

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
Found in Subjects:  Families -- Photographs
Found in Notes:  Album compiled by an unknown person, containing miscellaneous photographs, postcards, and ephemera

Mary Louisa Allen photographs of the Lewis and Clark Exposition

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1097
Abstract

Black and white photographs of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon, taken by amateur photographer Mary Louisa Allen and primarily depicting buildings and statuary. The collection contains prints and corresponding negatives, as well as a small number of negatives for which there is no print.

Dates: 1905
Found in Subjects:  Exhibitions -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Guide to the Mary Louisa Allen photographs of the Lewis and Clark Exposition
Found in Notes:  Photographs of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon, taken by amateur

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
Found in Subjects:  photographs
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Guide to the Allen Preparatory School baseball team photographs
Found in Notes:  Allen Preparatory School baseball team photographs, Org. Lot 1409, Oregon Historical Society

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
Found in Subjects:  Nightclubs -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs
Found in Finding Aid Title:  Guide to the Amato's Supper Club photographs
Found in Notes:  Collection consists of 43 photographs and promotional posters related to Amato's Supper Club in

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
Found in Subjects:  slides (photographs)
Found in Notes:  personal papers include correspondence, photographs, materials relating to artists she knew, and writings