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photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 502 Collections and/or Records:

Albert R. Musick, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1091
Abstract Papers of Albert R. Musick, Jr. (1911-2007), a judge in Washington County, Oregon. In addition to papers relating to his judicial career, the collection includes materials relating to his prior career as a lawyer and to his military career, as well as some personal and family papers. Musick was born in Missouri, served as an infantry instructor and member of the U.S. Army Counter-Intelligence Corps during World War II, and after the war served in the U.S. Army Reserve until 1971. He came to...
Dates: circa 1890-2007

N. Crosby Ave., Portland, Oregon photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 668
Abstract

Photocopies of black and white photographs showing businesses and houses on N. Crosby Ave., in the Eliot neighborhood area of Portland, Oregon, before it was razed for the extension of N. Interstate Ave. between the Broadway and Steel bridges and, later, the Memorial Coliseum.

Dates: 1942

Photographs of Native people fishing and buildings along the Columbia River

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1279
Abstract

Five black and white photographs with handwritten notes on the back that identify the images as being taken along the Columbia River in October 1942. Four of the photographs depict Native people fishing from platforms, probably at Celilo Falls; one shows wooden buildings and parked cars.

Dates: 1942 October

Madeline Nelson photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 683
Abstract Photographs and postcards, circa 1920-1939, of and belonging to Madeline and Roscoe Nelson. Subjects include outdoor activities and travel to locations around Oregon, including Cannon Beach, Timberline Lodge, and Multnomah Falls. Also included are pictures of unidentified houses related to the Root & Kerr architecture firm in Portland; portraits of Roscoe Nelson, and images of Nelson with associates; and a 1932 photograph depicting every judge and lawyer in Portland, with...
Dates: circa 1920-1939

Marjorie Newhouse collection of materials relating to A. E. Doyle

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 362
Abstract

Papers and photographs of and relating to Albert E. Doyle (1877-1928), an architect from Portland, Oregon, and his family. Materials include photographs of buildings that Doyle designed, correspondence, a combination diary and sketchbook that Doyle kept while traveling in Europe, and biographical and genealogical materials. The collection was compiled by Doyle's granddaughter Marjorie Newhouse (1933-2015).

Dates: 1864-2000

Mercedes Niiranen photographic collection on the United States National Bank of Portland, Citizens Branch

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 488
Abstract

Seven black and white photographs, including one duplicate, of the employees of the United States National Bank of Portland, Citizens Branch, in Portland, Oregon, at Christmas parties and other events. Includes one portrait of a person identified on the back of the print as "Mr. Young."

Dates: 1938-1952

North Bank Road photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 275
Abstract

Photograph album, possibly compiled by the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway, containing black and white photographs, most taken by Fred H. Kiser, of landscape scenes along the Oregon Trunk Railway. Among the subjects depicted are the Celilo Bridge, the Deschutes River, the Tygh Valley, Mount Jefferson, Crooked River Canyon, and Benham Falls.

Dates: 1911-1912

North Pacific Yearly Meeting records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 795
Abstract

Minutes, directories, correspondence, and other records relating to an annual Quaker gathering, the North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, from 1972 to 2005, and related materials.

Dates: 1954-2005

Oak Grove Powerhouse construction photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 240
Abstract

Album of black and white photographs of the construction of a diversion dam on the Clackamas River, laying of water pipes, and the construction of the Oak Grove Powerhouse on the river.

Dates: circa 1910-1924

Old Oregon Trail Centennial photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 104
Abstract Collection consists of pages from a disbound photograph album compiled by the Old Oregon Trail Centennial Commission and presented to the Oregon Historical Society. The photographs depict people, places, events, and other scenes associated with the Old Oregon Trail Centennial, and caption information is included. Events depicted include ceremonies, parades, re-enactments, and banquets; the photographs particularly feature commemorative activities in Champoeg, Baker, and Portland. Members of...
Dates: 1943