photographs
Found in 487 Collections and/or Records:
Photographs of and letter to Effie Simmons
Three portrait photographs of Effie Simmons (1874-1961), and a letter to Simmons from Myrtle A. Johnson (1875-1935). Simmons was a member of the Portland Woman's Club, a regional director for the League of Women Voters, and the first woman to represent Multnomah County in the Oregon Legislature.
Louis D. Simpson collection
Color photograph, 1995, of Dave Kaslow and Louis D. Simpson in "Old Scout," the 1904 Oldsmobile that made history as the first car to travel North America from east to west during a 1905 automobile race. Also included is a 1995 newsletter with background information about the photograph.
Skaters Day at Wallowa Lake
Black and white photograph of a group of ice skaters at Wallowa Lake, Oregon.
Frederick W. Skiff photographic collection
Three photograph albums relating to Frederick Woodward Skiff and family. The albums depict people, residences, and outdoor activities in locations including Seaside, Gearhart, Camp Jackson, and other places in Oregon; Silver Lake and Washougal, Washington; and Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, New York, Massachusetts, and California.
Skinner family papers
E. Laurence Skipton photograph album
Album containing black and white photographs of the social life and travels of unidentified young people, probably E. Laurence Skipton and Alice M. Skipton. Locations include San Francisco, California; Washington D.C.; British Columbia; and the Columbia River Gorge.
Irving Sklare collection
Materials relating to Irving Sklare, who ran the Remick Song Shop in Portland, Oregon. Included are correspondence with New York music publisher Jerome H. Remick; correspondence from the mid-1950s regarding the copyright of the song "Oregon my Oregon"; photographs of the Remick Song Shop; and music-related clippings and ephemera.
Charles Emil Smith family photographic collection
Fifteen black and white photographs of Charles Emil Smith, Hedwig Smith, and family; family events; and the Smith house on the site of what is now Lair Hill Park in Portland, Oregon, between SW 2nd Avenue, SW Hooker Street, and SW Woods Street. Charles E. Smith (1839-1912) was born in Switzerland and came to Portland, Oregon, in 1863, where he established the Smith Brothers Iron Works with his brother Ferdinand. The Smith family also founded the Congress Hotel.
Edward W. Smoron photograph album
Photograph album of Edward W. Smoron (1915-2012) of Peru, Illinois, who was a member of Civilian Conservation Corps Company No. 1627 and was assigned to a CCC camp at China Flats near Powers, Coos County, Oregon, during 1933 and 1935. Includes photographs of personnel, camp life, work crews, barracks, and a trip to Crater Lake.
South Auditorium Renewal Project photograph collection
Collection consists mainly of black-and-white photographs taken circa 1965-1966 during the South Auditorium Renewal Project. The photographs show buildings during construction, as well as the surrounding area. The collection also includes four architectural floor plans and newspaper clippings about the Portland Center high-rise apartments.