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photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 473 Collections and/or Records:

George M. Weister photograph album of Pacific Coast logging and lumber views

 Collection
Identifier: Album 382
Abstract

Album containing 47 black and white photographs by George M. Weister of logging and sawmill operations from tree to board at Big Creek Logging Co. in Knappa, Oregon, and Crossett Western Lumber Co. in Wauna, Oregon. The photographs include forest scenes; logging, loggers, and camps; transportation of logs by train and river; and mills, the milling process, and lumber.

Dates: circa 1912-1913

Lucille and Dave Welch family photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1186
Abstract Three photograph albums of members of the Lucille and Dave Welch family. Two albums focus primarily on Lucille Welch and friends, with subjects including Columbia University (now the University of Portland), Oneonta Gorge and Multnomah Falls, children, mine workers, outdoor activities, and military life before World War I. The third album focuses on David Welch's travels and friends, with subjects including Gearhart, Oaks Park, and Lafayette in Oregon; Ardle Cottage in Long Beach,...
Dates: 1909-1927

W. Bittle Wells papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 894
Abstract

Papers of an editor, publisher, and insurance agent of Portland, Oregon. Includes autobiographical materials relating to William Bittle Wells's life and work with the Southern Pacific Railroad's Bureau of Community Publicity and his work with the New York Life Insurance Company; letters; photographs; poems; and diaries from his high school and college years.

Dates: 1834-1964; Majority of material found within 1888-1964

Milton W. Werschkul collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1034
Abstract

Materials related to Milton W. Werschkul, who was head of the art and photo department of the Oregonian newspaper until his retirement in 1952. Collection includes photocopy newspaper articles, photographs of Werschkul, and original drawings by Werschkul.

Dates: circa 1900-1955

Westover Terrace (Portland, Or.) photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 669
Abstract

Twenty-eight black and white photographs of the construction of the Westover Terrace area of Portland, Oregon, by Lewis-Wiley Co.

Dates: 1910-1912

Chris Wheeler photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 433
Abstract

This collection contains photographs and slides likely received and compiled by Chris L. Wheeler (1927-2013) during the time he served as state engineer of Oregon from 1962-1975. The bulk of the photographs depict the Tumalo Irrigation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon, from 1913-1915. Other photographs, color slides, and albums depict state and private irrigation efforts in Oregon from approximately 1910-1925, and dams and reservoirs in Oregon from 1950-1967.

Dates: circa 1910-1967

Lily E. White negatives

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1415
Abstract

Collection consists primarily of glass and film negatives attributed to Lily E. White. The negatives depict the Columbia River Gorge, Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, the California coast, the home of Sarah Hall Ladd and her husband, Charles Elliott Ladd, and Lily E. White’s houseboat, the Raysark. The photographs date from approximately 1900 to 1915.

Dates: 1900-1915

Lily E. White photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 662
Abstract

Collection consists of 43 photographs of the Columbia River Gorge taken by Lily E. White and other members of the Oregon Camera Club between 1900 and 1905.

Dates: 1900-1905

Ada Bering Wien papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1536
Abstract

Collection includes letters from Ada Bering Wien of Fairbanks, Alaska, to Mrs. Graves, 1953-1959; photographs of Wien giving a talk at the Museum of History and Industry, Alaska, 1954; and a typescript speech; 1969, regarding early aviation and gold mining in Alaska.

Dates: 1953-1969

Willamette Valley photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1179
Abstract

Five albums of black and white photographs depicting scenes from Salem and the Willamette Valley, including livestock, apples, cherries, fruit orchards, farming practices, migrant farm workers, and hop yards. Also included are images of the Salem mounted police, parades, the state Capitol and members of the Salem Trade Board.

Dates: circa 1910