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photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 473 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Willett papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 366
Abstract Mary Willett served as senior teacher for the five-year-old day group at the Swan Island Kaiser Child Service Center in Portland, Oregon, beginning in January 1944. The Kaiser centers served children ages eighteen months to six years, many of whom were children of women working in the shipyard building tankers for use in World War II. The collection consists of brochures and other publications, news clippings, correspondence, teaching materials, and photographs of students, as well as...
Dates: 1943-1993; Majority of material found within 1943-1945

Ava Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 225
Abstract Ava Williams (1912-2003) performed as a popular music singer and pianist on stages on both coasts of the United States from 1939 to the late 1990s. She grew up in Eastern Oregon and spent her final years in Portland. In the intervening years, she lived and worked in California; New York City; Provincetown and Boston, Massachusetts; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her personal collection spans from her childhood to her death, and includes papers, photographs, and sound and video recordings,...
Dates: 1880-2004

E. R. Williams family photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1366
Abstract Partially processed collection consisting primarily of photographic prints and postcards that are of or relate to the extended family of E. R. Williams. The images include scenes of logging and logging camps, railroad trains, blacksmith shops, and a dentist shop, as well as family portraits. Also included is a series of photographs focusing on the filming of "The General" with Buster Keaton. Most of the photographs were taken in the area of Grants Pass, Oregon. Family names mentioned include...
Dates: 1887-1965; Majority of material found within 1899-1930

William Maxwell Wood portrait

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1099
Abstract

One black and white photograph, 1887, of William Maxwell Wood, son of C.E.S. Wood, at age 3.

Dates: 1887

Frank Woodfield photographic postcards of Astoria, Oregon, after fire

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 948
Abstract

Nine black and white photographic postcards, December 8, 1922, of the aftermath of the fire that destroyed the commercial district of Astoria, Oregon.

Dates: 1922 December 8

Wendell Wyatt papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 894
Abstract

Papers, including correspondence, guest books, and photographs, relating to the life and political career of Oregon politician Wendell Wyatt (1917-2009). Wyatt was a U.S. Representative from 1965 to 1975.

Dates: 1919-1999; Majority of material found within 1955-1981

Yaquina Head photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 581
Abstract

Seven black and white photos taken by A. L. Thomas of Newport, Oregon, of beach scenes at Yaquina Head in Lincoln County, Oregon, including the lighthouse at Cape Foulweather.

Dates: circa 1900-1919

Yasui family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 949
Abstract This collection includes correspondence, personal papers, and photographs of three generations of the Yasui family. Major topics represented in the collection include the first (Issei) generation’s immigration to Oregon in the early 1900s; the family's business and community activities in Hood River, Oregon, through 1942; the forced removal and incarceration of Yasui family members during World War II; and advocacy for redress and on behalf of Japanese American history by members of the...
Dates: 1873-2023; Majority of material found within 1910-1995

Jerry Jiro Yasutome photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 762
Abstract

Photographs depicting the Tule Lake Relocation Center, the 1948 Vanport Flood, and students from the Northwest School of Photography. The photographs were taken and collected by Jerry Jiro Yasutome between 1945 and 1948.

Dates: 1945-1948

John Yeon photograph albums on the Columbia River Highway

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1190
Abstract

Two hundred black and white photographs in four albums, taken primarily by George Weister of the Columbia River Highway and scenes in the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: circa 1912-1915