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photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 472 Collections and/or Records:

Bridal Veil, Oregon logging scenes photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 390
Abstract

Album containing 12 black and white photographs of logging scenes and other views of Bridal Veil, Oregon, and the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: circa 1900-1910

British North American Boundary Commission photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 556
Abstract

This collection consists of photographic copy negatives and copy prints taken by the British North American Boundary Commission along the 49th parallel during two separate survey periods, from 1860-1861 and from 1872-1875.

Dates: 1860-1875

Broadway-Portland Theater Company photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 732
Abstract

Twenty-one black and white photographs that include portraits of dancers, actors, and performers; the marquee at the Orpheum Theater; and movie posters at the Broadway Theater in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1920-1929

Harold M. Brown photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 197
Abstract Collection consists of photographs taken by Harold M. Brown, a commercial photographer in Oregon and Washington, from approximately 1909 to 1956. Subjects include photographs of the lumber and shipping industries in northwestern Oregon, views of various locations in Oregon and Washington, including ranches and agriculture, and portraits of Brown and other people. The collection also includes photocopies of three of Harold M. Brown's photography ledgers, dating from 1922 to 1956 which include...
Dates: circa 1909-1956

Leon Brown photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 456
Abstract

Small collection of black and white photographic prints and nitrate negatives depicting dams and dam construction. Identified locations include the Gold Ray Dam on the Rogue River in Oregon, and the Copco No. 1 and Copco No. 2 dams on the Klamath River at the Oregon-California border.

Dates: circa 1924

Burnham family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 6
Abstract Collection consists of negatives, taken circa 1908, that belonged to Howard J. Burnham and depict homesteading in Oregon and an expedition to climb Mt. Hood. Also included are photographic prints made from the negatives, and typed descriptions for each print. The photographer is unknown but may have been related to the Burnham family. Allison Burnham (approximately 1866-1939) was the first postmaster in the unincorporated lumbering community of Mountain in Josephine County, Oregon, and later...
Dates: 1908-1909

Burnside Community Council records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6038
Abstract

Unprocessed collection consisting of miscellaneous records of the Burnside Community Council, which provided services to unhoused and low-income people in Portland, Oregon, and operated a shelter called Baloney Joe's. The collection also includes photographs related to the organization's services and activities, and issues of publications including Hobo News, Pipeline, and These Homeless Times.

Dates: circa 1975-2000

Business for Culture and the Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 476
Abstract

Records of Business for Culture and the Arts, a nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon, that encouraged local businesses to support the arts. It was initially founded as the Oregon Arts Foundation in 1969, and dissolved in 2015.

Dates: 1969-2014; Majority of material found within 1984-2014

Florence Bynon reminiscences and family photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2824
Abstract

Collection consists of reminiscences by Florence Bynon (nee Hofer, 1895-1984) about childhood summers spent at a cottage on Yaquina Bay near Newport, Oregon, as well as six loose family photographs depicting Bynon and other family members during outdoor activities, including boating on the Willamette River, swimming in the Yaquina River, and picnicking.

Dates: 1907-1978

California parks photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1112
Abstract

Collection consists of four black and white photographs of scenes at parks in California, primarily of redwood forests. Places depicted are Prairie Creek State Park, the Mill Creek-Smith River project in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Bull Creek Flat in Humboldt State Park, and Del Norte Coast State Park. The photos appear to have been removed from album pages or an unidentified exhibit or display, and photocopies of captions for each image are included in the collection.

Dates: circa 1900-1939