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photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 495 Collections and/or Records:

Anthony Brandenthaler photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 590
Abstract

Fourteen photographs of visitors to the Oregon Centennial, including Anthony Brandenthaler, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Tom Campbell, and of scenery and ghost towns in the Greenhorn Mountain Area in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Oregon. Brandenthaler (1895-1979) was owner of Burnt River Lumber Company in Baker, Oregon, and chair of the Oregon Centennial Commission.

Dates: circa 1952-1979

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

Bruno family scrapbooks and souvenir book

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 328
Abstract Two scrapbooks and a souvenir book relating to Thaddeus B. Bruno (1907-1997) and Wanda Starr Bruno (later Wanda Alles, 1914-1984) of Portland, Oregon. The scrapbooks include photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. The souvenir book is for the beauty competition at the Century of Progress Exposition held in 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, which Wanda Starr Bruno competed in. Thaddeus B. Bruno worked in real estate and Republican politics and was civically active; he and Wanda Starr...
Dates: circa 1932-1980; Majority of material found within circa 1932-1934

Thaddeus Bruno family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 704
Abstract

Photographs and other materials relating to Thaddeus B. Bruno (1907-1997) of Portland, Oregon, and his family. Bruno worked in real estate and Republican politics and was civically active. The collection also includes materials relating to the Bruno family's residence in Lake Oswego, Oregon, designed by architect Van Evera Bailey, including blueprints of Bailey's architectural drawings.

Dates: circa 1933-1997

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: 1969-1992; Majority of material found within 1972-1990