Bridges -- Oregon -- Portland
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Book of congratulatory pigeongrams sent for Burnside Bridge opening
Collection
Identifier: Coll 917
Abstract
Bound volume of "pigeongrams" (messages sent by pigeon) from political figures, congratulating Portland Mayor George L. Baker and Oregon Governor Walter M. Pierce on the opening of the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon. The Burnside Bridge opened in May 1926, replacing an older bridge of the same name from the 1890s, and was still operational in 2022.
Dates:
1926 May
Thomas Gough Ryan papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss1599
Abstract
Collection includes legal documents and correspondence regarding immigrants (including Chinese), labor, politics, transportation, Portland bridges, lumbering, Thomas Ryan Gough's activities during World War II, and various misdemeanor and felony cases.
Dates:
circa 1915-1933