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Buildings -- Oregon -- Portland -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

1890 Portland flood and street scene photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1423
Abstract

Collection consists of 18 photographs of Portland, Oregon, taken circa 1890. The primary subject of the photographs is flooded streets in downtown and inner East Portland during the 1890 flood. Other subjects depicted in the photographs include cable cars, the bark Coloma, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, the Riverside Hotel, the Morrison Bridge, and other unflooded street scenes from Portland.

Dates: circa 1890

Portland, Oregon: The Rose City

 Collection
Identifier: Album 674
Abstract

Photograph album produced by Wesley Andrews that includes 25 miniature black and white photographs, primarily depicting street scenes, buildings, and bridges in Portland, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1915-1920

Minor White negatives

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 52
Abstract

Collection consists of original negatives by Minor White, a key figure in modern American photography who lived in Oregon from 1937 until being drafted into the United States Army in April 1942. The bulk of the negatives depict cast-iron fronted buildings in Portland, many of which have since been demolished.

Dates: 1938-1940