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Floods -- Oregon -- Portland -- 1948 -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

Starr Drilling employee photographs of the 1948 Columbia River flood

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1429
Abstract

Collection consists of 49 photographs, taken by an unknown employee of the Starr Drilling Company, showing flooding in Portland railyards and industrial buildings during the 1948 Columbia River flood, also known as the Vanport Flood.

Dates: 1948