Lake Oswego

Lake Oswego
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  1. Beer and Chickens - c. 1910
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    Old Oswego appears to have been a place where people knew how to have fun. At least this photo of men holding both beers and dead chickens indicates that. Learn More
  2. Boatloads of Salmon at Oswego Creek - 1905
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    At the beginning of the twentieth century, local fishermen at the mouth of Sucker Creek (now Oswego Creek) would catch one ton of salmon per night at the beginning of salmon season. Learn More
  3. C. N. Haines Store, NW Corner 1st and A, Oswego - c. 1910
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    After a day battling traffic traveling through First Addition in Lake Oswego, come back and look at this photo of how it appeared a hundred years ago. Learn More
  4. Charles W. Kruse and his Cauliflower Truck - c. 1920
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    The Kruse family first started farming in the Lake Oswego area in the 1850s, when Otto and Frances Kruse arrived from Germany. Learn More
  5. Drinking Beer in Oswego - c. 1910
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    The guys gather a century ago to drink beer in their host's back yard. Has much really changed since then? Learn More
  6. Elk Rock Trestle to Oswego - c. 1894
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    Elk Rock Trestle, replaced by a tunnel in 1921, on the line from Portland to Oswego. Learn More
  7. First Iron Furnace in Oswego - c. 1866
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    This is probably the earliest photo of the first Oswego iron furnace, taken in 1866 - a year before Carleton Watkins came from California to create his series of views. Learn More
  8. Flume and Trestle in Lake Oswego - circa 1918
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    Our original print for this image is identified as "Trestle, Lake Oswego, Ore." in period handwriting in pencil on the back. Learn More
  9. Glenmorrie Bus at Oswego Train Depot - c. 1915
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    An early REO bus waits at Oswego Depot to take arriving train passengers to the Glenmorrie neighborhood, just north of Marylhurst. Learn More
  10. Gondola on Oswego Lake - c. 1920
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    A note on the original photo speculates this may be a group of students from St. Helens Hall, Portland Episcopal School for Girls. Whoever they are, they are clearly enjoying themselves. Learn More
  11. Henry Gans' Grocery, Oswego - c. 1890
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    Henry Gans and his family gather outside their dry goods and grocery store on the south side of McVey Avenue, near Bickner Street. Learn More
  12. Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge - c. 1910
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    The Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge, built as the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge north of Tyron Creek, nearing the end of its construction. Learn More
  13. Lillian Bickner in her Canoe on Oswego Lake - c. 1910
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    This image is a variation on the photo used for the front cover of Arcadia Publishing's "Images of America: Lake Oswego", compiled by Laura Foster. Learn More
  14. Lily White's Houseboat at Dunthorpe Water Works - c. 1903
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    Lily White and her friend Sarah Ladd were accomplished amateur photographers whose work is still appreciated today. White was known for her houseboat, the Raysark, which she used as her photography headquarters, usually anchored along the Columbia River. Learn More
  15. Looking Across the Willamette, Dunthorpe Water Works - c. 1903
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    There's little visible development on the east side of the Willamette River in this 1902 view from the south side of the Dunthorpe Water Works. Learn More
  16. Oregon Iron & Steel Co. Engine No. 2 - c. 1905
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    This narrow gauge engine was used to bring ore down from the mine to the smelter in Oswego, and after the mine closed, to push pipe from the foundry to the main line. Learn More
  17. Oscar Eaton of Oswego - c. 1900
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    Born in New York in 1820, Oscar Eaton spent the last thirty years of his life in Oswego, where he farmed in the Hazelia area. Learn More
  18. Oswego Baseball Team of 1914
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    Most towns in Oregon fielded amateur baseball teams in the early part of the 20th century, and Oswego (now Lake Oswego) was no exception. Learn More
  19. Oswego Red Electric Train at Portland Depot - c. 1920
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    The Oswego Local 319 waits at Union Station in Portland. Running from 1914 through 1929, the distinctive round-windowed Red Electrics provided public transportation for the Portland area that has yet to be rivaled. Learn More
  20. Plowing Henry Duncan's Farm at Hazelia - 1913
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    This classic scene was captured near Rosemont and Stafford Roads. Hazelia is that area south of Lake Oswego and west of West Linn. Learn More
  21. Raising a 75 Foot Pole, State Street, Oswego - 1913
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    If you ever wondered how they erected those really tall electric poles back in the day, here's your answer. Lots of men and pikes (the smaller poles with spikes on their ends). Learn More
  22. Ready for a Night on the Town - c. 1900
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    Four young couples pose for a photo in Oswego while getting ready for some type of special occasion. Note the boutonnieres worn by two of the young men. Learn More
  23. Riding Her Buggy in Oswego - c. 1912
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    This photo of Edna Kingkade Bickner was taken by her husband Will, who create a number of glass plate negatives of the Oswego area. Learn More
  24. Smelting Furnace, Oswego Iron Works - 1867
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    A view from the back of the first Oswego Iron Smelter captures a moving goat or two browsing the refuse pile. Learn More
  25. Transportation on Oswego Streets - 1893
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    Mrs. Marks stops her carriage somewhere in the Oswego area, in this view taken from a boudoir card dated 1893. Learn More
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