Lake Oswego
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Beer and Chickens - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Old 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 -
Boatloads of Salmon at Oswego Creek - 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00At 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 -
C. N. Haines Store, NW Corner 1st and A, Oswego - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00After 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 -
Charles W. Kruse and his Cauliflower Truck - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Kruse family first started farming in the Lake Oswego area in the 1850s, when Otto and Frances Kruse arrived from Germany. Learn More -
Drinking Beer in Oswego - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The guys gather a century ago to drink beer in their host's back yard. Has much really changed since then? Learn More -
Elk Rock Trestle to Oswego - c. 1894
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Elk Rock Trestle, replaced by a tunnel in 1921, on the line from Portland to Oswego. Learn More -
First Iron Furnace in Oswego - c. 1866
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 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 -
Glenmorrie Bus at Oswego Train Depot - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00An early REO bus waits at Oswego Depot to take arriving train passengers to the Glenmorrie neighborhood, just north of Marylhurst. Learn More -
Gondola on Oswego Lake - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A 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 -
Henry Gans' Grocery, Oswego - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Henry Gans and his family gather outside their dry goods and grocery store on the south side of McVey Avenue, near Bickner Street. Learn More -
Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge, built as the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge north of Tyron Creek, nearing the end of its construction. Learn More -
Lillian Bickner in her Canoe on Oswego Lake - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 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 -
Lily White's Houseboat at Dunthorpe Water Works - c. 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Lily 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 -
Looking Across the Willamette, Dunthorpe Water Works - c. 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00There'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 -
Oregon Iron & Steel Co. Engine No. 2 - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 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 -
Oscar Eaton of Oswego - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Born 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 -
Oswego Red Electric Train at Portland Depot - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The 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 -
Raising a 75 Foot Pole, State Street, Oswego - 1913
$25.00 As low as: $12.00If 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 -
Ready for a Night on the Town - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Four 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 -
Riding Her Buggy in Oswego - c. 1912
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 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 -
Smelting Furnace, Oswego Iron Works - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A view from the back of the first Oswego Iron Smelter captures a moving goat or two browsing the refuse pile. Learn More -
Transportation on Oswego Streets - 1893
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Mrs. 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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