Oregon City
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20th Century Grocery, Oregon City - 1919
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This photo of the 20th Century Grocery store at 611 Main Street in Oregon City was taken in August, 1919, shortly after the end of World War I. Learn More -
Adams Department Store Throws a Sale - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Adams Department Store in Oregon City did a lot of business with local mill workers. Their sign states this is the second shipment of 300 "mill shoes" they'd received in a month. Learn More -
Below Station A at Willamette Falls - 1895
$30.00 As low as: $15.00This unusual view shows Station A, the first powerhouse used for the first long-distance transmission of electrical power in the United States. Transmission lines went 14 miles, from the Falls to Portland. Learn More -
Bertilson Barber Shop, 7th & Water, Oregon City - 1947
$30.00 As low as: $15.00This great view of Oregon City daily life was taken by Eddy toward the end of his career, using his postcard camera. Ole Bertilson is the barber on the right. Learn More -
Buggy in Front of the Courthouse, Oregon City - c. 1915
$30.00 As low as: $15.00One of Ralph Eddy's early glass plate photos, this crisp view taken with his large wooden camera shows a street scene at Eighth and Main Streets in downtown Oregon City. Learn More -
Business Section with Suspension Bridge, Oregon City - c. 1918
$25.00 As low as: $12.00While this postcard view was postmarked 1923, we believe the photo was taken in the teens. Learn More -
Card Room, Oregon City Woolen Mill - 1918
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A 1918 view of the card room at Oregon City Woolen Mills, where wool fibers were separated and put in a thread-like form before spinning. Learn More -
Charman Brothers Block, Oregon City - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Built in 1889 by brothers T. L. and Elmer E. Charman, the Charman Bros. Block was for years the grand building of Main Street in Oregon City. Learn More -
Dr. John McLoughlin - c. 1854
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Dr. John McLoughlin, often called "The Father of Oregon", needs little introduction to history buffs. The Canadian-born Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, he resigned in 1846 and moved to Oregon City where he became an American citizen. Learn More -
Dye House, Oregon City Woolen Mills - 1918
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Dye houses were more than just "rooms" in a woolen mill; they were often built as separate buildings due to the fire hazard from the fully dried wool prepared for dying. Learn More -
Early Reddaway's Truck Line Truck - c. 1919
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This photo of an early Reddaway truck was taken shortly after the company was founded in 1919, by the Reddaway family of Oregon City. Learn More -
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Elmer E. Charman, Future Oregon City Businessman - c. 1869
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Elmer E. Charman, taken at about the time of his father's death in the late 1860s. Learn More -
Elmer E. Charman, Possible Graduation Photo - c. 1881
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This is likely a graduation photo for Elmer Ellsworth Charman, taken when he graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College in Corvallis in 1881, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Learn More -
First Communion - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00There are a lot of professional photos of girls' first communions. This one, taken by Preston Hart in Oregon City, is especially appealing in its simplicity, as well as its lighting. Learn More -
George Harding House, Oregon City - 1900s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This impressive brick house on Main Street in Oregon City was built by Lafayette Cartee in about 1859. Learn More -
Hawley Pulp & Paper Co., Mill A - 1910s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Hawley mill opened 1909, and operated until 1948, when it was sold and became Publisher's Paper Company. Learn More -
Hawley Pulp & Paper Co., Mills B and C - 1910s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking downstream towards Hawley's Mills B and C, with the woolen mill building visible between them. Learn More -
L. Adams Department Store, Oregon City - c. 1912
$25.00 As low as: $12.00If it looks like a church, that's because the building started out as a the Methodist Episcopal Church. Learn More -
Laying Water Pipes down 6th Street, Oregon City - c. 1914
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A ten-inch water main for West Linn is already in the trench, and pipe is being distributed to add a six-inch line to power the new municipal elevator along the bluff in Oregon City. Learn More -
Leonard (T. L.) Charman, Possible Graduation Photo - c. 1881
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This is likely a graduation photo for Thomas Leonard Charman, taken when he graduated from Oregon State Agricultural College in 1881, with a Bachelor of Science degree. Learn More -
Liberty Temple & Elevator, Oregon City - c. 1918
$25.00 As low as: $12.00During World War I, Liberty Temples were built in many cities as a place for patriotic rallies and headquarters for the Third Liberty Loan Drive, which helped fund the war. Learn More -
Looking over Oregon City towards Mt. Hood - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A long view across the suspension bridge and Oregon City towards Mount Hood. Learn More -
McLoughlin House After its move to the Bluffs - 1934
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The John McLoughlin House was one of the first buildings documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), which included this photo taken in 1934. Learn More -
Members of the Pure Mountain Water League - 1916
$25.00 As low as: $12.00These distinguished members of the Pure Mountain Water League, most of them from Oregon City, were among the original promoters of the South Fork Water Project, built to bring clean water from the upper Clackamas River to Oregon City. Learn More -
Mills & McLoughlin House at Willamette Falls - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 1867 view of the mills at Willamette Falls is part of a series of stereoviews created by Carleton Watkins during his visit to Oregon that year. Learn More -
Mills and Sternwheeler at Willamette Falls - c. 1915
$30.00 As low as: $15.00There's a lot going on, and a lot of crisp detail, in this glass plate negative created by Ralph Eddy of Oregon City in about 1915. Learn More -
Newly Completed Clackamas County Courthouse - 1884
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This photo shows Clackamas County's second courthouse, built in 1884, before landscaping was completed. It also gives us an early view of the surrounding area in Oregon City. Learn More -
Oregon City and Mount Hood - 1930
$30.00 As low as: $15.00This overview of Oregon City shows all levels - from West Linn in the foreground, to the river and its bluffs, across downtown Oregon City, up the elevator to the upper part of town, to snow-capped Mt. Hood in the distance. Learn More -
Oregon City Bridge from Grand Opening Program - 1922
$20.00 As low as: $10.00This panoramic view is taken from the official program of the grand opening of the Oregon City - West Linn arched bridge in 1922. Learn More -
Oregon City Elevator - 1924
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Oregon City Municipal Elevator, in a photo taken July 6th, 1924, the year it was converted from water power to an electric motor. Learn More -
Oregon City Elevator with Greyhound Bus - c. 1938
$30.00 As low as: $15.00A Greyhound "Super Coach" - a streamlined model introduced in 1936, waits in front of the bus depot, conveniently located inside the Oregon City Piggly Wiggly Stop and Shop. Learn More -
Oregon City Elevator, Vertical Crop - 1924
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This is a vertical version of the Oregon City Municipal Elevator, in a photo taken July 6th, 1924, the year it was converted from water power to an electric motor. Learn More -
Oregon City Main St. with Electric Trolley - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Oregon City's Main Street, showing the electric trolley and a multitude of new electric power lines. Learn More -
Oregon City Shore, Looking West - c. 1884
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 1880s view of the Oregon City shoreline shows modest commerical buildings near the shore and homes behind the fence above them. Learn More -
Oregon City Suspension Bridge - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view looking downstream on the Willamette River below the falls reveals the striking design of the first Oregon City bridge, built in 1888. Learn More -
Oregon City Woolen Mills - c. 1893
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This highly detailed view of the woolen mills and other structures on both sides of the river lends itself to larger format prints. Learn More -
Oregon City Woolen Mills Covered in Ivy - 1926
$25.00 As low as: $12.00By 1926 the Oregon City Woolen Mills' brick walls were completely covered in ivy, which was kept carefully trimmed around windows and doors and along the roofline. Learn More -
Oregon City Woolen Mills with New Station B - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This sharp view of the Oregon City Woolen Mills is notable for two non-woolen mill details - the smaller initial Station B power plant, and the elaborate signage on Charman's store. Learn More -
Oregon City Woolen Mills, Looking North - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking north towards the suspension bridge, this view clearly shows many of the early brick and stone commercial buildings along Main Street in Oregon City. Learn More -
Oregon City, before Electricity - c. 1884
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking south down Main Street in Oregon City in the about 1884. The cross street past the brick building is 6th Street. Learn More -
Panorama of Oregon City and Willamette Falls, No. 2 - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Panorama of Oregon City and the Willamette Falls No. 2, part of a series of five. Learn More -
PGE Station B & Mills at Willamette Falls - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Front and center is Station B, the third-oldest operating hydro plant in the U.S. Behind it and across the river are paper mills and other industry. Learn More -
Pulp & Paper Mills at Willamette Falls - 1929
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Prominent in this view of paper mills on both sides of the Willamette are the huge stacks of paper pulp, colored yellow in this 1929 hand-tinted glass slide. Learn More -
Sarah Jane Clear Dickerson, Oregon City - c. 1882
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Sarah Jane Clear was born in Missouri in 1862, and came to Oregon with her parents John and Louisa Clear in about 1865, when they settled in Washington County. Learn More -
Softball at the Oregon City Woolen Mill Picnic - 1919
$30.00 As low as: $15.00This great action photo by Ralph Eddy captures an instant in a softball game from almost a century ago so well that we feel we're part of the scene today. Learn More -
Stairs Descending the Bluff at Oregon City - c. 1884
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Now boasting a municipal elevator, Oregon City originally provided wooden stairs to connect the two levels of the town. Learn More -
Star Theater in Oregon City - 1913
$30.00 As low as: $15.00The owners and employees stand outside their theater - the first in Oregon City - in this 1913 view, reproduced from a glass negative created by Ralph Eddy. Learn More -
Station A and Crown Paper Co. at Willamette Falls - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This highly detailed photo by Oregon City photographer Richard Prier features the Station A power station on the Oregon City side, and the newly opened Crown Paper Company on the West Linn side of Willamette Falls. Learn More -
Sternwheeler and Barge Under the New Oregon City Bridge - 1922
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In 1922, the new arched Oregon City Bridge was nearing completion. In this view, a sternwheeler is moving a barge - probably one of the barges used in the construction of the new bridge. Learn More
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