West Linn
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At the Mouth of the Tualatin - c. 1930
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In a location that looks much the same today, a young woman poses on a rock where the Tualatin flows into the Willamette. The original for this view is a hand-colored print from a black and white photograph. Learn More -
Bolton and the Falls, Looking South - c. 1960
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 1960s aerial photo, taken as part of the early planning for Interstate 205, shows the community of Bolton, with West Linn High School to the right and Willamette Falls in the distance. Learn More -
Bolton Baseball Team - c. 1930
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Bolton baseball team poses for a portrait on the front steps of the old Bolton School. The coach, in the back row, is Mayor Frank Hammerle. Learn More -
Branch Electric Railway Line to Moehnke's Mill - 1900s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This lumber car was part of a branch electric railway line from Willamette Falls along the river to Moehnke's Mill, two miles upstream. The boy on the car is Howard Moehnke. Learn More -
Building the Bolton Reservoir - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Photographer S. P. Davis has captured some wonderful abstract patterns while documenting the construction of West Linn's first reservoir in about 1915. Learn More -
Building West Linn's First Stand Pipe - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This fifty-foot tall, 50,000 gallon standpipe was built as part of West Linn's first water project, to supply the upper parts of the newly-incorporated city. Learn More -
Capen Shoe Company Factory, Willamette - c. 1908
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Established by 1895 by Ellery Capen and his family, their shoe factory was to be the first of many industrial employers in the new community of Willamette. Learn More -
Cow & Calves on 13th Street in Willamette - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking north on 13th Street in Willamette, now part of West Linn, towards what's now known as Willamette Falls Drive. The cow belonged to H. T. Shipley; the house is the Leisman/Elligsen House. Learn More -
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Electric Trolley, Willamette to Willamette Falls - 1900s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A rare, though not highly detailed, view of the electric trolley that ran from Willamette to the falls in Clackamas County. Learn More -
Fields Covered Bridge, on the Tualatin River - c. 1935
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The last of four Fields Covered Bridges over the Tualatin River, west of Willamette. Learn More -
Grandstand at Schnoerr Park, near West Linn - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00People are enjoying themselves at Schnoerr Park, across the Tualatin River from the Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. Learn More -
Ice Beginning to Form at the New Bolton Reservoir - c. 1916
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This wintertime view of the newly completed Bolton Reservoir was taken by Oregon City photographer S. P. Davis as part of a series documenting the South Fork water project. Learn More -
John Goldade's Willamette Garage - c. 1930
$25.00 As low as: $12.00John Goldade and his wife purchased this service station at 7th Avenue and 12th Street in 1927. Learn More -
Making Their own Fun in Willamette - 1949
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In this 1949 snapshot, Duane Davis (holding the reins) and Jay Dunwoodie guide Clarabelle the burro down Eighth Avenue in the Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. 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 -
New Construction at Paper Mills, Willamette Falls - 1906
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This rather chaotic view shows piles of lumber, wood pulp, cordwood and rocks as construction is completed for the new building in the left foreground. 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 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 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 -
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 -
Power Plant, Mills & Sunset Neighborhood - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This early 1900s view by an unknown photographer shows us both the power plant and mills, and the community of Sunset up on the hill behind them. 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 -
Sheriff Ernest T. Mass Election Poster - 1911
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This poster is from 1911, when Mass was first elected Clackamas County sheriff. He served from 1911 to 1915 and again from 1925 to 1941. 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 -
Sternwheeler Passing under Oregon City Bridge - 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Sternwheeler passing under the Oregon City Suspension Bridge. Learn More -
Suspension Bridge, Oregon City - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The first Oregon City bridge was built in 1888, a few years before this photo. Some folks criticized it a "the bridge to nowhere", as the area on the West Linn side of the river was so sparsely populated. Learn More -
T. W. Sullivan Power Plant, Willamette Falls - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Opened in 1895, "Station B", also known as the T. W. Sullivan Power Plant, was the second power plant at Willamette Falls, and today is the third oldest power plant in the United States. Learn More -
The Bridge and Bolton, Looking Northwest - c. 1960
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This fifty-year-old aerial photo of the Bolton neighborhood in West Linn was taken as part of the early planning for what eventually became Interstate 205. Learn More -
The Mills and Bolton, Looking North - c. 1960
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Another in a series of aerial views taken while planning Interstate 205, this photo shows the industry on both sides of Willamette Falls, and the community of Bolton in the upper right. Learn More -
Thomas and Marian Allen Miller - 1860s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Thomas Miller and Marian Allen's marriage on New Year's eve, Dec. 31, 1863, linked two of the West Linn area's earliest settler families. Learn More -
Upper Basin, Willamette Falls Locks - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking upstream just above the locks themselves, we see log rafts waiting their turn to travel through the locks on their way to sawmills further down the river. Learn More -
Upper End of Willamette Falls Locks - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This Crawford stereoview shows the locks about twenty years after their construction, looking downstream. By this time the rocky island to their right was completely covered by industries that still exist today - a paper mill and an electric plant. Learn More -
Willamette Falls and Locks - c. 1880
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Opened in 1873, by 1880 the locks still hosted only a few wooden frame buildings, mostly for the use of the lock-keepers and their families. The town of Canemah is visible in the distance beyond the falls. Learn More -
Willamette Falls Locks
$25.00 As low as: $12.00An early view of the Willamette Falls locks, opened January 1, 1873. Learn More -
Willamette Falls Locks - circa 1880
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view is reproduced from a boudoir card published by Isaac G. Davidson in about 1880, a few years after the locks were opened. The locks themselves are not a lot different than they are today. Learn More -
Willamette Falls Locks at High Water - 1923
$30.00 As low as: $15.00Shortly after the Arch Bridge was completed, the Willamette River experienced one of its periodic floods. Here we see high water flowing through (over) the locks on the West Linn side of Willamette Falls. Learn More -
Willamette Meteorite at NY Museum of Natural History - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00While the Willamette Meteorite is listed in this photo as found in 1902, there is evidence it was well-known long before that to Native American inhabitants near Willamette, Oregon. Learn More -
Willamette Methodist Church Dedication Day - 1909
$25.00 As low as: $12.00September 12, 1909, was dedication day for the Willamette Methodist Church, still active today at the corner of 7th Avenue and 14th Street. Learn More -
Work Crew at Willamette Falls Locks - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The crew lines up on the side of the locks facing the river, as water seeps through from the full chamber behind them. Learn More











