Clackamas County
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1913 Packard Runabout on the Way to Mt. Hood
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The joys of a wintertime ride to Mount Hood, as well as the details of a classic 1913 Packard, are well conveyed by this well-made photo by an unknown photographer. Learn More -
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 -
A Small Steam Donkey Near Sandy - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Two loggers take it easy while reclining on the cable spools of a steam donkey in this postcard view of logging in the Sandy area. 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 -
An Old Hunting Cabin Near Mt. Hood - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This photo by photographer Olaf Indahl was taken in the Welches area, near where Indahl's family also had a cabin. Learn More -
Arriving at the Summit of Mount Hood - 1910s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Two women and two men arrive at the summit of Mt. Hood on a beautiful day. Learn More -
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 -
Baker's Bridge, Across the Clackamas River - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This rare early view shows the original wooden covered bridge that crossed the Clackamas River at Carver, reported to have been the longest covered bridge in Oregon at the time of its completion. Learn More -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Boones Ferry, near Wilsonville - 1900s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A tranquil view of the old Boones Ferry, near Wilsonville. 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Camping at Wilhoit Springs - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Vacation time - 1890 style. A large group entertains themselves while camping at Wilhoit Springs south of Molalla. 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 -
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 -
Cazadero Powerhouse, Near Estacada - 1912
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Built in 1907 next to the Clackamas River, not on it, the Cazadero Powerhouse was powered by man-made Faraday Lake, itself filled by Cazadero Dam, two miles upstream. 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 -
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 -
Clackamas County Sheriff's Posse at Portland Expo - c. 1955
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The modern-day Clackamas County Sheriff's Posse, formed in 1939, is still active today - helping with parking at events and assisting in search and rescue efforts. 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 -
Crossing the Crevasse at Crater Rock, Mt. Hood - 1916
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The second of two photos showing a climbing party crossing a crevasse, the guide here is answering a question from Norma Reck, daughter of the photographer. 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 -
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 -
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 Lumber Mill at Willamette Falls - 1870s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A small early sawmill occupies the northern end of Willamette Falls, with the newly completed locks visible on the far side. 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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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 -
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 -
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 -
Falls of the Willamette River at Oregon City - 1887
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This exaggerated engraving of Willamette Falls was published in The West Shore magazine in Portland in August of 1887. 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 -
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 -
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 -
Fish Ladder at Willamette Falls - 1913
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Carved out of solid rock in the 1880s, Willamette Falls' first fish ladder made it easier for salmon to ascend to the upper river. Learn More -
Fishing at Willamette Falls - c. 1842
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This engraving is taken from the five-volume set (plus an atlas) "Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition", by Charles Wilkes, published in 1845. Learn More -
Flume for Cazadero Powerhouse - 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Cazadero flume was completed in 1907, built from wood to bring water from the Cazadero Dam on the Clackamas river to Faraday Lake, which then powered the Cazadero powerhouse. 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 -
George Law Curry House, Back View - 1934
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This house for ex-governor George Law Curry and his wife Chloe was built in 1858 near what is now Wilsonville. Learn More -
George Law Curry House, Front View - 1934
$25.00 As low as: $12.00John Scheurer built this house near what is now Wilsonville for George Law Curry and his wife Chloe in 1858. Learn More











