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A Seed Store in Washington State - c. 1900
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They're ready for business at the seed store, as long as you have cash, though I'm not too sure about that fellow in the middle. Learn More

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Adams Department Store Throws a Sale - c. 1910
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Adams 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

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Aerial Mermaid Commercial Airplane - c. 1928
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This closeup of the "Aerial Mermaid" in Portland shows the open-cockpit plane's capacity of four passengers for its advertised passenger flights and taxi service. Learn More

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At the Hitching Post in Fossil - 1913
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Looking north on 2nd Street between Washington and Main, we can see that horse-drawn vehicles still dominated the streets in Fossil in 1913. Learn More

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Bach Air Yacht, Portland's 1st Passenger Service - 1928
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The West Coast Air Transport Company initiated passenger service for Portland in 1927. This photo was taken the following year. Learn More

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Beaverton, Oregon Main Street - 1909
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A rare view of Beaverton, Oregon's Main Street in 1909. Learn More

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Bellomy & Busch, Oregon City Town View - 1897
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The Courthouse keeps showing up in Oregon City views, but this photo features Bellomy & Busch, House Furnishers, who advertise "Furniture, Carpets, Wallpaper, Crockery, Hardware and Stoves". Learn More

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Benjamin Stark, Portland Founder & U.S. Senator - c. 1861
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Born in Louisiana in 1820, Stark sailed to Oregon in 1845, where he soon purchased Asa Lovejoy's share of the land that eventually became downtown Portland, for $390. Learn More

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Bone Shaker Bicycles, Salt Lake City - 1890s
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A Salt Lake City, Utah bicycle club with their "bone shaker" bicycles (also known as pennyfarthing highwheelers). Learn More

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Branch Electric Railway Line to Moehnke's Mill - 1900s
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This lumber car was part of a branch electric railway line from Willamette Falls along the river to Moehnke's Mill, two miles upstream. Learn More

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Broadway Theater, Portland, Oregon - 1940
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The Broadway Theater in Portland shows off its lights for a Chaplin classic. Learn More

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Business Section with Suspension Bridge, Oregon City - 1910s
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While this postcard view was postmarked 1923, we believe the photo was taken in the teens. Learn More

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Camping at Wilhoit Springs - c. 1890
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Vacation time - 1890 style. A large group entertains themselves while camping at Wilhoit Springs south of Molalla. Learn More

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Capen Shoe Company Factory, Willamette - c. 1908
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Established 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

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Card Room, Oregon City Woolen Mill - 1918
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A 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

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Cascade Locks, Columbia River - 1920s
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The Cascade Locks on the Columbia River, with the town of Cascade Locks in the background. Learn More

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Celilo Falls, Columbia River - 1941
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Celilo Falls, Columbia River in 1941, showing some elaborate two-story fishing platforms. Learn More

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Charman Brothers Block, Oregon City - c. 1895
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Built 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

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Clackamas County Courthouse, Oregon City - 1899
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A great overview of downtown Oregon City, the suspension bridge, and the West Linn side of the river - then referred to as "West Oregon City". Learn More

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Columbia River Salmon - 1900s
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A Columbia River Salmon being hoisted for review. Learn More

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Commuter Boat Altona, Oregon City to Portland - 1900s
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The sternwheeler commuter boat Altona is pictured here ready to leave Oregon City for Portland. Learn More

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Construction of Columbia River Highway, with Temporary Railroad - 1915
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Many historic photos exist of the Columbia River Highway. This one is unusual, showing the temporary railroad used to move heavy materials along the highway grade during construction. Learn More

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Dredge "Multnomah" in North Portland Harbor - 1913
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The pipeline dredge USS Multnomah was built in 1913 by Portland Iron Works. This photo was taken that same year. Learn More

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Dye House, Oregon City Woolen Mills - 1918
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Dye 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

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Early Downtown View of The Dalles - 1870s
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This rare early view of downtown The Dalles is reproduced from an unusual outdoor CDV, a small-format card-mounted photo type popular in the 1860s and 1870s. Learn More

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Electric Trolley, Willamette to Willamette Falls - 1900s
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A rare, though not highly detailed, view of the electric trolley that ran from Willamette to the falls in Clackamas County. Learn More

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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

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Elmer E. Charman, Future Oregon City Businessman - c. 1869
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Elmer E. Charman, taken at about the time of his father's death in the late 1860s. Learn More

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Entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park - c. 1912
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An early Hupmobile automobile sits at the entrance to Mount Rainier National Park, established in 1899. Learn More

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Excelsior Auto Cycle at Oregon City Hill Climb - 1920
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An Exelsior Auto Cycle takes the hill in the 1920 Oregon City Hill Climb. Learn More

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Fields Covered Bridge, on the Tualatin River - 1930s
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The last of four Fields Covered Bridges over the Tualatin River, west of Willamette. Learn More

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Fire Hose Competition, Oregon City - 1913
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A large crowd of spectators are clearly enjoying the spectacle in this view - though the reaction of the three team members on each side appears a bit more mixed. Learn More

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First Carload of Express Melons in Grants Pass - 1886
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Local farmers have brought wagon loads of melons to the depot for shipment to hungry customers in the cities to the north. Despite its name, the Oregon & California Railroad shown here would not actually reach California until the following year. Learn More

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First Flight in Eugene - c. 1910
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The original photo has written on the back, "First Flight in Eugene, about 1910". It is stamped number 73. Learn More

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First Oregon City Elevator, Almost Completed - 1915
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At first glance, this wooden elevator looks finished, till you realize it doesn't go anywhere. The bridge to the top of the bluffs on the right has yet to be built. Learn More

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Fish Ladder at Willamette Falls - 1913
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Carved 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

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Flying Boat Camera Plane, Hood River - 1917
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A growing group of young boys gathers excitedly around an early film maker's flying boat airplane, moored at the edge of the Columbia River near Hood River. Learn More

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Frederic Homer Balch, Author of "The Bridge of the Gods" - c. 1890
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Frederic Balch died at the age of 30, shortly after the publication of his famous novel, "The Bridge of the Gods", in 1890. Learn More

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George Harding House, Oregon City - 1900s
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This impressive brick house on Main Street in Oregon City was built by Lafayette Cartee in about 1859. Learn More

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George Law Curry, Jeweler, Publisher & Governor - 1870s
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George Law Curry, born in Philadelphia in 1820, first entered the newspaper trade as an eleven-year-old printer apprentice in Boston. Learn More

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George Thorpe and Parents - 1860s
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I don't know much more than the name of the boy in the photo, but the image haunted me until I added it to this site. Learn More

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Government Camp Hotel, Mt. Hood - c. 1925
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Built in 1910 as an expansion to the original 1899 Mountain View House seen to its right, the Government Camp Hotel was for years the main source of lodging for visitors to Mount Hood. Learn More

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Grandstand at Schnoerr Park, near West Linn - c. 1910
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People are enjoying themselves at Schnoerr Park, across the Tualatin River from the Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. Learn More

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Gunderson Groceries Delivery Wagon, Portland - c. 1900
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From the family of Olaf Indahl, this may be another of his series of views of horse-drawn delivery wagons in Portland, though it is not identified as to photographer. Learn More

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Hair Styling - 1932
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Getting beautiful in the hair salon, 1932 style, appears to have required a lot of electricity. Learn More

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Harley Davidson at Oregon City Hill Climb - 1920
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A Harley Davidson in the 1920 Oregon City Motorcycle Hill Climb. Learn More

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Harley Davidson, Washington - 1930
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A Harley Davidson that's been through the mud. 1930 Washington plates. Learn More

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Hawley Pulp & Paper Co., Mill A - 1910s
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The Hawley mill opened 1909, and operated until 1948, when it was sold and became Publisher's Paper Company. Learn More

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Hawley Pulp & Paper Co., Mills B and C - 1910s
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Looking downstream towards Hawley's Mills B and C, with the woolen mill building visible between them. Learn More

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