Cars and Trucks
- 1913 Packard Runabout on the Way to Mt. HoodAs low as $5.00The 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
- 1936 Studebaker 2T2 Truck, Fulton Park DairyAs low as $5.00This shiny new milk truck sits for a portrait in front of the Studebaker dealership in Portland. A sign in the window announces "New 1936 Studebaker Trucks * money savers * space savers *" Learn More
- 3 1/2 ton Kelly-Springfield Truck Hauling a Steam Donkey - c. 1917As low as $5.00While steam donkeys for logging were equipped with skids to allow them to be moved about in the woods, sometimes it was necessary to move them longer distances to new camps. Learn More
- A Detroit Electric at Mount Rainier - 1919As low as $5.00The Detroit Electric was manufactured from 1907 to 1936, though most of its sales were in the teens. Advertised with an 80 mile range, its record (with special batteries and driving very slowly) was 241 miles! Learn More
- Along the McKenzie River - 1921As low as $5.00Good photos bring you into the scene. This view of the McKenzie River by Eugene photographer Edmund Martin definitely qualifies by that criteria. Learn More
- Azalea Hotel, on the Pacific Highway - circa 1928As low as $5.00The Azalea Hotel was built in 1912, and was first known as the Canyon Pass Hotel. The building still exists, and now houses the Azalea Mountain Store. Learn More
- Bringing Home the Hay from Park Place - 1923As low as $5.00Cars of this era needed to be versatile, as this farmer demonstrates for us in spades. Learn More
- Car Camping at the Newly Completed Crater Lake Lodge - c. 1916As low as $5.00Car camping was popular by 1916, and setups often involved pitching a tent over the car itself, as can be seen by two sets of campers in the foreground. Learn More
- Cars and Motorcycles at Shepperd's Dell Bridge - c. 1916As low as $5.00An unknown photographer captured this scene of cars and motorcycles at Shepperd's Dell Bridge on the Columbia River Highway, shortly after the highway was opened in 1916. Learn More
- Chanticleer Inn, Columbia River Highway - c. 1916As low as $5.00The Chanticleer Inn, at the west end of the Columbia River Highway, was built in 1912 and predated the highway. Like many early wooden inns, it burned down, in 1930. Learn More
- Charles W. Kruse and his Cauliflower Truck - c. 1920As low as $5.00The Kruse family first started farming in the Lake Oswego area in the 1850s, when Otto and Frances Kruse arrived from Germany. Learn More
- City Garage on 10th Street, Portland - 1915As low as $5.00The crew poses for a group portrait in this view of an early garage in downtown Portland. Vehicles lining the walls include a mail truck in the back left. Learn More
- Crew with Early GMC 3 1/2 Ton Logging Truck - 1917As low as $5.00This 1917 photo shows a crew and their early GMC logging truck - one of the first GMC models to feature worm-drive (with a drive shaft) instead of chain drive. Learn More
- Dance Hall at Schnoerr Park, near West Linn - c. 1910As low as $5.00People are enjoying themselves at Schnoerr Park, across the Tualatin River from the Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. Learn More
- E. M. Miller Hotel Coach at Hotel Seattle - circa 1905As low as $5.00Built in 1890 (after the devastating 1889 fire), the Seattle Hotel was located at the edge of Pioneer Place at Jackson and Railroad (now Alaskan Way). Learn More
- Early Reddaway's Truck Line Truck - c. 1919As low as $5.00This 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
- EMF Opera Coupe in Portland Studebaker Showroom - c. 1910As low as $5.00This crisp view shows a wonderfully tall EMF Opera Coupe at Portland's Studebaker showroom, located at Southeast Alder and Chapman. The showroom itself is impressive, with polished floors, plants, and decorated ceilings. Learn More
- Evening on Broadway, Portland - c. 1940As low as $5.00Bright lights point the way as pedestrians gather on Broadway on a circa 1940 evening. Learn More
- Evening on Willamette Street, Eugene - 1940As low as $5.00This striking view was taken between 11th and 10th on Willamette Street, looking north toward Skinner Butte. Learn More
- First Truck of the Season Arrives at Government Camp - 1919As low as $5.00This one-ton Chevrolet truck with a full load made it to Government Camp on April 1, 1919, enabled by an 11-man crew, who spent 10 days digging through snow to travel the last nine miles. Learn More
- Glenmorrie Bus at Oswego Train Depot - c. 1915As low as $5.00An early REO bus waits at Oswego Depot to take arriving train passengers to the Glenmorrie neighborhood, just north of Marylhurst. Learn More
- Golden Rule Grocery, Auto Camp and Garage, Cottage Grove - c. 1925As low as $5.00We have a number of photos taken by Frank Patterson, but only a few are recreated from their original glass negatives. While cellulose negatives were widely used in 1925, some traditionalist professional photographers preferred the qualities only available by using glass. Learn More
- Guests Arriving at Paradise Inn, Mt. Rainier - 1923As low as $5.00Almost all these guests are arriving in "automobile stages", the name usually given to these early tourist-carrying vehicles. They came from Seattle, Tacoma and Yakima, and from the nearby railroad station in Ashford. Learn More
- Horseshoe Curve in Siskiyou Mountains - c. 1925As low as $5.00The horseshoe of the road in this photo is a wonderful shape, almost filling the frame of the image and pushing against its borders. Learn More
- Kissel Kar at Entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park - 1918As low as $5.00This camouflaged "Military Highway Scout Kar" was built by Kissel Motor Car Company of Wisconsin; the camouflage was painted to honor the company's work supplying vehicles to several countries in WWI. Learn More
- Loading Shingle Bolts on an Early Logging Truck - c. 1918As low as $5.00A 1918 license plate dates this photo of three men transferring shingle bolts from a skid to an early truck, somewhere in Washington state. Learn More
- McMinnville Fire Department - c. 1920As low as $5.00The inscription on the back of the original photo reads "Fire Boys, McMinnville, Ore.", in an affectionate nod to the men who rode this truck. Learn More
- Meier & Frank One-Ton GMC Delivery Truck - c. 1919As low as $5.00In a 1919 article, the Oregonian featured a similar truck, which Meier & Frank had purchased from Wentworth & Lewis in Portland. Learn More
- Mount Hood from Government Camp - c. 1920As low as $5.00The original for this view is signed "R G", with the "G" being the distinctive Gifford style; thus I'm attributing it to Ralph Gifford. Learn More
- Multnomah Falls and Lodge, Columbia River Highway - circa 1927As low as $5.00Multnomah Falls is the most popular destination for car tourists in Oregon, and has owned that distinction pretty much since cars were invented. Learn More
- New York Tourists on the Columbia River Highway - 1916As low as $5.00Portland citizen John Yeon is driving the first car (an air-cooled Franklin) with his passenger Mrs. French Vanderbilt. Some of her relatives and friends join the party. Learn More
- Old and New in Klamath County - c. 1908As low as $5.00Three local Native American men join the driver of this early, and quite substantial, automobile in a contrast of the traditional and the modern. Learn More
- One Day's Catch at Big Lagoon - 1908As low as $5.00Four college-age men show off their substantial catch, while camping in the woods near Big Lagoon, north of Arcata, California. Learn More
- Oregon City Elevator with Greyhound Bus - c. 1938As low as $5.00A 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
- Phillip Wildshoe & Family in their Chalmers Automobile - 1916As low as $5.00The Wildshoe family, members of the Coeur D'Alene tribe, go for a ride somewhere near Spokane, Washington. Learn More
- Portland Fire Department Pumper - c. 1917As low as $5.00A Portland Fire Department pumper from about 1917. An early "hybrid" in that it had an internal combustion engine for propulsion and a steam engine for pumping. Learn More
- REO Speed Wagon, Miller Tires Truck - c. 1918As low as $5.00This delivery truck for the Northwest Auto Company advertises Miller Tires, with their slogan "Geared-to-the-Road". Learn More
- Rogue River, on the Pacific Highway - c. 1928As low as $5.00A 1920s car approaches us along a gentle curve on the Pacific Highway. Pine trees along its edge indicate that the road was built some time before - at least long enough for the trees to reach this size. Learn More
- Rolling a Large Log onto a GMC Logging Truck - 1919As low as $5.00Another photo in this series shows the crew loading smaller logs using a hoist, but apparently this log is too heavy for that process. Learn More
- Stages Above Longmire, Rainier National Park - 1927As low as $5.00Five Rainier National Park Stages make their way towards Paradise Inn, traveling the new highway above Longmire. Learn More
- Sunset Highway through Snoqualmie Pass - 1919As low as $5.00This view was created four years after the dedication of the Sunset Highway in Washington - the state's first passable route through the Cascade Mountains at Snoqualmie Pass. Learn More
- Tacoma Montamarathon Auto Race, Starting Line - 1916As low as $5.00Drivers and crews prepare for the start of the Tacoma Montamarathon, a 300 mile race held at the Tacoma Speedway. Learn More
- Tacoma Montamarathon Auto Race, Under Way - 1916As low as $5.00Indy-style cars pass the grandstands in the Tacoma Montamarathon, a 300 mile race held at Tacoma Speedway. Learn More
- The Record Breaker - 1920s Chevrolet Boasts 43 MPG - c. 1924As low as $5.00Clearly, claims of good gas mileage are nothing new. The featured car appears to be a 1923 Chevrolet Superior Model B four-door sedan. Learn More
- Tourists Near Bridal Veil, Columbia Gorge Highway - 1917As low as $5.00A group of tourists have crowded into an early excursion vehicle for a trip up the new Columbia River Highway in 1917. Learn More
- Traveler's Register, Wenatchee National Forest - c. 1917As low as $5.00Wenatchee National Forest was established in 1908. By 1916, the area included 63 ranger stations and administrative sites. Learn More
- Unloading New Fords for Risley's Showroom, Oregon City - 1915As low as $5.00A group of new Fords are being unloaded for Jake Risley's showroom in the Busch Building at 11th and Main. Learn More