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"We'll Show 'Em How to Fell Big Trees" - 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00"We'll Show 'Em how to Fell Big Trees", from a Keystone novelty glass slide. Learn More -
1883 Astoria Fire
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This boudoir card image by Astoria photographer Samuel B. Crow shows downtown Astoria, looking up river, in the aftermath of the devastating 1883 fire. 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 -
32 Mules Pulling a Holt Bros. Side-hill Harvester - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Another of Benjamin Holt's innovations was the side-hill harvester shown here. Because of the need for two drive wheels, larger teams were needed to pull this more advanced model. Learn More -
A Brickyard in East Portland - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Thousands of bricks are carefully arranged in rows to dry in the sun at this traditional brickyard located somewhere in East Portland. Two scove kilns, or field kilns, are located to the left. Learn More -
A Donkey Nuzzles its Mother - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Who can resist a mother-and-child photo when both are soft and furry? This farm scene from a century ago shows that some things do not change. Learn More -
A Family Visits Their Mine - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Visiting Dad at his workplace is not a new idea, as shown by this hundred-year-old photo of a wife and children visiting these two men at their mine. Learn More -
A Farm Scene near Medford - c. 1913
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This classic view shows a small grouping of farm buildings, including several houses. Probably an extended family lived here. Learn More -
A Logging Foreman Admires his Crew's Output - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Almost lost in the center of this giant pile of toothpicks is the foreman of the logging operation, posing on top of one of many large logs awaiting transport to a mill. Learn More -
A Seed Store in Washington State - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00They'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 -
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 -
A Young Logger in a Log Chute - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00While not signed by Ford, the original for this photo was acquired with other similarly formatted photos that were signed by him. 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 -
Allis-Chalmers Powered Russell "Junior" Road Grader - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In this nicely-composed photo, Jesse Meiser brings us into the world of early road maintenance. You can almost smell the freshly turned dirt. Learn More -
Along the McKenzie River - 1921
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Good photos bring you into the scene. This view of the McKenzie River by Eugene photographer Edmund Martin definitely qualifies by that criteria. Learn More -
Alvilda and her Hunting Dogs - 1921
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This idylic scene shows a young woman and her dogs, "out on a coyote chase", near her home in Olalla in Douglas County. Learn More -
Alvilda on Pats in the Coast Range - 1921
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A young woman removes her hat for a portrait of herself and her horse Pats, standing in a shallow stream somewhere near Olalla in the Oregon Coast Range. 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 -
An Optometrist with his Lenses - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A young optometrist from Rainier, Oregon demonstrates his trial frames and a folding case holding over a hundred sample lenses. Learn More -
An Oregon Barnyard - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Probably taken in Oregon while Meiser was working in the Portland area, this photo give a great overview of the life of a general farming family at the the turn of the last century. Learn More -
Assembling a Steam Gold Dredge, Eastern Oregon - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This large steam-powered gold dredge is under construction on an unidentified river somewhere in eastern Oregon, probably near Baker City, where photographer Martin Hazeltine operated his studio. Learn More -
Astoria, Oregon, After the 1883 Fire
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Two major fires have occurred in Astoria, in 1883 and 1922. This photo shows the aftermath of the earlier 1883 fire. Learn More -
At Work in the Woods - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Four men - and a dog - pose near medium-sized trees in an unknown location, probably on one side or the other of the lower Columbia River, where John F. Ford took many of his photographs. 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 -
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 -
Bonanza Gold Mines and Hoisting Plant - c. 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Bonanza Gold Mine was the largest and probably the most valuable free gold mine in the Pacific Northwest. It was located on the ridge north of Geiser Creek, about five miles east of Greenhorn in Baker County. Learn More -
Bringing a Stein of Beer - c. 1872
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In early photography, cameras were so bulky that occupational photos were usually shot in the studio. Here we see a bar keeper bringing a glass beer stein to a customer. Learn More -
Bringing in the Hay, Paulina Prairie - 1911
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Hay wagons are prominent in this photo of haying at the Laurie Caldwell Ranch in Paulina Prairie, near La Pine. The woman in white near the center is most likely Mrs. Caldwell. Learn More -
Bringing the Engine out of the Station - c. 1918
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This great early action photo shows driver George Welch bringing Engine No. 2 out of the station in Portland. Learn More -
Bringing the Logs Back to Camp - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Smaller logs are brought back to a logging camp by a team of six mules, pulling them along a skid-road of logs placed across the path. It appears that this logging camp also was home to a small sawmill, as stacked lumber can be seen behind the team. Learn More -
Building a Bridge Along the Snake River near Robinette - c. 1909
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view shows a railroad bridge under construction across the Powder River where it flows into the Snake. Robinette was located behind the photographer on the west bank of the Snake River. Learn More -
Building Haystacks with Horse-drawn Wagons - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The six-man crew pauses to have their photo taken in the midst of constructing another in a row of haystacks, somewhere in eastern Washington. 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 -
Camp No. 2, Yeon and Pelton Company - c. 1902
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This group portrait of the logging crew at Camp 2 includes some other important people - the camp cook and several assistants. 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 -
Case Combine Harvester and Crew - c. 1903
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Case company was pretty sure people would recognize their product when they built this combine around 1900, with large lettering in at least three locations. 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 -
Choker Setters at Work, Deep in the Woods - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Chokers are lengths of cable with a sliding bell that are wrapped around logs in the woods, to allow them to be pulled out to the yard. In the era of this photo, power was provided by a steam donkey. 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 -
Clay Moore Saloon, in Blanco Hotel, Marshfield - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Patrons gather outside the Clay Moore Saloon, in the Norman Building, at Front and Commercial in Marshfield (now known as Coos Bay). Moore operated several Marshfield saloons - this one is in the old Blanco Hotel. Learn More -
Close-up View of a Fish Wheel - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This close-up photo shows a lot of detail, revealing some of the construction techniques for fish wheels. Learn More -
Closeup of a Double-drum Steam Donkey - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Steam donkeys acquired their name from their origin on sailing ships, where the "donkey" engine was a secondary engine used to load and unload cargo, or raise the larger sails. Learn More -
Closset & Devers Coffee & Spices Delivery Wagon - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Closset and Devers Coffees was an old Portland firm, named when Arthur Devers joined the existing company of Closset Brothers in the early 1880s. Learn More -
Construction of Columbia River Highway, with Temporary Railroad - 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Many 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 -
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 -
Crew & Engine Inside Station 15 - c. 1914
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The crew poses in front of their 1913 American Lafrance hose and chemical combination engine inside the old Station 15, located at 1920 SW Spring Street in Portland. Learn More -
Crew with Municipal Engine Co. Gas Cement Mixer - c. 1914
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Somewhere in the Portland area, a crew pauses from their concrete work to have their picture taken. Their main equipment is an early version of a gas-powered cement mixer. Learn More -
Deputy Sheriff, Stationed at Large Hop Ranch - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This deputy sheriff is stationed at the paymaster's window for a Josephine County hop ranch that employed over 500 workers for the three-week harvest season each year. Learn More
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