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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 -
Bridal Veil Bluffs, Columbia Gorge - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Bridal Veil Bluffs and the Pillars of Hercules are adjoining basalt formations in the Columbia Gorge. Learn More -
Bridal Veil, Snow Bound - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The photographer's title apparently refers to the person in the cabin, rather than the train, which seems to be getting through heading up-river. 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 -
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 -
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 -
Engine 132 Passing Through The Needles - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A steam engine on the line of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company (O R & N) passes between the two spires of The Needles on its way up the Columbia River. Learn More -
First Baker City Depot - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A crowd has gathered - perhaps for the arrival of a dignitary - in this early photo of the first Baker City Depot, built in about 1884, the year the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company's trains reached Baker City from the west. Learn More -
First Carload of Express Melons in Grants Pass - 1886
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Local 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 -
First Train to Klamath Falls - 1909
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The city of Klamath Falls had long desired a railroad, and when the Southern Pacific completed its line into town from Weed ,CA in 1909 the citizens turned out to celebrate. The coming of the railroad was a very big deal for towns throughout the Northwest. Learn More -
Getting in Line at Hood River Depot - 1910s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00It's "hurry up and wait" time at Hood River Depot, as passengers and freight haulers await their turn to board the eastbound train. Learn More -
Glenmorrie Bus at Oswego Train Depot - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00An early REO bus waits at Oswego Depot to take arriving train passengers to the Glenmorrie neighborhood, just north of Marylhurst. Learn More -
Grading the Railroad to Harney Valley - c. 1914
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In 1914 the Oregon Eastern Railroad was extending its line from Riverside over the hills to the town of Crane, east of Burns in the Harney Valley. Learn More -
Grand Ave. at Morrison, Looking North, Portland - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00There are lots of cross-bars on the power poles in this view looking north on Grand Avenue. No wonder they needed the poles to be so tall. Learn More -
Grandpa & Grandma Munra at Bonneville Eating House - 1888
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Katherine and Selkirk Munra were known as Grandma and Grandpa Munra when they ran the Bonneville Eating House, along the tracks of the O R & N near the current site of the Bonneville Dam. Learn More -
Hallett's Hades, Midway Gibraltar Rock - c. 1880
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Hallett's Hades was a point about 12 miles west of The Dalles, where the railroad tracks passed close to the edge of a cliff, part of which had been blown off in their construction. Learn More -
Irvington Streetcar Number 122 - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Electric streetcars first took to the streets in Portland in 1889. By the teens, there were 28 streetcar and interurban lines in the Portland area. Learn More -
Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge - c. 1910
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge, built as the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge north of Tyron Creek, nearing the end of its construction. Learn More -
Logging "Roll Way", with Tracks, Yard & Steam Donkey - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A good overview of many aspects of a turn-of-the-last-century logging operation, captured here by Portland photographer John F. Ford. Learn More -
New Bridge Across the Sandy River - c. 1883
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The new bridge for the O. R. & N. Company, across the Sandy River east of Portland on the way to the Columbia Gorge. Learn More -
Oneonta Bluff - c. 1895
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking east towards Oneonta Bluff, before the Columbia River Highway tunnel was bored through it to the right of the railroad tracks. Learn More -
Oregon City Main St. with Electric Trolley - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Oregon City's Main Street, showing the electric trolley and a multitude of new electric power lines. Learn More -
Oregon Iron & Steel Co. Engine No. 2 - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This narrow gauge engine was used to bring ore down from the mine to the smelter in Oswego, and after the mine closed, to push pipe from the foundry to the main line. Learn More -
Oregon Water Power & Railway Cars at Logging Camp - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This rural-looking scene is likely somewhere in east Multnomah County, along the line of the O. W. P. & Ry. Company, a name that lasted for only four years in the early 1900s. Learn More -
Oswego Red Electric Train at Portland Depot - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Oswego Local 319 waits at Union Station in Portland. Running from 1914 through 1929, the distinctive round-windowed Red Electrics provided public transportation for the Portland area that has yet to be rivaled. Learn More -
Parkdale Depot & McIsaac's Store at Mt. Hood - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view shows the depot and store shortly after they were built in 1910, when the Mount Hood Railroad was extended south to Parkdale at the foot of Mount Hood. Learn More -
Photo Engravers' Picnic at Canemah Park - 1913
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Banners on the electric locomotive identify this scene for us - a picnic of the Portland Photo Engravers' Union held at Canemah Park south of Oregon City on August 10, 1913. Learn More -
Pondering an Accident on the Benson Logging Train - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00In this wonderfully detailed John F. Ford photo, a group of concerned workers discuss their next move after a large log has broken loose and severely damaged the firewood tender for the Benson Logging & Lumber Company train. Learn More -
Portage Railroad and Middle Blockhouse at Cascades - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking downstream on the wooden tracks of the portage railroad on the Washington side of the Columbia Cascades. Learn More -
Portland Streetcar #16, a Former Horse Car - 1902
$25.00 As low as: $12.00All of Portland's streetcars were originally horse-drawn, beginning with Ben Holliday's first car along Front Street in 1872. His popular vehicles were stored at his barn at Southeast Grand and Morrison, where fresh horses were rotated in to keep the cars moving. Learn More -
Portland, Northwest 3rd & Glisan, Looking West - c. 1915
$25.00 As low as: $12.00There's lots of transportation, and bit of construction, going on in this view looking southwest at the corner of 3rd and Glisan. Learn More -
Railroad Tracks through the Northern Oregon Desert - 1939
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This simple but striking view of tracks across the dessert was taken by Dorothea Lange in Morrow County, Oregon, about ten miles from the town of Irrigon. Learn More -
Railway Under Construction near Castle Rock - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00While the work crew's steam engine looks like something from the 1870s, we suspect this view is from the early 1900s, when railway lines were being extended along the north bank of the Columbia River. Learn More -
Saldern's Logging Road, 13 1/2 Percent Grade - c. 1898
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Climax Engine Number 2 works to push three large logs up a steep grade near Grays River in southwest Washington. Learn More -
Stuck in the Snow, Winter of 1884
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A rescue train attempts to get through snow drifts below the Dalles, during the blizzard of December, 1884. Learn More -
The Columbia River near Lyle - c. 1920
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This Fred Kiser photo looks upstream along the Columbia River, with the town of Lyle in the distance. The Chamberlain Lake Railroad Tunnel is on the left. Learn More -
The Needles, in the Columbia Gorge - c. 1900
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Needles, three miles upstream from Rooster Rock, are known today as the "Pillars of Hercules". They became a must-have view for early photographers beginning in the 1880s. Learn More -
The Needles, on the Columbia River - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This photo of the Needles, on the railroad line up the south side of the Columbia Gorge, was taken by William H. Partridge not long before he moved back to the East Coast. Learn More -
The New Roseburg Depot - c. 1912
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A group of (mostly) men in suits stands near the train at the Roseburg Depot shortly after its completion in 1912. Learn More -
The Tooth Bridge, O. R. R. at Cascades - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking upstream along the Tooth Bridge on the 5-mile-long portage railroad on the Oregon side of the Cascade Rapids. Learn More -
Tooth Bridge, Portage Railroad at the Cascades - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Looking upstream along the Tooth Bridge at the 5-mile-long portage railroad on the Oregon side of the Cascades. Learn More -
Train Approaching Along the Columbia River - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00It appears the photographer will need to move his camera pretty soon, as the steam engine approaches him somewhere along the Columbia River. Learn More -
Train near Rooster Rock - 1890s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This 1890s view of an O. R. & N. train headed downstream near Rooster Rock shows lots of detail. Learn More -
Tunnel No. 3, East Side - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00An early three-wheel handcar emerges from the east end of Tunnel No. 3, below Rooster Rock on the Columbia Gorge. Learn More -
Two Ways to Move Logs by Raiload - 1904
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view demonstrates large logs can be pushed ahead of a steam engine, or pulled behind while loaded on flatcars. Learn More -
Union Pacific Wreck at Morgan, near Heppner - c. 1905
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The curve of the damaged tracks contrasts with the straight boards of the boxcar in this century-old view of a derailment on a small trestle in Eastern Oregon. Learn More -
Upper Cape Horn, at Celilo - c. 1886
$25.00 As low as: $12.00By placing two small figures on the tracks, photographer Crawford adds some human interest and a sense of scale to this photo of railroad tracks rounding Upper Cape Horn, on the Oregon side of the Columbia River near Celilo Falls. Learn More -
Upper Cape Horn, Near Celilo - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A great view by Watkins of the upper portage railroad on the Oregon side of the Columbia River, and the bluffs of Upper Cape Horn. Learn More -
Upper Cape Horn, O. R. & N. - c. 1880
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Sun and shadows add to the drama of this view of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company's tracks, as they pass one of many named rock formations in the Columbia Gorge. Learn More
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