Portland
- "Benson Cocktails", Street Drinking Fountains in Portland - c. 1917As low as $5.00A newsboy stops for refreshment at one of twenty water fountains given to the city of Portland by Simon Benson, shortly after they were installed. Learn More
- 1894 Portland Flood, Goodyear Rubber Co.As low as $5.00This unusual photo shows the interior of the Goodyear Rubber Company retail store, located on First Street, about two blocks from the Willamette River. 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
- A Brickyard in East Portland - c. 1905As low as $5.00Thousands 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 Coach Stops Across from the Old Weinhard Brewery - c. 1905As low as $5.00A four-wheeled enclosed carriage rests on a muddy Burnside Street. It appears to be a "coupe", with only forward facing seats and glass windows on the front corners. Learn More
- A Dancer in a Classic Art Deco Pose - c. 1929As low as $5.00An unknown performer strikes an Art Deco pose for this publicity photo by Fink Studio in Portland, probably in 1929. Learn More
- A Man and His Bicycle - circa 1895As low as $5.00This highly detailed view suggests a close relationship between this man, his books, and his bicycle. Learn More
- A Music Hall Fiddler - circa 1875As low as $5.00First seen in Britain in the 1830s, by the 1870s the popularity of music halls had spread to most good-sized towns in the Pacific Northwest Learn More
- A Very Small Girl in a Plaid Dress - c. 1874As low as $5.00We don't know the name of this young girl, but we do know the original small-format CDV photo was taken by Buchtel and Stolte, at 91 First Street in Portland. Learn More
- A Young Chinese Man from Portland - 1877As low as $5.00This image was captured in the late 1870s - a time of growth for the Chinese community in Portland. The city's Chinese population increased from about 700 in 1870 to about 2500 in 1880. Learn More
- A Young Woman with a Marcel Wave Hairstyle - circa 1925As low as $5.00This circa 1925 portrait of a young woman with a Marcel Wave hairstyle was taken by Portland photographer David Perry Evans. Marcel Waves were created with a heated curling iron, invented by French hair designer Francois Marcel in the 1870s. Learn More
- Adagio Dancers in Portland - c. 1930As low as $5.00In the 1920s, acrobatic dance routines became extremely fashionable and the dances were either described as ‘whirlwind’ or ‘adagio’. Adagio dances were slower, and often involved the partners holding a pose for some period of time. Learn More
- Agnes Dolph, Daughter of Sen. Joseph Dolph - c. 1875As low as $5.00A well-to-do girl in a wonderful fringed dress, posed next to perhaps a family heirloom? Learn More
- Albert G. Walling, Early Oregon Publisher - 1872As low as $5.00A. G. Walling emigrated with his family to the West Linn area now known as Robinwood in 1849. Learn More
- Bark at Dock - Portland? - c. 1873As low as $5.00I can use some help identifying the location. Dennie, the photographer, imprinted his photos with his Portland address, but he also worked in Tacoma and sometimes in Olympia. Learn More
- Benjamin Stark, Portland Founder & U.S. Senator - c. 1861As low as $5.00Born 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
- Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris - c. 1871As low as $5.00This early portrait of Morris was taken by pioneer photographer Joseph Buchtel about two years after Morris arrived in Oregon to assume the position of Episcopal Bishop of Oregon. Learn More
- Bishop Scott Academy - 1890As low as $5.00Bishop Scott Academy was founded in Portland in 1870 as Bishop Scott Grammar and Divinity School by Episcopal Bishop Benjamin Wistar Morris, and named after his predecessor, Bishop Thomas Fielding Scott. Learn More
- Blackface Performer in Portland - circa 1900As low as $5.00An unnamed vaudeville performer is captured in his blackface persona in the publicity photo from Portland at the turn of the last century. Learn More
- Bringing a Stein of Beer - c. 1872As low as $5.00In 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 the Engine out of the Station - c. 1918As low as $5.00This great early action photo shows driver George Welch bringing Engine No. 2 out of the station in Portland. Learn More
- Broadway Bridge with Sternwheeler - 1915As low as $5.00Created in 1915 by an unknown photographer, this view shows the Broadway Bridge, looking towards the west, two years after its completion. You can find much the same view today from North Interstate Avenue. Learn More
- Building a Sternwheeler in Portland Harbor - c. 1905As low as $5.00In this group portrait of workers at the construction site of a new sternwheeler, we can identify the M. F. Henderson and the No Wonder moored behind it. Learn More
- Burning of Portland Waterfront North of Madison Bridge - c. 1898As low as $5.00This dramatic photo shows a fire in progress that destroyed at least a block of buildings along the Portland waterfront. Learn More
- Business District and Waterfront, Portland, Oregon - 1936As low as $5.00Taken during Portland's first "Fleet Week", this view shows the destroyer Reuben James and other Navy ships in front of the City's downtown business district. 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
- City Hall, Portland, Oregon - 1900As low as $5.00
This early portrait of Portland's City Hall was taken in the days of concrete sidewalks, electricity and streetcars, but before paved streets and automobiles. The building was only five years old at the time, having been completed in 1895.
Learn More - Clackamas County Sheriff's Posse at Portland Expo - c. 1955As low as $5.00The 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
- Clara Stearns, Only Daughter of Abigail Scott Duniway - c. 1885As low as $5.00
Shown here shortly before she died from tuberculosis in 1886, Clara Belle Duniway Stearns was the oldest child, and only daughter, of Oregon suffragette and author Abigail Scott Duniway.
Learn More - Closset & Devers Coffee & Spices Delivery Wagon - c. 1905As low as $5.00Closset 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
- Corbett Building, 5th and Morrison, Portland, Looking South - 1928As low as $5.00Featured here is the Corbett Building, built about 1909 and then imploded in 1988 to make way for the current Pioneer Place development. Learn More
- Crew & Engine Inside Station 15 - c. 1914As low as $5.00The 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. 1914As low as $5.00Somewhere 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
- Cruiser USS West Virginia in Portland Harbor - c. 1911As low as $5.00The USS West Virginia, a Pennsylvania class armored cruiser, was commissioned in 1905 and initially served as part of the Atlantic fleet before joining the Pacific fleet in 1908. Learn More
- Daughter of the Wild - 1907As low as $5.00This evocative study of a young woman was created by James Haran, an award-winning Portland amateur photographer. Learn More
- Delivery Cart on Burnside Street in Portland - c. 1905As low as $5.00One of a series of photos taken by Olaf Indahl on West Burnside near the sign store where he worked. The large building across the street is Weinhard's brewery. Learn More
- Downtown Portland and the West Hills - 1898As low as $5.00By 1898 Portland had become a thriving modern city, and fine homes were making their way up the slopes of the West Hills. Learn More
- Downtown Portland, North of the Hawthorne Bridge - c. 1912As low as $5.00Many buildings can be identified in this highly-detailed view of downtown Portland, taken by an unidentified photographer in about 1912. Learn More
- Dr. Sidney Marsh, 1st President of Pacific University - c. 1865As low as $5.00Dr. Sidney Marsh was appointed President of Tualatin Academy in Forest Grove in 1853, and carried on as that position when the school became Pacific University in 1854. Learn More
- Draft Horses at Star Sand Company Docks, Portland - c. 1900As low as $5.00It took strong horses, wagons, and men to distribute the crushed aggregate and sand sold by Star Sand Company, which was the largest company of its type in the Pacific Northwest. Learn More
- Dredge "Clackamas" in Portland Harbor - 1929As low as $5.00The 3,400 hp diesel electric dredge "Clackamas" shown here was launched in 1925, and at that time was the largest diesel electric dredge in the world. Learn More
- Dredge "Multnomah" in North Portland Harbor - 1913As low as $5.00The pipeline dredge USS Multnomah was built in 1913 by Portland Iron Works. This photo was taken that same year. Learn More
- Elmer E. Charman, Possible Graduation Photo - c. 1881As low as $5.00This 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
- 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
- Engine 26 Decorated for the Rose Festival Parade - 1910As low as $5.00A horse-drawn fire engine covered with roses and other flowers stands ready for Portland's fourth Rose Festival Parade - a tradition that began in 1907. Learn More
- Enterprise, Ladder Dredge for Star Sand Company, Portland - c. 1900As low as $5.00The Enterprise was the first boat in Oregon to take sand from under the water. She was built for Christian Missinger in about 1890, soon after he founded Star Sand Company. 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
- Everything Happens at Night - Broadway in Portland, 1939As low as $5.00While it may not have been a great movie, Sonja Henie's film "Everything Happens at Night" provides a great caption for this image of Broadway at night in 1939. Learn More
- Father and Daughters - circa 1868As low as $5.00We don't know the names of these people, but we can make some good assumptions about them. Learn More