Multnomah County
- "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
- Bonneville Dam, Columbia River - 1939As low as $5.00Ralph Eddy was fascinated with the interplay between built structures like bridges and dams, and the natural environment where they were placed. This view shows the Bonneville Dam shortly after it was completed in 1937. Learn More
- Bridal Veil Bluffs, Columbia Gorge - 1880sAs low as $5.00The Bridal Veil Bluffs and the Pillars of Hercules are adjoining basalt formations in the Columbia Gorge. Learn More
- Bridal Veil Falls - 1880sAs low as $5.00Bridal Veil Falls, the only falls below the historic Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway. Learn More
- Bridal Veil Falls, with Water Pipe Intake - 1907As low as $5.00This very sharp portrait of Bridal Veil Falls is recreated from an original glass negative made by Sunset Magazine photographer Howard Tibbitts. Learn More
- Bridal Veil, Snow Bound - c. 1885As low as $5.00The 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
- 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
- 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
- Castle Rock from the Oregon Side - 1880sAs low as $5.00An unusual view of Castle Rock (now Beacon Rock) from across the Columbia River. 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
- 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
- Columbia Gorge from Crown Point - 1932As low as $5.00Looking upstream in the Columbia Gorge, with the photographer standing near Vista House at Crown Point. The decorative wall and lamps are still there today. Learn More
- Columbia River Highway at Multnomah Falls - 1923As low as $5.00This is one of Ralph Eddy's earliest photos of the Columbia Gorge - a location where he would soon establish his postcard stand and build a career. Learn More
- Columbia River Highway Under Tooth Rock - 1927As low as $5.00We're looking upstream at Tooth Rock Viaduct, devised as a way to allow the new scenic highway to pass around the rock without destroying it by blasting. Learn More
- Construction of Columbia River Highway, with Temporary Railroad - 1915As low as $5.00Many 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
- 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
- Crown Point and Vista House - c. 1921As low as $5.00Cross and Dimmitt made several hand-tinted versions of this photo. This is the water color version. Learn More
- Crown Point Before Vista House - c. 1916As low as $5.00This unusual view shows Crown Point before Vista House was built, but apparently after the Columbia River Highway was completed. That would date it to a short span of time in 1916. Learn More
- Crown Point from Rooster Rock - circa 1920As low as $5.00This photo of Crown Point and Vista House is unusual as it was taken from across the river, and it also shows an excursion train passing below Crown Point at water level. Learn More
- Crown Point, Columbia River Highway - c. 1920As low as $5.00Photographer Clark Kinsey is best know for his logging photos, but he also had a great touch for scenic views of the Pacific Northwest. Learn More