Mills & Manufacturing
- 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 Walk to Canemah, West Side Mills in Background - 1895As low as $5.00A large group of Willamette Falls area young people stop for a photo on a Sunday afternoon, on a walk to Canemah. They were probably going to visit the park at the end of the trolley line. Learn More
- Bringing the Logs Back to Camp - c. 1900As low as $5.00Smaller 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
- Cans of Salmon, Warren Packing Co., Cathlamet - c. 1900As low as $5.00Several hundred thousand cans of salmon stand ready for shipment in the Warren cannery in Cathlamet, Washington. Learn More
- Card Room, Oregon City Woolen Mill - 1918As low as $5.00A 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
- Cutting Room, Oregon City Woolen Mills - 1918As low as $5.00While specializing in blankets, Oregon City Woolen Mills also made socks,coats and other clothing. Learn More
- Dye House, Oregon City Woolen Mills - 1918As low as $5.00Dye houses were more than just "rooms" in a woolen mill; they were often built as separate buildings due to the fire hazard from the fully dried wool prepared for dying. Learn More
- First Iron Furnace in Oswego - c. 1866As low as $5.00This is probably the earliest photo of the first Oswego iron furnace, taken in 1866 - a year before Carleton Watkins came from California to create his series of views. Learn More
- Fischer's Flouring Mill, Silverton, Oregon - 1904As low as $5.00Fischer's Flouring Mill was central to the history and growth of Silverton. Most of the building shown here in 1904 were purchased by Henry Fischer from the Oregon Milling Company in 1898. Learn More
- Hoisting Logs from Pond to Mill at Palmer - 1905As low as $5.00At the Palmer Mill uphill from Bridal Veil, logs from the pond were hoisted by a power conveyor to the second floor to be rough-cut into timbers as their first step towards becoming finished lumber. Learn More
- Loading Paper on a Barge, Crown-Willamette Paper Company - c. 1920As low as $5.00An unusual vantage point for a photo of Crown-Willamette Paper Company gives us a good view of a crew loading paper on a barge, using hand-trucks. Learn More
- Moehnke's Mill and Willamette - c. 1914As low as $5.00Moehnke's sawmill was located on the Willamette River above the Falls, and produced much of the lumber used to build the town of Willamette around 1900. Learn More
- Moehnke's Sawmill near Willamette - c. 1900As low as $5.00This small sawmill was operated by the Moehnke family from 1892 through 1918. It was located on the Willamette River near the current site of the Blue Heron lagoon. Learn More
- New Construction at Paper Mills, Willamette Falls - 1906As low as $5.00This rather chaotic view shows piles of lumber, wood pulp, cordwood and rocks as construction is completed for the new building in the left foreground. Learn More
- Oregon Milling Co., Mill B, Silverton - circa 1900As low as $5.00This flour mill in Silverton was sold by Oregon Milling Co. to Fischer's Flouring Mill in 1898, but we are dating the photo to circa 1900. Learn More
- Palmer to Bridal Veil Lumber Flume - 1904As low as $5.00If you have both water and gravity, a flume is an ideal way to move logs or lumber from the top to the bottom of a hill. Learn More
- PGE Station B & Mills at Willamette Falls - c. 1915As low as $5.00Front and center is Station B, the third-oldest operating hydro plant in the U.S. Behind it and across the river are paper mills and other industry. Learn More
- Pond Monkey Guides Logs from Pond to Chute - 1939As low as $5.00The "pond monkey" position in a sawmill has been described as the next-to-the-last step in a logging career; the last being night watchman. Learn More
- Pond Monkeys - c. 1898As low as $5.00Pond Monkeys were men who hopped from log to log in a mill pond, guiding the floating logs into the intake for the sawmill. This Ford photos shows a large group - likely more than would normally work together. Learn More
- Portland Wire & Iron Works - c. 1898As low as $5.00Four of the men are identified in this group portrait of employees of the Portland Wire & Iron Works, located at 84 North Second Street in Portland, at the corner of Everett. Learn More
- Power Plant, Mills & Sunset Neighborhood - c. 1900As low as $5.00This early 1900s view by an unknown photographer shows us both the power plant and mills, and the community of Sunset up on the hill behind them. Learn More
- Pulp & Paper Mills at Willamette Falls - 1929As low as $5.00Prominent in this view of paper mills on both sides of the Willamette are the huge stacks of paper pulp, colored yellow in this 1929 hand-tinted glass slide. Learn More
- Richard C. Finley Flour Mill, Established 1848As low as $5.00This picturesque gristmill was built by Richard Finley on the falls below present-day McKercher Park on the Calapooia River, near Brownsville, in Linn County. Learn More
- Rose City Cabinet Works, Portland - c. 1924As low as $5.00Drive belts run from a central electric motor to power the tools used to make cabinets in this northeast Portland shop at 1454 Sandy Blvd. Learn More
- Sawmill Gang and Mill at Round Lake - c. 1905As low as $5.00The muddy yard hints at the Pacific Northwest location of this small mill near Round Lake, north of Camas, Washington in Clark County. The term "gang" comes from the handwritten title on the original photo. Learn More
- Spinning Room, Oregon City Woolen Mills - 1918As low as $5.00Wool that has been repeatedly carded is called roving. Loosely wound on spools it becomes the input for spinning. Learn More
- Standard Mills in Milwaukie - c. 1895As low as $5.00Built in 1860, Standard Mills was one of the largest and most important flour mills in early Oregon. Learn More
- Sternwheeler N. R. Lang in Willamette Falls Locks - c. 1910As low as $15.00We're looking downstream at the Willamette Locks, and have a good view of both the two sternwheelers and many of the buildings on the river side of locks. Learn More
- Stock Room, Oregon City Woolen Mills - 1918As low as $5.00At one time Oregon City Woolen Mills supplied products to over five hundred of their own branded stores. Learn More
- T. W. Sullivan Power Plant, Willamette Falls - c. 1915As low as $5.00Opened in 1895, "Station B", also known as the T. W. Sullivan Power Plant, was the second power plant at Willamette Falls, and today is the third oldest power plant in the United States. Learn More
- Tacoma Mill, Hanson and Company - c. 1900As low as $5.00In 1868, Charles Hanson, a Danish sea captain and California mill owner, opened this Tacoma Mill and wharf. He was the first in Tacoma to ship internationally - initially to Peru and Australia. Learn More
- The First Boeing Airplane Company Factory - 1917As low as $5.00The Boeing Airplane Company was founded in the old E. W. Heath Shipyard, which name is still visible on the right side of the building. Learn More
- Weave Room, Oregon City Woolen Mills - 1918As low as $5.00The rooms get cleaner as we move through the woolen mill processes. Here we see rows of automated looms, weaving blankets and other wool cloth. Learn More
- Willamette Falls and Station A - circa 1895As low as $5.00This very detailed view by an unknown photographer clearly shows the power of the water at Willamette Falls, as well as Station A on the left - the source of the production of the first electricity transmitted at a large distance, to Portland. Learn More
- Willamette Falls Railway, Woodyard Across the Tualatin - c. 1900As low as $5.00Gathering wood for the paper mills at Willamette Falls was one of the main purposes of the Willamette Falls Railway, though it also provided passenger service for local families. Learn More
- Willamette Falls, with Station A in Foreground - c. 1900As low as $5.00This especially detailed view of Willamette Falls features Station A, the first electrical power plant at the falls and the source of the first long-distance transmission of electricity in the U.S. Learn More
- Wool Dryers, Oregon City Woolen Mills - 1918As low as $5.00Part of a series of photos detailing the production steps at the Oregon City Woolen Mills, this view shows us the room used for drying the wool after it had been washed. Learn More
- Wool Sorting Room, Oregon City Woolen Mills - 1918As low as $5.00Skylights and windows provide ample natural light for these skilled workers sorting wool for the blankets made at the Oregon City Woolen Mill. Learn More
- Workers at Newberg Pressed Brick Company - c. 1904As low as $5.00Twenty workers from the Newberg Pressed Brick Company pose proudly in this circa 1904 view by Samuel Hobson. Learn More
- Workers in Boiler Room, Marshfield (Coos Bay) - c. 1910As low as $5.00There are not a lot of windows in this view of a Marshfield boiler room, so the photographer has opened the doors to bring in some light. There's also a light source behind us, illuminating the faces of the workers. Learn More
- Zan Brothers Broom Factory, Portland - c. 1895As low as $5.00This 1890s Portland broom factory was located at 213 North 12th Street, in the old numbering system, according to an 1893 directory listing. Learn More