Town Views
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"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 -
1883 Astoria FireAs low as $5.00This 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 -
1890 Salem Flood, Looking Northeast Across Pringle CreekAs low as $5.00The 1890 flood in Salem was the largest flood the city had experienced since 1861. In this view, we are looking northeast from High Street towards the State Capitol and other buildings in the city center. Learn More -
1894 Flood at The Dalles, Chronicle BuildingAs low as $5.00Two gents in a rowboat make their way down Washington Street at Second in June of 1894, after the Columbia River flooded The Dalles at its highest recorded level. Learn More -
1894 Flood at The Dalles, H. H. Campbell GroceriesAs low as $5.00Looking down Washington Street in The Dalles, during the record-setting June, 1894 flood, with the Columbia River in the distance. Learn More -
1894 Flood at The Dalles, Looking DownstreamAs low as $5.00This overview of The Dalles looks down Second Street, from the east end of downtown, during the 1894 Columbia River flood. Learn More -
1894 Flood at The Dalles, Looking towards the RiverAs low as $5.00Looking towards the swollen Columbia River, from the residential district into the flooded commercial district, during the record-setting June, 1894 flood. Learn More -
1894 Flood at The Dalles, Looking UpstreamAs low as $5.00When I first saw this photo, titled by the photographer, "Town View Looking Upstream", I took it as an idylic view of a successful town along the waterfront. Learn More -
1894 Flood at The Dalles, Residential AreaAs low as $5.00In this view of The Dalles looking up Third Street at about Court Street, we can see the transition from business district to residential area. Learn More -
A Baseball Game in Plush, Oregon - July 2, 1909As low as $5.00In 1909, the Fourth of July was on a Sunday, so this photo was taken on Friday beginning the 4th of July weekend. 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 Downtown Sheridan Street Scene - 1887As low as $5.00This view of Sheridan illustrates the rough "frontier town" look of many Oregon towns in the 1880s, before the coming of electricity - or paved streets. Learn More -
A Frosty Morning in Paisley, Oregon - 1904As low as $15.00Photographer W. C. Mendenhall was a federal geologist with a long career in California and Oregon. 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 -
A. M. Williams Dry Goods, The Dalles - c. 1895As low as $5.00Built in 1870, this building still stands at 306 2nd Street, though the facade has been extensively modernized for both it and the building to the right. Learn More -
Along the Willamette River, Oregon City - 1940As low as $5.00This well-composed view shows the concrete Pacific Highway entering Oregon City. Then a national highway, 99E was removed from the federal system in 1972. Learn More -
Arlington, Oregon, on the Columbia River - 1939As low as $5.00Arlington is an early Oregon town located on the Columbia River at the mouth of Alkali Canyon, about fifty miles east of The Dalles. In the early 1870s, settlers built corrals here to hold sheep and cattle waiting to be transported downriver. Learn More -
Astoria, Looking East - 1901As low as $5.00From the wooden planks in the streets to the barges in the harbor, this view by photographer John F. Ford shows lots of detail. Learn More -
Astoria, Looking East - c. 1887As low as $5.00We are looking east down Commercial Street, in this detailed photo of Astoria created by Samuel Crow in about 1887. Learn More -
Astoria, Looking East - c. 1894As low as $5.00Photographer James Bratt worked in Astoria from 1893 to 1895, allowing us to date this photo accurately. Standing on the hill he captured a detailed view of Astoria's downtown. Learn More -
Astoria, Looking East - Circa 1885As low as $5.00If this view of Astoria looks familiar, it's because this was a popular vantage point for early photographers to capture an overview of this historic coastal city. Learn More -
Astoria, Looking East Towards Downtown - c. 1900As low as $5.00Looking down Commercial Street towards the east, this view can be studied almost endlessly due to its great amount of detail, and thus it lends itself to larger prints which do it justice. Learn More -
Astoria, Oregon, After the 1883 FireAs low as $5.00Two major fires have occurred in Astoria, in 1883 and 1922. This photo shows the aftermath of the earlier 1883 fire. Learn More -
At the Hitching Post in Fossil - 1913As low as $15.00Looking north on 2nd Street between Washington and Main, we can see that horse-drawn vehicles still dominated the streets in Fossil in 1913. Learn More -
Bolton and the Falls, Looking South - c. 1960As low as $15.00This 1960s aerial photo, taken as part of the early planning for Interstate 205, shows the community of Bolton, with West Linn High School to the right and Willamette Falls in the distance. Learn More -
Bonanza, Oregon, Circa 1890As low as $5.00The whole town has come out for a photo opportunity in Bonanza, located about 25 miles east of Klamath Falls. Founded in 1876 by J. P. Roberts, it was growing slowly at the time this image was captured. Learn More -
Bringing the Team and Wagon to Arlington - c. 1900As low as $5.00The boys have brought the six-horse team and wagon to town, in this case, Arlington. Learn More -
Buggy in Front of the Courthouse, Oregon City - c. 1915As low as $5.00One of Ralph Eddy's early glass plate photos, this crisp view taken with his large wooden camera shows a street scene at Eighth and Main Streets in downtown Oregon City. 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 -
Business Section with Suspension Bridge, Oregon City - c. 1918As low as $5.00While this postcard view was postmarked 1923, we believe the photo was taken in the teens. Learn More -
Business Section, Joseph, Oregon - c. 1910As low as $5.00When this photo was taken in about 1910, Joseph was thriving, partly because of the railroad which had arrived in 1908. Learn More -
C. N. Haines Store, NW Corner 1st and A, Oswego - c. 1910As low as $5.00After a day battling traffic traveling through First Addition in Lake Oswego, come back and look at this photo of how it appeared a hundred years ago. Learn More -
Canyon City Brass Band in its Bandwagon - c. 1895As low as $5.00While we still refer to "jumping on the bandwagon", we rarely get to see a real bandwagon these days. The phrase originated when politicians learned that riding on the bandwagon was a great place to be seen at public events. Learn More -
Cascades of the Columbia and Cascade Locks - c 1885As low as $5.00We're looking over a movable fishwheel, sometimes called a fish scow, towards the Cascade Locks under construction and the town of Cascade Locks behind them. Learn More -
Charman Brothers Block, Oregon City - c. 1895As low as $5.00Built in 1889 by brothers T. L. and Elmer E. Charman, the Charman Bros. Block was for years the grand building of Main Street in Oregon City. Learn More -
Clatskanie, Winter of 1909As low as $5.00At the time this snowy portrait of Clatskanie was taken, the town was going through a growth spurt, more than doubling in size since 1900 (to about 700 inhabitants). Learn More -
Clay Moore Saloon, in Blanco Hotel, Marshfield - c. 1900As low as $5.00Patrons 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 -
Cleaning Up After the 1890 Flood, Oregon CityAs low as $5.00Though not as high in 1861, the flood of 1890 caused extensive damage to buildings on both sides of the Willamette River. 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 -
Cottage Grove, Looking West Down Main Street - circa 1928As low as $5.00We are looking west towards the river from near the intersection of what is now Highway 99, also known as the Goshen-Divide Highway. Learn More -
Cow & Calves on 13th Street in Willamette - c. 1898As low as $5.00Looking 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 -
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 Eugene from Skinner Butte - 1937As low as $5.00Looking south across the railroad tracks and depot down Willamette Street. Photographer Eddy's vantage point was to the west of the McMurphey Johnson House. 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 -
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 -
Earliest Known Photo of Sandy, Oregon - c. 1879As low as $5.00We're looking east towards Mt. Hood on what is now Pioneer Boulevard in Sandy, Oregon. The Barlow road trails off to the right in the background. Learn More -
Early Downtown View of The Dalles - 1870sAs low as $5.00This rare early view of downtown The Dalles is reproduced from an unusual outdoor CDV, a small-format card-mounted photo type popular in the 1860s and 1870s. Learn More