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Chinese Vegetable Gardens, Portland
This photograph, dating from circa 1905, features Chinese shanties and vegetable gardens in Portland. The gardens were located on the site of the present-day Multnomah …
Chinese Workers in Astoria Cannery
This undated photograph of the interior of an Astoria cannery is from the Burlington Northern / Spokane Portland and Seattle Railroad Collection. This promotional photograph …
Chinookan Canoes
This photograph, taken by The Dalles photographer Benjamin Gifford in 1897, shows an Indian man, possibly Wasco or Wishram, sitting in a dugout canoe in …
Chinookan Head Flattening
These illustrations from the journal of William Clark depict what many white explorers and fur traders considered to be a peculiar practice among the Chinookan …
Chinookans of the Lower Columbia River
This engraving by Richard W. Dodson was based on a sketch by Alfred T. Agate. Agate’s drawings, along with those of several other artists and …
Chinook Indians Seining
This photograph was taken by John F. Ford, a photographer who had commercial studios in Portland and Ilwaco, Washington, between approximately 1900 and 1914. It …
Christmas Valley Lodge, 1962
Lake County’s Christmas Valley Lodge is shown in the photograph above. It was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer in June 1962. In 1960, the …
Christmas Valley Rodeo Queen and Court, 1963
The photograph above was taken in July 1963 by an Oregon Journal photographer. It shows the Christmas Valley rodeo queen and her court. Rodeo queens …
Cinco de Mayo Festival
Portland's Cinco de Mayo Fiesta is held annually at Portland's Tom McCall Waterfront Park and is organized by the Portland Guadalajara Sister City Association (PGSCA). …
Circle Theater and Pershing's Crusaders
This WWI-era photo of the Circle Theater shows the theater bedecked in red, white, and blue splendor to advertise the opening of a patriotic film …Interpretive Essays
Interpretive essays use primary documents from the Oregon Historical Society archives to help readers imagine the events, people, and issues that shaped Oregon history.
