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E. Shelton Hill's Oral History
This oral history interview of E. Shelton Hill was recorded by L. A. Barrie in about 1976, as part of the Neighborhood History Project conducted …
Eagle Cliff Cannery
This photograph shows the Eagle Cliff Cannery, located on the Washington side of the Columbia River about fifty miles upriver from Astoria. During the winter …
Earl Snell (1895-1947)
This photograph of Earl Snell was taken in 1947. Snell served as Oregon’s secretary of state from 1934 to 1942 and as governor from 1942 …
Early Portland, 1854
In this heavily retouched 1854 photo, the edge of the forest still abuts the edge of the town, but the variety of businesses attests to …
East Portland Waterfront, 1898
Here, Mt. Hood rises behind the East Portland waterfront in 1898. A barge and a steamship can be seen in the photo at lower right. …
East Portland, 1874
This slough drained Hawthorne Springs near Southeast Oak Street. Because much of it was marshy and crisscrossed by creeks and sloughs, land on the east …
Eastern Oregon Normal School
This photograph of the Eastern Oregon Normal School was taken by Wesley Andrews around 1929. Andrews was a professional photographer who had studios in Baker …
Editorial Cartoon, Fitness Program
This transcript of Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall’s and President Lyndon B. Johnson’s remarks at the intertie victory breakfast at the Sheraton Hotel in …
Editorial Cartoon, O.K., It's a Deal
Carl Bonelli (1901–1981) was an editorial cartoonist for the Oregon Journal (1947-1971), for the Oregonian (1966-1968), and for the Gresham Outlook (1971-1974). This editorial cartoon …
Election Day
This 1909 anti-suffrage postcard depicts a woman going to vote on election day while her “suffering” husband takes care of their children. A note on …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.
