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Fishing Nets

Fishing Nets

This photo shows Celilo Village residents Jimmy George, left, and Charley Quittoken, right, holding up fishing nets once used to catch salmon at Celilo Falls. …

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Flock of Birds, Malheur Lake, 1908

Flock of Birds, Malheur Lake, 1908

This photograph was taken by William Finley in 1908. It shows a flock of birds, mostly American white pelicans with some gulls, flying over Malheur …

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Floor Plan of Red Men Hall, Portland

Floor Plan of Red Men Hall, Portland

This pamphlet, “Floor Plan Elevation and Description of Building for Willamette Tribe No. 6 Improved Order of Red Men,” was created in 1919 to …

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Fort Astoria, 1813

Fort Astoria, 1813

This lithograph is a reproduction of a drawing by Gabriel Franchère, published in his Journal of a Voyage on the North West Coast of America …

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Fort Bidwell

Fort Bidwell

Fort Bidwell in Northeastern California (Surprise Valley), built in 1863 and seen here in 1877, was a secure site for white settlers traveling along the …

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Fort Clatsop

Fort Clatsop

This photo shows a replica of Fort Clatsop, the modest structure in which the Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1805-1806. Probably built of …

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Fort Klamath

Fort Klamath

Colonel C. S. Drew, First Oregon Cavalry, was sent in 1862 to scout a location for an Army post to protect settlers in the new …

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Fort Nez Perce

Fort Nez Perce

This drawing of fur trading at Fort Nez Perce (also known as Fort Walla Walla) was drawn by Joseph Drayton, one of several artists hired …

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Foster Grade School, 1949

Foster Grade School, 1949

The new addition to the grade school in the Linn County town of Foster is shown in this 1949 photograph. Timber stands on the South …

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Frankie Dougal and Ropemaking

Frankie Dougal and Ropemaking

This photograph, taken by Lynn Hadley on July 27, 1998, shows Frankie Dougal (left) and her daughter, Charlene Standford (right), twisting strands of horse hair …

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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.