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Gong Bi, Traditional Chinese Painting

Gong Bi, Traditional Chinese Painting

This photograph was taken to document Jean Qin Ye’s (left) instruction of Rosalind Wang (right) in Gong Bi, a traditional Chinese painting style.  The two …

Oregon History Project
Grace Wick Protests

Grace Wick Protests

On October 29, 1929, the U.S. stock market plunged to new lows and served as the starting point for the era in U.S. history known …

Oregon History Project
Grand Central Station, Portland

Grand Central Station, Portland

The architectural firm of Van Brunt & Howe of Kansas City and Boston prepared this presentation drawing of Grand Central Station in Portland about 1892. …

Oregon History Project
Grand Emancipation Celebration

Grand Emancipation Celebration

Black community leaders in Oregon issued this embossed invitation in late 1868 to raise public awareness about the “Grand Emancipation Celebration,” scheduled for January 1, …

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Grand Ronde Restoration Hearing

Grand Ronde Restoration Hearing

Kathryn, Karen, and Frank Harrison, seated in the front row, testify for Congressional restoration of the Grand Ronde tribe. Elizabeth Furse, an Indian-rights advocate who …

Oregon History Project
Grande Ronde Valley, c.1884

Grande Ronde Valley, c.1884

This lithograph shows a portion of northeastern Oregon’s Grande Ronde Valley as it appeared in the mid-1880s. It was published in the January 1885 issue …

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Grave Charges Lead to Arrests

Grave Charges Lead to Arrests

This front-page Portland Evening Telegram article refers to "grave charges" but does not explicitly state that those charges are accusations of homosexuality. The article followed …

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Guild's Lake Area, 1930

Guild's Lake Area, 1930

Between 1906 and the mid-1920s, Guild’s Lake was filled in with soil sluiced off the hillsides and dredged from the Willamette River. A series of developers, …

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Guild's Lake, 1904

Guild's Lake, 1904

Before the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, Guild’s Lake was a marshy area encompassing 400 acres in Northwest Portland. The shallow lake, which was fed …

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Handbook for New Women Shipyard Workers

Handbook for New Women Shipyard Workers

In 1943 Portland Public Schools produced a handbook designed to orient new women workes to life in the shipyards. One section dealt with the problems of childcare.  …

Oregon History Project

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.