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Hawaiian Slack-Key Guitar
This photograph of Sam Kama was taken in 1995 by Eliza Buck. At the time, Kama was teaching Elroy Aipolani (not shown) how to play …
HB 2930, Anti-Discrimination Bill
During the 1973 legislative session, Representative Vera Katz introduced a bill that would have prohibited "discrimination in employment and certain real property transactions" based on …
Heart Mountain Relocation Camp
This World War II photograph shows a Japanese American family at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, north of Cody, Wyoming, one of the camps where …
Helicopter Sprays Chemical Herbicide
This photograph, by Dana Olsen, originally appeared on the front page of the Oregon Journal as an illustration for an article titled, “Miscarriages Bring Herbicide …
Henry E. Dosch to Bertha Burger, 1905
In the initial letter written to which this is a response, Bertha Burger of Denver, Colorado, seeks a job at the 1905 Lewis and Clark …
Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967)
This photograph shows Henry J. Kaiser (back seat left) with Governor Charles Sprague (back seat right) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (front seat right) during …
Henry Miller, Cattleman
The portrait above shows Henry Miller (1827-1916), a German immigrant who started off as a butcher in San Francisco and rose to become one of the …
Henry Villard in the West Shore
When the first transcontinental train rolled into Portland on September 11, 1883, the Oregonian described the ensuing celebration as “the greatest display ever witnessed in …
Hermina "Billie" Strmiska Oral History
Hermina “Billie” Strmiska was thirty-five when she won the Oregon Shipbuilding Welderette contest in March 1943, beating out one hundred other women welders in the …
High School Replanting Crew, Tillamook Burn, 1945
This photograph shows a group of high school boys from Hillsboro, Forest Grove, and Timber preparing to replant a section of the Tillamook Burn. It …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.
