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Iu-Mien Sixty-Year Calendar
Nancy Nusz took this photograph of Chiem Finh Liem Saechao in 1991 while he was teaching San Seng Saepharm (not pictured) how to make predictions …
IWA Membership Card
Shown here is a membership card for the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), a timber workers union. It probably dates to 1937 or 1938, shortly …
IWW Poster, Education-Organization-Emancipation
This undated organizational/promotional poster was published by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in New York for distribution throughout the United States and potentially …
Jackson County Courthouse, Medford
This photograph, taken in June 1939, shows the Jackson County Courthouse in downtown Medford. Designed by Montana architect John G. Link, this art deco-style building …
James J. Hill in Bend, 1911
This photograph of James J. Hill speaking in Bend was taken moments after he hammered the golden spike to complete the Oregon Trunk Railway on …
Jantzen Red Diving Girl
The "Red Diving Girl," a corporate logo of the Jantzen Knitting Mills, was a highly effective marketing tool in the 1920s and helped the young …
Jantzen Yarns Cover
Jantzen Yarns is a serial of the Jantzen Knitting Mills published by and for workers at the Portland, Oregon, textile manufacturer. This cover from the …
Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center
In May 1942, Portland-area Japanese and Japanese Americans—both Issei (first generation) and Nisei (second generation) —were evacuated to hastily constructed temporary living quarters in the …
Japanese Evacuee Tops Sugar Beets
This 1943 Oregonian photograph shows a Japanese American “evacuee” topping sugar beets in Nyssa, a small town on the Idaho state line in Malheur County. …
Japanese Oregonians and Origami
This undated photograph of an unidentified woman holding up a string of origami figures was taken by Suzie Jones. It is not clear when origami …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.
