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Somerset West, 1963
This aerial photograph shows the first five model houses at the grand opening of Somerset West, “planned $500 million ‘satellite city’ 10 miles west of …
Victory Food Volunteers
In order to address the food needs of both a massive army and the over 130 million people living in the United States during World …
Women's Land Army
This 1944 photograph shows Mabel Mack, supervisor of the Oregon branch of the Women’s Land Army (WLA). The WLA was part of a World War …
Workers build patterns at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., c.1943
This photograph comes from the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation collection; it was likely part of the company's series of publicity photos it used in its various …
Shipbuilders Will Help
This illustration was published in a short-lived weekly newspaper produced by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation (CRSC). Win the War, later renamed The Pilot …
Coos Bay Shipbuilding Company
This photograph of the construction of the S.S. Burnwood in Marshfield (later renamed Coos Bay) is from a scrapbook that belonged to James Polhemus, the …
Boy Drinks from Stream, Three Sisters Wilderness
This photograph of a young hiker taking water from a stream of snowmelt in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area is from the Oregon Journal Collection …
Lincoln County Guerrillas
This photograph was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer in April 1942. It shows Company A of the Lincoln County Guerrillas standing in formation on …
Tillamook Guerrillas, 1942
This photograph was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer in March 1942. It shows members of the Tillamook Guerrillas taking aim from behind a berm. …
Youth Harvest Beans, Sauvie Island, 1943
This 1943 photograph shows two teenage boys working with a woman to harvest wax bush beans on Sauvie Island. During World War II, many Oregon …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.
