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Oregon Gardeners and Ranchers Association
In this photograph, Nick Sunseri, a truck peddler, pays cash for produce at the Oregon Gardeners and Ranchers Association market, while Joe Amato looks on. …
Oregon House Joint Memorial Number 9
Oregon State House representatives Vernon D. Bull (Dem., La Grande), Warren Erwin (Dem., Portland), and Rose M. Poole (Rep. Klamath) issued this joint memorial on …
Oregon Labor Press Cartoon - Single Tax
This editorial cartoon ran in the July 1, 1916, edition of the Oregon Labor Press. It encouraged voters to support the Peoples Land and …
Oregon Land Donation Claim Notification
This image shows a certificate issued March 8, 1866, that grants 640 acres of land in Clackamas County to Thomas J. Chase and his wife, …
Oregon League of Women Voters Bulletin
This 1933 article in the Oregon League of Women Voters Bulletin refers to a survey of working women conducted by the League’s Klamath Falls branch. …
Oregon Mining Districts
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) made this 1912 map. Between 1907 and 1930, George Otis Smith was the director of the USGS, an agency created …
Oregon Myrtle, Coquille River
Oregon myrtle (Umbellularia californica)—also known as California laurel and California bay—is an evergreen tree native to southwestern Oregon and California. This hardy tree …
Oregon's Civil Rights Bill, 1953
The proponents of Oregon’s Civil Rights Bill, also known as the Public Accommodations Bill, pose for posterity. Seated, from left: Philip S. Hitchcock and Mark …
Oregon Spectator: the idyllic Willamette Valley farm
David J. Schnebly was the editor of the Oregon Spectator, the first newspaper published in Oregon Country (1846). His editorial reflects some issues and …
Oregon State Penitentiary Prison Riot, 1968
On March 9, 1968, a day after Governor Tom McCall had guided reporters through the Oregon State Penitentiary to demonstrate the quiet control the state …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.
