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The Portland Building
When the Portland Building on Southwest Fifth and Main opened in 1982, the design by architect Michael Graves then a “relative unknown in the world of …
The Portland Bunch, Camp Lewis, 1918
This World War I-era photograph of an African American Army unit was taken at Camp Lewis, Washington, on August 23, 1918. Nicknamed the “Portland Bunch,” …
The Psychedelic Shop
This photograph of The Psychedelic Shop, at 1325 SW Washington, was taken on June 29, 1967. The shop catered to a young clientele that had …
The Russian Discoveries
This map is an English reproduction of the influential 1758 map published by Gerhard Friedrich Müller. The German-born Müller, a professor at the Russian Academy …
The Self-Supporting Woman in Oregon
During the mid-1960s, the State of Oregon Bureau of Labor, under direction from Commissioner of Labor Norman O. Nilsen, conducted a study on the financial …
The Story of the CVA
The Columbia Basin Commission (CBC), a Washington State organization, produced this booklet about the Columbia Valley Administration (CVA) to “protect and advance the development of the …
The Submerged Forest, by Sarah Hall Ladd
Sarah Hall Ladd took this photograph of the “submerged forest” on the Columbia River circa 1902-1904. The remains of trees in the river are found …
The Truth About the Ku Klux Klan, 1921
This pamphlet, whose title page is shown here, contained an edited version of “The Truth about the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux …
The Tule Lake Relocation Center
The Tule Lake Relocation Center, seen here in 1947, is located about thirty miles southeast of Klamath Falls near Newell and Tulelake, California. Opened on May …
The Vanport Flood
Written by Michael N. McGregor On Memorial Day in 1948, the Columbia River roared downstream fifteen feet above the flood plain in Portland and undermined …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.
