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Railroad Station at Airlie, 1909
The photograph above shows the railroad station of the Southern Pacific Company and a warehouse at the small Willamette Valley town of Airlie in 1909. …
SPRR Farm Demo Train
In the early 20th century, railroad companies encouraged improved farming methods and developed technological advancements for getting fresh agricultural products to markets. Farming demonstration railroad …
State of Jefferson Brochure
The “State of Jefferson” was a publicity stunt organized in 1935 by disaffected residents of southern Oregon and northern California who were concerned that Salem …
Sunset Science Park
This 1962 aerial photograph depicts a section of Beaverton bordered by the Sunset Highway between Cornell and Murray roads. The cluster of buildings near the …
Tektronix's Sunset Plant
This photograph depicts Tektronix's plant at Sunset Highway and Barnes Road. The oscilloscope manufacturer moved to this new, state-of-the-art facility in 1951, having outgrown its …
Telegram to Governor Pennoyer
This telegram to Oregon Governor Sylvester Pennoyer from Judge Walter Gresham warns that extending the Chinese Exclusion Act might incite violence and asks that Pennoyer …
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 …
Tulelake, California
In 1917, the U.S. Reclamation Service (renamed the Bureau of Reclamation in 1923) offered 3,000 acres of land for homesteading in the Klamath Reclamation Project …
Venus Dean helps launch S.S. Nehalem
Each ship built and launched from the Oregon shipyards during World War II was assigned a sponsor, who attended the launching ceremony and christened the …
We're Going to Wyoming & Idaho
The August 1942 special edition of the Evacuazette, a newspaper published for people detained at the Portland Assembly Center in North Portland, provided news …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.
