The Infamous Exploding Whale Incident in Florence, Oregon in November 1970
This post was originally published on this siteOn November 9, 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. Because Oregon’s beaches were […]
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Jewish Immigrant Nessim Menashe Standing in Front of His New and Secondhand Shoe Store in Portland, Oregon, 1916
This post was originally published on this siteNessim Menashe, a Jewish immigrant, opened his secondhand and new shoe store in Portland, Oregon, around 1916, contributing […]
30 Vintage Photos of the 1956 Portland Rose Parade
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1956 Portland Rose Parade was part of the annual Portland Rose Festival, a tradition that dates back […]
Driving an American Austin Bantam on Cables 120 Feet Across the Pudding River near Barlow, Oregon, 1932
This post was originally published on this siteA 1932 American Austin Bantam that was used for ferry service over the Pudding River in Oregon. The […]
Vintage Photographs Capture Everyday Life of the Rootworks Lesbian Commune in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteRuth Mountaingrove (1923–2016) was a photographer, writer, poet, and artist who moved to Oregon in 1971. She joined […]
Portlander Lives Frozen in Ice Block for Thirty Minutes, 1931
This post was originally published on this siteA scientific experiment that bewildered thousands was performed when A. Moro, of Portland, Ore., allowed himself to be […]
Photographs of Norma Jeane in the Snow at Mt. Hood, Oregon in December 1945
This post was originally published on this sitePhotographs of Marilyn Monroe, here as Norma Jeane in 1945, taken by Andre de Dienes in Mt. Hood, […]
30 Fascinating Photos of Junction City, Oregon in the 1940s
This post was originally published on this siteJunction City is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. Its population was 5,392 at the 2010 […]
American Prospects: Beautiful Color Pictures of Life in America in the 1970s and 1980s
This post was originally published on this siteJoel Sternfeld was born in New York City in 1944, and earned a BA in Art from Dartmouth […]
DOCUMERICA: Snapshots of America in Crisis in the 1970s
This post was originally published on this siteBy the late 1960s, the American landscape was ravaged by decades of unchecked land development, blighted by urban […]
The World’s Largest Log Cabin: The History of the Forestry Building in Portland, Oregon
This post was originally published on this siteOrganizers of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition boasted that the Forestry Building was the world’s largest log […]
Vintage Photographs of the Skiway Sky Bus Lift Used on Mt. Hood, Oregon From the 1950s
This post was originally published on this siteUsing a modified city bus, a twin-engine design powered the wheels to turn cables in a pulley system […]
A Shock of Hair Receives a Shock
This post was originally published on this siteIf you care for snappy haircut take 200,000 volts and barber does the rest. Here we see Charles […]
Pigeon Hole Parking for Automobiles in Portland, 1955
This post was originally published on this sitePigeon Hole Parking came to Portland with the wave of parking-lot mania that swept the city in the […]