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Grace Wick Protests
On October 29, 1929, the U.S. stock market plunged to new lows and served as the starting point for the era in U.S. history known …
Grand Central Station, Portland
The architectural firm of Van Brunt & Howe of Kansas City and Boston prepared this presentation drawing of Grand Central Station in Portland about 1892. …
Grand Emancipation Celebration
Black community leaders in Oregon issued this embossed invitation in late 1868 to raise public awareness about the “Grand Emancipation Celebration,” scheduled for January 1, …
Grande Ronde Valley, c.1884
This lithograph shows a portion of northeastern Oregon’s Grande Ronde Valley as it appeared in the mid-1880s. It was published in the January 1885 issue …
"Grandma Crew" at Oregon Shipbuilding Co.
This photo was published in the Portland Journal in 1944 with the caption: "'Grandma Crew' at Oregon Shipbuilding has 6 grannies out of crew of …
Grand Ronde Restoration Hearing
Kathryn, Karen, and Frank Harrison, seated in the front row, testify for Congressional restoration of the Grand Ronde tribe. Elizabeth Furse, an Indian-rights advocate who …
Grave Charges Lead to Arrests
This front-page Portland Evening Telegram article refers to "grave charges" but does not explicitly state that those charges are accusations of homosexuality. The article followed …
Guild's Lake, 1904
Before the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, Guild’s Lake was a marshy area encompassing 400 acres in Northwest Portland. The shallow lake, which was fed …
Guild's Lake Area, 1930
Between 1906 and the mid-1920s, Guild’s Lake was filled in with soil sluiced off the hillsides and dredged from the Willamette River. A series of developers, …
Handbook for New Women Shipyard Workers
In 1943 Portland Public Schools produced a handbook designed to orient new women workes to life in the shipyards. One section dealt with the problems of childcare. …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.
