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Indian Villages in Southwestern Oregon
This map was drawn in 1884 by the ethnologist James Owen Dorsey based on information given to him by É-ne-á-ti, a Tututni Indian living on …
Indian Woman with Pendleton Blanket
This photograph, taken by Thomas Leeander Moorhouse (1850-1926) of Pendleton, Oregon, depicts a Plateau Indian woman displaying a new Pendleton blanket. Pendleton Woolen Mills sold …
Industrial Welfare Commission Order No. 22
This order by the Oregon Industrial Welfare Commission established a sanitary code for workplaces with female employees. The order regulated lighting, ventilation, bathroom and changing …
Ing 'Doc' Hay, c. 1890
This portrait of the Chinese doctor Ing Hay was taken when he was nineteen years old. Doc Hay, as he was best known, was a …
Intel Bunny Suit
This Intel bunny suit, donated in 2003, is an artifact in the Oregon Historical Society's collections. Engineers and technicians at Intel dress in the suit …
Interpretive Essay Bibliography
The Vanport Flood and Racial Change in Portland Books:Little William A. and James E. Weiss, eds. Blacks in Oregon: A Statistical and Historical Report …
Into Servitude or Starve
The Portland Communist Party produced this flier to protest Governor Charles H. Martin’s anti-labor policies and to rally political support for an Oregon Farmer-Labor Party. …
Iona Murphy at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland
This ca. 1943 photograph, taken by Ray Atkeson, shows Iona Murphy welding in an assembly building at the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. During World …
Ira Keller (1899-1978)
This photograph shows Ira Keller (left) and Mayor Terry Schrunk (center) looking over an architectural model of a proposal for the redevelopment of the South …
Ira Keller Fountain
The Ira Keller Fountain has been a favorite feature of the Portland landscape since it opened in 1970. Its cascading waters create an inviting backdrop …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.
