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Irish Immigration

Irish Immigration

This photograph of Tommy McCreesh playing an eighteenth-century Irish fiddle in his Florence home was taken by Revell Carr in July 1998.  Carr also interviewed …

Oregon History Project
Iron Gate Dam

Iron Gate Dam

Iron Gate Dam, pictured here under construction in 1961, is one of seven dams on the Klamath River used by the Department of Interior’s Klamath …

Oregon History Project
Iu-Mien Sixty-Year Calendar

Iu-Mien Sixty-Year Calendar

Nancy Nusz took this photograph of Chiem Finh Liem Saechao in 1991 while he was teaching San Seng Saepharm (not pictured) how to make predictions …

Oregon History Project
IWA Membership Card

IWA Membership Card

Shown here is a membership card for the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), a timber workers union. It probably dates to 1937 or 1938, shortly …

Oregon History Project
IWW Poster, Education-Organization-Emancipation

IWW Poster, Education-Organization-Emancipation

This undated organizational/promotional poster was published by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in New York for distribution throughout the United States and potentially …

Oregon History Project
Jackson County Courthouse, Medford

Jackson County Courthouse, Medford

This photograph, taken in June 1939, shows the Jackson County Courthouse in downtown Medford. Designed by Montana architect John G. Link, this art deco-style building …

Oregon History Project
James J. Hill in Bend, 1911

James J. Hill in Bend, 1911

This photograph of James J. Hill speaking in Bend was taken moments after he hammered the golden spike to complete the Oregon Trunk Railway on …

Oregon History Project
Jantzen Red Diving Girl

Jantzen Red Diving Girl

The "Red Diving Girl," a corporate logo of the Jantzen Knitting Mills, was a highly effective marketing tool in the 1920s and helped the young …

Oregon History Project
Jantzen Yarns Cover

Jantzen Yarns Cover

Jantzen Yarns is a serial of the Jantzen Knitting Mills published by and for workers at the Portland, Oregon, textile manufacturer. This cover from the …

Oregon History Project
Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center

Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center

In May 1942, Portland area Japanese Americans, both issei, or first generation, and nisei, or second generation, were evacuated to hastily-constructed temporary living …

Oregon History Project

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.