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Somerset West, 1963
This aerial photograph shows the first five model houses at the grand opening of Somerset West, “planned $500 million ‘satellite city’ 10 miles west of …
Victory Food Volunteers
In order to address the food needs of both a massive army and the over 130 million people living in the United States during World …
Women's Land Army
This 1944 photograph shows Mabel Mack, supervisor of the Oregon branch of the Women’s Land Army (WLA). The WLA was part of a World War …
Workers build patterns at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., c.1943
This photograph comes from the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation collection; it was likely part of the company's series of publicity photos it used in its various …
Senator Joseph McCarthy
This photograph of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy reading the Oregon Journal was taken on August 26, 1951. The senator was the featured speaker at the …
Shipbuilders Will Help
This illustration was published in a short-lived weekly newspaper produced by the Columbia River Shipbuilding Corporation (CRSC). Win the War, later renamed The Pilot …
Coos Bay Shipbuilding Company
This photograph of the construction of the S.S. Burnwood in Marshfield (later renamed Coos Bay) is from a scrapbook that belonged to James Polhemus, the …
Boy Drinks from Stream, Three Sisters Wilderness
This photograph of a young hiker taking water from a stream of snowmelt in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area is from the Oregon Journal Collection …
Lincoln County Guerrillas
This photograph was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer in April 1942. It shows Company A of the Lincoln County Guerrillas standing in formation on …
Tillamook Guerrillas, 1942
This photograph was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer in March 1942. It shows members of the Tillamook Guerrillas taking aim from behind a berm. …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.
