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Bob Straub Offers Willamette River Plan
In 1966, Oregon’s Democratic Senator Maurine B. Neuberger presented a plan to the U.S. Congress to take public control of the banks along most of …
Bonneville Dam Workers Assembling Turbine
In 1937, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) completed construction of Bonneville Dam, located forty-two miles east of Portland on the Columbia River. The …
Bonnie McCarroll Thrown from Silver, 1915
This photo shows Idaho cowgirl Bonnie McCarroll being thrown from a horse named Silver during a bucking contest at the 1915 Pendleton Round-Up. It was …
Booth-Kelly Mill Waste, 1929
This photograph of lumber waste at the Booth Kelly Lumber Mill, in Springfield, Oregon, was taken in 1929 by Ralph Penniwell Cowgill, an engineer for …
Bootsie Cartoon
This particular “Bootsie” cartoon appeared in the Northwest Defender, a Portland-based African American weekly, in October of 1964, a year after a church bombing …
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 …
Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon Broadside
This broadside advertised the work of the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon from June 1, 1895, through October 31, 1896. The Society had …
Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon Report
This 1954 annual report of the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon highlights the services that the charitable organization offered that year. Pages eight …
Boys at the Chemawa Indian School
This undated photograph shows a school-wide view of the boys at Chemawa Indian School after it was moved to Salem in 1885. The promotional photo …
BPA Office Takeover, 1975
On the morning of August 15, 1975, about 100 Indian protesters took over the Portland offices of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency …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.
