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Tututni Shell Dress

Tututni Shell Dress

This photograph of Alfred “Bud” Lane III busy at work cutting fringes from deer hide during the construction of a Tututni shell dress was taken …

Oregon History Project
Typewriter Belonging to Abigail Scott Duniway

Typewriter Belonging to Abigail Scott Duniway

This portable Blickensderfer typewriter belonged to Abigail Scott Duniway, who doggedly worked for women’s suffrage beginning in the 1870s.  In 1912, voters finally passed …

Oregon History Project
Ukrainian Pysanky

Ukrainian Pysanky

This photograph of Hedy Connelly (left) and her daughter, Kaleene Connelly (right), posing with their Ukrainian pysanky eggs was taken by Leila Childs at the …

Oregon History Project
Umatilla Indians Compensated for Celilo Flooding

Umatilla Indians Compensated for Celilo Flooding

This photograph shows representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation signing a financial compensation agreement for the inundation of Celilo Falls fishing …

Oregon History Project
Umatilla Project Map, 1910

Umatilla Project Map, 1910

Between 1906 and 1908, the federal government built the first part of the Umatilla Irrigation Project, a large-scale development to divert water from the Umatilla …

Oregon History Project
Umpqua River Entrance

Umpqua River Entrance

This chart of the Umpqua River entrance was made by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1896. It is one of several dozen U.S. …

Oregon History Project
Under Attack at Nootka Sound, 1803

Under Attack at Nootka Sound, 1803

This engraving is an illustration from the 1816 edition of A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt. It is likely …

Oregon History Project
Union Fisherman's Co-operative Packing Co.

Union Fisherman's Co-operative Packing Co.

The photograph shows the cannery building and net drying racks of the Union Fishermen’s Co-Operative Packing Company in Astoria in the early 1920s. The salmon …

Oregon History Project
Union League Secret Code and Translation

Union League Secret Code and Translation

This coded message was created by a national organization called the Union League, a fraternal/political club with many chapters formed during the Civil War to …

Oregon History Project
Union Station, 1913

Union Station, 1913

Union Station, shown here in 1913, opened in 1896 after several delays.  It was one part of Henry Villard’s grand vision for Portland.  Villard wanted to …

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.