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William Steel (1854-1934)
In 1870, William Steel read an article about Crater Lake in Central Oregon on a piece of newspaper in which his lunch was wrapped. The …
Williamson-Gesner Fraud
Prineville-area resident Henry Hudson gave this testimony before the U.S. District Court on July 25, 1905. He discusses a land fraud scheme allegedly organized by …
Wind River Log Drive
This sequence of photographs shows logs released from behind a splash dam moving through southern Washington’s Wind River. The photographs were most likely taken sometime …
Winema National Forest
Presidential Proclamation 3423, signed in July 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, created the Winema National Forest from portions of the Rogue, Deschutes, and Frémont …
Winter Lodge of Umpqua Indians
This engraving was prepared from a sketch made in 1857 by an unknown artist. It appeared in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 24, 1858, …
Winter Quarters
This work by American George Davidson is one a series of paintings in the museum collections at the Oregon Historical Society. Davidson produced the paintings …
Woman Irons in Electrified Kitchen, c. 1940
This photograph of E. H. Davis, from Eugene, Oregon, is also preserved in the National Archives, along with other photographs related to the efforts of …
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 …
Women's Suffrage Handbill
The Oregon chapter of the College Equal Suffrage League produced this handbill as part of a successful 1912 state campaign to give women the right …
Women & Children outside Farm Labor Camp
This ca. 1967 photograph shows Hispanic women and children standing near plywood-sided cabins at a farm labor camp in the Willamette Valley. The photograph is …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.
