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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 …
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Workmen Battle Mud, Wolf Creek Highway
This 1936 photograph shows men building the Wolf Creek Highway, which later was renamed the Sunset Highway (US 26) in honor of a Portland area …
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World War II
After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the war in the Pacific was even near at hand for those living on the …
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World War II and the Post-War Boom
By 1940, with a war in full blaze elsewhere on the globe, the United States began to hum with global demand for its resources and …
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World War II Opens New Doors
During World War II, the availability of inexpensive hydroelectric power from new dams at Bonneville and Grand Coulee propelled the development of heavy industry in …
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Wreck of the General Warren (ship)
The highly publicized wreck of the General Warren in January 1852 off the Columbia Bar was one of the worst accidents in Northwest seafaring. The …
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X-Ray Cafe
The X-Ray Cafe was a premiere hole-in-the-wall, all-ages music venue that helped shaped Portland's early 1990s music scene. Benjamin Arthur Ellis and Tres Shannon …
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Yachats
Yachats (pronounced YAH-hots) is a small resort town on the northern flank of Cape Perpetua, perched above a rocky shoreline and the crashing surf …
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Yakama Nation & Corps Discuss Celilo Settlement
This photograph of various representatives of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was taken during …
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Yamhill Area Land Use Map
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Soil Conservation Service published this 1980 map showing designated farmland and urban growth boundaries in Yamhill County.
In …
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