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  • Woodburn

    Woodburn has always had a dynamic identity. Located in French Prairie in the mid-Willamette Valley, the city had a population of over 27,000 …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Woody Guthrie and the Columbia River

    It is sometimes hard to believe that one month in the life of a twenty-eight-year-old Oklahoma-born folk singer could have a lasting impact on an …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Wool Buyers at Shaniko

    This photograph features wool buyers at Shaniko in eastern Wasco County. In 1910, the approximate date of this photograph, Shaniko was a major transportation hub …

    Oregon History Project

  • Workers at Bonneville Dam Site, 1935

    This 1935 photograph shows workers excavating volcanic rock at the construction site of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Workers used jackhammers and explosives to …

    Oregon History Project

  • Workers at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot, 1943

    This photograph shows workers at the U.S. Army’s Umatilla Ordnance Depot stenciling and inspecting 155-millimeter artillery shells. It was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project

3220 results

  • Woodburn

    Woodburn has always had a dynamic identity. Located in French Prairie in the mid-Willamette Valley, the city had a population of over 27,000 …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Woody Guthrie and the Columbia River

    It is sometimes hard to believe that one month in the life of a twenty-eight-year-old Oklahoma-born folk singer could have a lasting impact on an …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Wool Buyers at Shaniko

    This photograph features wool buyers at Shaniko in eastern Wasco County. In 1910, the approximate date of this photograph, Shaniko was a major transportation hub …

    Oregon History Project

  • Workers at Bonneville Dam Site, 1935

    This 1935 photograph shows workers excavating volcanic rock at the construction site of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Workers used jackhammers and explosives to …

    Oregon History Project

  • Workers at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot, 1943

    This photograph shows workers at the U.S. Army’s Umatilla Ordnance Depot stenciling and inspecting 155-millimeter artillery shells. It was taken by an Oregon Journal photographer …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project

  • 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 …

    Oregon History Project