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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 …
Oregon History Project
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Women Workers, Pacific Coast Biscuit Company
This photograph of three women packers at the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company was probably taken sometime between 1900 and 1905. The Pacific Coast Biscuit Company …
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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
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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
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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
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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 …
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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 …
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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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