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Union Stockyards Cattle Show
People and animals lined up for a livestock show on the grounds of the Portland Union Stockyards. The first part of the twentieth century was …
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United States National Bank, Portland
An advertisement for the building material terra cotta depicts the first section of the United States National Bank building in Portland as drawn in 1920. The bank …
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United States v. Clapox, 1888
In March 1888, a Umatilla Indian woman known as Minnie was arrested by the Indian police and imprisoned in the reservation jail for living with …
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Up the Columbia and Back with the Nez Perce
The Corps left Fort Clatsop on March 23, 1806, in a hurry to reach Nez Perce country and cross the mountains that had so tortured …
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Uranium Miners, Malheur County, 1954
This photograph was taken by Harano Studio of Ontario, Oregon, in March 1954. It shows Lee Gibson, Allen Berends, and Elden Berends, all from Marsing, …
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U'Ren Defends Communist Labor Party Members
This March 10, 1920, photograph shows Oregon lawyer William S. U’Ren defending members of the Portland Communist Labor Party against charges of violating the state …
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U.S. District Judge Matthew Deady
Matthew Deady was a founder of the Multnomah County Library, President of the Board of Regents of the University of Oregon, and presided over Oregon’s …
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U.S. Mail Boat, Rogue River, Gold Beach
Due to the mountainous and isolated terrain of southern Oregon, early settlers used boats on the Rogue River to transport themselves and goods from the …
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USO Dance
This photograph, taken during the Korean War, shows two off-duty servicemen and three USO volunteers, donned with leis, at a reception table for an USO-sponsored …
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Valsetz, 1928
This panoramic photograph of 1928 depicts a portion of Valsetz, a company-owned logging and sawmill town in the Coast Range mountains west of Salem. Timber …
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