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Costume of a Callapuya Indian
This engraving from a sketch by artist Alfred T. Agate depicts a Kalapuyan man dressed in pre-contact fashion, carrying a bow and what appears to …
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Cottage from Palliser's American Architecture
This design for a “modern cottage” was published in 1878 and again in 1887 by architects George and Charles Palliser of New York City. The …
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Couch & Co. and Allen, DeWitt & Co., Portland
This 1850 photograph depicts two Portland wholesale firms, Couch & Company and Allen, DeWitt & Company, located on Front Street north of Ankeny. The original …
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Country and Cities
The long-standing trend toward larger and more capital-intensive farms in northeastern Oregon’s wheat belt has accelerated since World War II. New fertilizers and pesticides and …
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Country Life and Bungalows
Several popular social and cultural movements had a visible impact on Oregon’s built environment early in the twentieth century. Among these were the Arts and …
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Cowboy Poetry
These five poems were written by Ruby Kirk between 1977 and 1998. The experiences written about range from her early school years, high cholesterol, coyotes, …
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Crater Lake, 1885
This photograph, taken in 1885, was one of the first taken of this legendary battleground. Native legend tells of a great war between Llao, Chief …
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Crater Lake and the Klamath
This photo shows a Klamath Indian man posing on the rim of Crater Lake in the early twentieth century. Unimpressed with the man’s regular clothing, …
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Crating Apples in Hood River
This photograph, which shows workers packing apples into boxes, is identified by a hand-written note on the back as being “probably Hood River.” The photographer …
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Creston Primary School
This photograph belongs to a collection that documented the Portland Public School’s garden contest in 1914. The boys depicted in it were Portland’s Creston primary …
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