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Helicopter Sprays Chemical Herbicide
This photograph, by Dana Olsen, originally appeared on the front page of the Oregon Journal as an illustration for an article titled, “Miscarriages Bring Herbicide …
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Henry E. Dosch to Bertha Burger, 1905
In the initial letter written to which this is a response, Bertha Burger of Denver, Colorado, seeks a job at the 1905 Lewis and Clark …
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Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967)
This photograph shows Henry J. Kaiser (back seat left) with Governor Charles Sprague (back seat right) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (front seat right) during …
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Henry Miller, Cattleman
The portrait above shows Henry Miller (1827-1916), a German immigrant who started off as a butcher in San Francisco and rose to become one of the …
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Henry Villard in the West Shore
When the first transcontinental train rolled into Portland on September 11, 1883, the Oregonian described the ensuing celebration as “the greatest display ever witnessed in …
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Hermina "Billie" Strmiska Oral History
Hermina “Billie” Strmiska was thirty-five when she won the Oregon Shipbuilding Welderette contest in March 1943, beating out one hundred other women welders in the …
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High School Replanting Crew, Tillamook Burn, 1945
This photograph shows a group of high school boys from Hillsboro, Forest Grove, and Timber preparing to replant a section of the Tillamook Burn. It …
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Highway 101, Neahkahnie Mountain
Following the route of an ancient Indian trail that linked the Clatsop and Tillamook people, Highway 101 was opened over the treacherous headland of Neahkahnie …
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Hollywood Theatre, Portland
Banners and flags announce the opening of the Hollywood Theatre in Portland in this photograph taken in 1926. The 1920s witnessed the explosive growth of …
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Holt Family Meal
This photograph is one of many which accompanied Oregon Journal coverage on October 16, 1955 of the much publicized adoption in which Harry and Bertha …
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