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James J. Hill in Bend, 1911

James J. Hill in Bend, 1911

This photograph of James J. Hill speaking in Bend was taken moments after he hammered the golden spike to complete the Oregon Trunk Railway on …

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Jantzen Red Diving Girl

Jantzen Red Diving Girl

The "Red Diving Girl," a corporate logo of the Jantzen Knitting Mills, was a highly effective marketing tool in the 1920s and helped the young …

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Jantzen Yarns Cover

Jantzen Yarns Cover

Jantzen Yarns is a serial of the Jantzen Knitting Mills published by and for workers at the Portland, Oregon, textile manufacturer. This cover from the …

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Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center

Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center

In May 1942, Portland-area Japanese and Japanese Americans—both Issei (first generation) and Nisei (second generation) —were evacuated to hastily constructed temporary living quarters in the …

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Japanese Evacuee Tops Sugar Beets

Japanese Evacuee Tops Sugar Beets

This 1943 Oregonian photograph shows a Japanese American “evacuee” topping sugar beets in Nyssa, a small town on the Idaho state line in Malheur County. …

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Japanese Forced Removal and Incarceration

Japanese Forced Removal and Incarceration

Portland lost thousands of potential workers in the spring of 1942, when its residents of Japanese descent, were forcibly removed and incarcerated. During the war, …

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Japanese Forced Removal and Incarceration

Japanese Forced Removal and Incarceration

Although many have described United States’ involvement in World War II as the “good war,” the conflict also produced one of the most notable violations …

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Japanese Oregonians and Origami

Japanese Oregonians and Origami

This undated photograph of an unidentified woman holding up a string of origami figures was taken by Suzie Jones. It is not clear when origami …

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Jefferson Peace Medal

Jefferson Peace Medal

During the course of the Expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark handed out several dozen …

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Jefferson's Idea

Jefferson's Idea

The hard evidence of the origins of the Lewis and Clark Expedition sit on bookshelves at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s residence near Charlottesville, Virginia. The books, …

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