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Laura Stockton Starcher
This is a photograph of Laura Stockton Starcher, who was elected mayor of the town of Umatilla, Oregon, on December 5, 1916. She defeated the …
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Lava Cast Forest
This touched-up photograph of two teenagers posing inside a lava mold, in what came to be called the Lava Cast Forest, was taken by Joe …
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Law, Order, and Diversity
The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California prompted the first massive migration across the Rocky Mountains in the late 1840s. Smaller gold discoveries …
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Leaflet, Tennessee Justice
This leaflet was produced by members of the Civilian Public Service Camp #56 at Waldport. It is an advertisement for a play that members of …
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Leaving Sharkey, Famous Bucking Bull, Pendleton Round-up
This photograph shows Sharkey, “the famous bucking bull,” throwing Tuck Reynolds at the fourth Pendleton Round-Up, held in September 1913. It was taken by Ralph …
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Lee Sing (c. 1850s - c. 1900s)
Lee Sing was the Chinese chef in the lavish mansion of Portland socialite Charlotte Green, the grandmother to the Communist radical John Reed. Chinese servants …
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Les Caloches
This engraving by the French firm Thierry Frères is based on a sketch by the Russian scientist Alexandr Postels. It was included in the atlas …
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Les Schwab
This 1979 photograph of Les Schwab is part of the Oregon Journal Collection at the Research Library of the Oregon Historical Society. Les Schwab, a …
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Letter from Masuo Yasui to Taiitsuro Yasui and Renichi Fujimoto, December 12, 1907
Full letter. Transcription in Japanese. English translation (partial) This letter, which has been translated into English, was written by Masuo Yasui in 1907, two …
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Letter from Oscar F. Wilson, 1854
Oscar F. Wilson wrote this letter from Butteville, Oregon, to his friend M. Daugherty in West Alexander, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 1854, describing his overland …
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