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Lt. Lorenzo Lorain

Lt. Lorenzo Lorain

This photograph of Lieutenant Lorenzo Lorain was likely taken by Lorain’s colleague at Fort Umpqua, fort surgeon Dr. Edward Perry Vollum. Both Vollum and Lorain …

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Lula Schminck & Florence Klippel on Lava Beds

Lula Schminck & Florence Klippel on Lava Beds

This photograph, from the collections of the Schminck Memorial Museum, was taken in April 1900. It shows sisters Lula Schminck and Florence Klippel on a …

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Lumber Follows the Rails

Lumber Follows the Rails

In his colorful account of the American lumber industry, Oregon writer Stewart Holbrook commemorated the “pure logger strain” of American worker who “came into being …

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Lumber Mills and Irrigation Dams

Lumber Mills and Irrigation Dams

Due to severe overstocking of the range during World War I—brought on by federal policies and soaring prices for meat, leather, and tallow and followed …

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Luncheonette Sign, We Cater to White Trade Only

Luncheonette Sign, We Cater to White Trade Only

Signs similar to this one in the window of the Denver Cafe, across the street from the Kenton Theatre in north Portland, popped up  during …

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Lung On

Lung On

This photograph shows John Day merchant Lung On standing in front of a four-door sedan that he was selling. It was taken in 1927 by …

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Lynch Law at Auburn

Lynch Law at Auburn

This editorial and accompanying letter describe the lynching of a man known as “Tom the Spaniard” in the eastern Oregon mining town of Auburn. It …

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Ma Anand Sheela (b. 1950)

Ma Anand Sheela (b. 1950)

Ma Anand Sheela (also known as Ambalal Patel Sheela, Sheela Silverman, and Sheela Birnstiel) was the personal assistant to Rajneeshee sect leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh …

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Macuina Jefe de Nutka

Macuina Jefe de Nutka

This engraving depicts the Mowachaht leader, Maquinna, wearing a woven hat decorated with whaling scenes and a cedar bark cape trimmed in fur, both of …

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Making a Timber Industry

Making a Timber Industry

In 1905, the business of logging had an entire building to celebrate its development. The Forestry Building was Oregon’s unique contribution to the architecture of …

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