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Tektronix to Donate 10,000 Ft. Facility for Grad Center
This article and photograph appeared in the May 1965 issue of Grow with Oregon, a state publication of the Planning and Development Division. The …
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Telegram to Governor Pennoyer
This telegram to Oregon Governor Sylvester Pennoyer from Judge Walter Gresham warns that extending the Chinese Exclusion Act might incite violence and asks that Pennoyer …
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Temperance Worker with Portland Police
Prohibition came to Oregon in 1916, earlier than the rest of the United States. Here, a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) poses …
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Temple Beth Israel
Beth Israel, organized in 1858, is Portland’s oldest Jewish congregation. The members worshipped above commercial space on Front Street before moving to this synagogue on …
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Termination
Reservations in Oregon came under attack after World War II. In a sharp reversal of policies established under Indian Commissioner John Collier during the 1930s, …
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Territory of Oregon West of the Rocky Mountains
Britain and America jointly occupied the Pacific Northwest from 1812 until 1846, during which time companies from each nation attempted to establish footholds in the …
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The 4-Minute Men
This document was produced in July 1918 by the Committee on Public Information, a federal government office authorized by President Woodrow Wilson to increase public …
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The Albina Engine & Machine Works office, c.1943
Oregon shipyards added hundreds, sometimes thousands, of new workers to their payrolls during World War II. Employers recruited women to fill positions typically held by …
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The Applegates
The Applegates were one of Oregon’s most influential early pioneer families, a fact reflected in the landscape. They have a river, a valley, a mountain, …
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The Applegate Trail
In 1843 three brothers, Jesse, Lindsay, and Charles Applegate and their families, joined the emigrants who traveled the Oregon Trail. Times had been hard back …
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