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The Postwar Economy

The Postwar Economy

As the wars in Europe and Asia slogged toward their bloody ends, federal and state officials turned their attention toward the postwar economy. With the …

Oregon History Project
The Psychedelic Shop

The Psychedelic Shop

This photograph of The Psychedelic Shop, at 1325 SW Washington, was taken on June 29, 1967. The shop catered to a young clientele that had …

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The Public Face of Public Life

The Public Face of Public Life

With a stable state and federal government and a growing population, Oregon boasted more and grander public buildings. The iconic state capitol in Salem designed …

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The Railroad and Farming

The Railroad and Farming

Aside from the Columbia River, northeast Oregon is not much blessed with navigable waterways. The high expense of moving goods over roads, particularly mountainous ones, …

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The Return Home

The Return Home

At the Mandan Villages, Clark renewed acquaintance with the traders and Indian chiefs. With the resident trader Rene Jesseaume serving as interpreter, Clark suggested that …

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The Russian Discoveries

The Russian Discoveries

This map is an English reproduction of the influential 1758 map published by Gerhard Friedrich Müller. The German-born Müller, a professor at the Russian Academy …

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The Self-Supporting Woman in Oregon

The Self-Supporting Woman in Oregon

During the mid-1960s, the State of Oregon Bureau of Labor, under direction from Commissioner of Labor Norman O. Nilsen, conducted a study on the financial …

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The Spaces and Timing of Fishing

The Spaces and Timing of Fishing

Geography is a useful way to start considering the environmental history of Columbia River canneries. The spatial and temporal constraints of salmon fishing tell us …

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The Story of the CVA

The Story of the CVA

The Columbia Basin Commission (CBC), a Washington State organization, produced this booklet about the Columbia Valley Administration (CVA) to “protect and advance the development of the …

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The Submerged Forest, by Sarah Hall Ladd

The Submerged Forest, by Sarah Hall Ladd

Sarah Hall Ladd took this photograph of the “submerged forest” on the Columbia River circa 1902-1904. The remains of trees in the river are found …

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