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A Night in Chinatown by West Shore Magazine
The October 1886 issue of West Shore magazine, based in Portland, featured this lithograph and an article under the title A Night in Chinatown. …
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A Pacific Republic by The Oregonian and Indians Advocate
This document is an excerpt from an 1839 article that appeared in The Oregonian and Indian’s Advocate, a short-lived journal published by the Boston-based …
A Stainless Flag by W. P. Miller
This 1911 issue of A Stainless Flag included a letter about the re-legalization of alcohol in Dallas, located west of Salem in Polk County. A …
Abandoned Ranch, Christmas Valley, 1963 by Al Monner, Oregon Journal
This photograph was taken in April 1963 by Oregon Journal photographer Al Monner. It shows an abandoned ranch in southeastern Oregon’s Christmas Valley. During the …
Abigail Scott Duniway votes by Abell & Son
Abigail Scott Duniway, sister of Daily Oregonian editor Harvey Scott, was a novelist, newspaper publisher, teacher, pioneer, milliner, and suffragist. An overland pioneer …
Act to Prohibit the Intermarriage of Races, 1866 by The Oregonian
The Oregonian clipping featured here presented the language of a new Oregon law approved by the Legislature on October 24, 1866. It banned miscegenation—marriage between …
Advertisement, Vote 314x Yes by P.S. Malcom
This paid advertisement in support of the Oregon Compulsory Education Bill appeared in many newspapers across the state in the weeks prior to the 1922 …
Advertisements, Salmon Fishery Initiatives, 1908 by Unknown
These two advertisements were published in the spring of 1908. The first document, titled “Your Vote is Necessary to Preserve the Salmon Industry,” represents the …
Advertising in Pacific Monthly, 1907 by Pacific Monthly
Shown here is a page of advertising from the September 1907 issue of Pacific Monthly, promoting investment in copper mining, “fortunes in fruit,” and …
African American Community Protests School Board by Max Gutierrez
Black United Front leader, Ron Herndon, stood on a desk at this 1982 protest, leading members of the African American community in chants of “You’d better …
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