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Bootsie Cartoon
This particular “Bootsie” cartoon appeared in the Northwest Defender, a Portland-based African American weekly, in October of 1964, a year after a church bombing …
Boy Drinks from Stream, Three Sisters Wilderness
This photograph of a young hiker taking water from a stream of snowmelt in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area is from the Oregon Journal Collection …
Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon Broadside
This broadside advertised the work of the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon from June 1, 1895, through October 31, 1896. The Society had …
Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon Report
This 1954 annual report of the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon highlights the services that the charitable organization offered that year. Pages eight …
Boys at the Chemawa Indian School
This undated photograph shows a school-wide view of the boys at Chemawa Indian School after it was moved to Salem in 1885. The promotional photo …
BPA Office Takeover, 1975
On the morning of August 15, 1975, about 100 Indian protesters took over the Portland offices of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency …
Brick Making, Near Portland, Oregon
This lithograph served as the cover for the October 4, 1890, issue of West Shore magazine. The magazine, headquartered in Portland, was published from 1875 …
Bristow Farm, Pleasant Hill
The sketch shown above was used to create a lithograph that appeared in Albert G. Walling’s Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon in 1884. It …
Broadside, Express to Nez Perces!
This broadside was an advertising poster printed for the Portland-based stagecoach line Tracy & Co. Dated April 1861, it is one of the earliest advertisements …
Broadside, To Arms!
This broadside was a recruiting poster printed for Captain George B. Curry by the Mountaineer Job Printing Office in October 1861. Captain Curry raised Company …Interpretive Essays
Interpretive essays use primary documents from the Oregon Historical Society archives to help readers imagine the events, people, and issues that shaped Oregon history.
