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Union Station, 1913
Union Station, shown here in 1913, opened in 1896 after several delays. It was one part of Henry Villard’s grand vision for Portland. Villard wanted to …
Union Stockyards Cattle Show
People and animals lined up for a livestock show on the grounds of the Portland Union Stockyards. The first part of the twentieth century was …
United States National Bank, Portland
An advertisement for the building material terra cotta depicts the first section of the United States National Bank building in Portland as drawn in 1920. The bank …
United States v. Clapox, 1888
In March 1888, a Umatilla Indian woman known as Minnie was arrested by the Indian police and imprisoned in the reservation jail for living with …
Uranium Miners, Malheur County, 1954
This photograph was taken by Harano Studio of Ontario, Oregon, in March 1954. It shows Lee Gibson, Allen Berends, and Elden Berends, all from Marsing, …
USO Dance
This photograph, taken during the Korean War, shows two off-duty servicemen and three USO volunteers, donned with leis, at a reception table for an USO-sponsored …
Valsetz, 1928
This panoramic photograph of 1928 depicts a portion of Valsetz, a company-owned logging and sawmill town in the Coast Range mountains west of Salem. Timber …
Vanport Residences, 1947
Built to address Portland’s World War II housing shortage, Vanport was called “The Miracle City.” Over 72,000 new workers arrived in Portland during the war. Industrialist, Henry …
Venus Dean helps launch S.S. Nehalem
Each ship built and launched from the Oregon shipyards during World War II was assigned a sponsor, who attended the launching ceremony and christened the …
Victory Food Volunteers
In order to address the food needs of both a massive army and the over 130 million people living in the United States during World …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.
