Photograph showing two unidentified men racing a speedboat named Vogler Boy III on the Willamette River in Portland. In the background are a second boat and a bridge, probably the 1905 Morrison Bridge or the 1894 Burnside Bridge. A similar photograph, image No. 376G0160, was published on Page 5 of the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 14, 1917, under the headline “Spectacular Speed Boat Race of Annual Rose Festival Regatta.” That photograph had the following caption: “Vogler Boy III, Pacific Coast speed boat champion, leading the Oregon Wolf IV in the free-for-all race of the Rose Festival regatta.” The photograph accompanied a story with the headline “Vogler Boy III Wins Free-For-All Event Of Carnival Regatta” and the subheading “Vogler’s Champion Defeats Oregon Wolf IV by Margin of One Second.”

Photograph showing a vessel sailing into the boathouse of the W. H. & E. Von Der Werth boat building company on the Willamette River at the foot of East Morrison Street in Portland. The Morrison Bridge is partially visible in the background. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Landscape photograph showing an unidentified river, tree snags on the near bank, and the hillside on the far bank. At lower right are an unidentified man and dog in a rowboat. Image note: Damaged negative.

Photograph showing a lake or river. An empty rowboat is beached in the foreground, and several people are in a second rowboat on the water at left. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph showing a group of eight unidentified people gathered in the back of a motorboat. See related image No. 377N0612.

Photograph showing a group of eight unidentified people gathered in the back of a motorboat and one at the wheel. See related image No. 377N0609.

Photograph of a large boat sailing alongside a timber raft. One of the logs appears to have struck a buildup of ice next to the boat and flipped upward, damaging the boat’s side. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph showing a timber raft and tugboat near a pier on the Willamette River in Portland. In the background at left is the Steel Bridge. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing five crew guardsmen aboard a United States Coast Guard boat from the Point Adams station. The number 6 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. See related image No. 372A0941. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph, taken from the side, showing five crew guardsmen aboard a United States Coast Guard boat from the Point Adams station. The number 6 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. See related image No. 372A0940.

Full-length portrait of an unidentified United States Navy officer standing next to a boat with the name “Rel” on the bow. The number 4 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image.

Photograph showing unidentified people aboard a U. S. Coast Guard motorboat. Written on the negative sleeve is the following unverified text: “Point Adams Lifeguard Station / ‘New motorboat of lifeguard in which Bjelland and his men went out in the gale to the rescue of the Floridian’ / 10/22/1934.” “Bjelland” probably refers to Lars Bjelland, a Coast Guardsman at the Point Adams station. The caption may refer to a storm that occurred the weekend of October 21-22, 1934, which damaged the steamship Floridian. Also see image Nos. 371N0241, 371N5711, 371N5712, 371N5713, and 371N5715.

Photograph showing a log raft being moved down a river (near Portland?). A man wearing a hat is standing in a boat, which is attached to a log via a rope. Other men can be seen pushing logs with long poles. Along the right side of the frame is a raised wooden walkway (negative 3 of 18).

Boats moored near an unidentified Oregon coastal town (possibly Gold Beach area). In the foreground is a boat with propeller out of water. Buildings can be seen on top of a hill across the water (negative 3 of 15).

A boat is moored at a wooden dock near Gold Beach. Men work around the boat and a small wooden building on the dock. A stack of wooden crates on a wheeled cart can also be seen. A body of water (likely the Rogue River) is in the background (negative 2 of 4).

A man stands in a small boat, which is floating in the Rogue River in Gold Beach. A wooden building on a floating platform can be seen at the edge of the frame (negative 4 of 4).

Photograph of a boat sailing east on the Columbia River. Beacon Rock is visible on the left. Also see image No. 371N5165.

Photograph of two unidentified men on a boat flying a pennant, probably a Portland Yacht Club pennant. The number “7 II G” is visible on the side of the boat. Image note: Negative damage at bottom of image.

People stand on a boat while searching for three drowning victims near the Burlington Ferry in the Linnton area. The people drowned when their speedboat capsized. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, April 21, 1946 (negative 1 of 8).

A man, wearing a hat and long jacket, stands on a boat while searching for the bodies of three drowning victims near the Burlington Ferry in the Linnton area. The people drowned when their speedboat capsized. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, April 21, 1946 (negative 1 of 8).

An aerial view of a river in Woodland, Washington, possibly taken at the confluence of the Lewis and Columbia rivers. A beach and boats can be seen (negative 2 of 10).

Glenn Woolridge, at the helm of a boat running up the Rogue River near Marial, Oregon. “Rogue” is painted on the side of the boat, where two others are seated (negative 1 of 4).

An aerial photograph showing a boat on the Rogue River, near Murial and Mule Creek Canyon, driven by Glen Woolridge. A waterfall can be seen on the right side of the river, with a small road or trail running along the opposite side of the water (negative 1 of 5).

An aerial photograph showing a boat on the Rogue River, near Murial and Mule Creek Canyon, driven by Glen Woolridge. Rapids can be seen on the water (negative 2 of 5).

Two people push a boat through flood water in the Johnson Creek area of Portland. A woman watches from the porch of a small house. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, January 7, 1947 (negative 11 of 11).

House boats on the Willamette River at the Holgate moorage, during a flooding event. Boats for the Portland Harbor Patrol are being used to block house boats from floating logs, while a woman watches from a porch (negative 4 of 10).

People with a boat next to a train track during a flood in the Johnson Creek area of Portland. A man with a suitcase can be seen sitting in the boat. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, January 7, 1947 (negative 7 of 11).

A man rows a boat on flood water at S.W. Miles Street in Portland, during a flooding event on the Willamette River. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday May 28, 1948 (negative 12 of 13).