Debris from a plane crash surrounds a house west of Camas, Washington. Large pieces of the airplane lie on the ground. The house appears to be badly damaged and all of its windows are broken. There are 2 military vehicles in the background. This is the wreckage of an F-89 jet fighter plane that crashed on January 9, 1959 (negative 3 of 14).
View of the newly added span of the Interstate Bridge taken shortly before its official opening looking south from Vancouver, Washington (negative 1 of 3).
Street view in Vancouver, Washington. The J.C. Penney store is in the center of the frame, a building with a neon sign reading "Savings and Loan" is on the left of the frame (negative 6 of 12).
View from above an intersection of four streets in Vancouver, Washington. Several groups of people are crossing the street, while a number of cars and buses wait at stop lights (negative 2 of 12).
View of Celilo Village with Celilo Falls and the Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge visible in the background. Other photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on April 17, 1955 (negative 7 of 12).
A man in a hardhat stands holding a metal cable beside the top of a cofferdam. Bonneville dam is visible in the background. The cofferdam was installed to clear water during a project to replace baffles at the base of the dam (negative 6 of 8).
Baffles on the front of Bonneville Dam exposed by low water behind a cofferdam. The cofferdam was installed to clear water during a project to replace baffles at the base of the dam (negative 4 of 8).
A two cranes on a packed-earth platform are in the process of removing a cofferdam around Bonneville Dam. The cofferdam was installed to clear water during a project to replace baffles at the base of the dam (negative 1 of 8).
Interior view showing mechanical infrastructure and bomb holding for an airplane in flight to Galena, Alaska. The flight departed from Larson Air Force Base, Washington to participate in "Operation Snowbird" a polar military training exercise (negative 8 of 12).
Four unidentified men gathered at an airplane galley during a flight to Galena, Alaska. The flight departed from Larson Air Force Base, Washington to participate in "Operation Snowbird" a polar military training exercise (negative 4 of 12).
A woman stands next to a large portrait of President Eisenhower in the lobby of the Marcus Whitman Hotel, on the occasion of the McNary Dam dedication. She holds her right arm on the side of the portrait, above a sign reading “See and hear the President” (negative 14 of 16).
A large portrait of President Eisenhower in the lobby of the Marcus Whitman Hotel, on the occasion of the McNary Dam dedication. Two people lounge in chairs on the right side of the frame, one reading a newspaper (negative 12 of 16).
Twyla Trute (left), Janet Stickney and Melanie Bates pet a rabbit at the Stickney dairy farm near Orchards, Washington. Trute and Bates visited the farm during a field trip with their sixth grade class at Irvington School. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 13, 1954 (negative 4 of 13).
Dennis Louie (left) and Dick Solum from Irvington School eating lunch during an outing to the Deffenbaugh peppermint farm, near Orchards, Washington. The boys lean against a rock while holding paper plates of food. The students visited the Deffenbaugh peppermint farm and Stickney dairy farm during a sixth grade class field trip. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 13, 1954 (negative 3 of 13).
A view of the Columbia River in Vancouver, Washington. A ship, named “Seaglamor” can be seen at a loading dock, on top of which is a large warehouse building. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway bridge over the river is in the distance (negative 8 of 17).
A commercial street view in Vancouver, Washington, at Main Street and W. 9th Street. Two women a crossing the street, each holding the hand of a child. Across the street, on Main, is “Hoffman’s” clothing store (negative 14 of 17).
People gathered in a laboratory at the Crown Zellerbach Corporation in Camas, Washington. A large machine occupies the center of the room, used to process paper. A man points towards a portion of the machine featuring calendar rolls, used to smooth paper (negative 8 of 12).
The exterior of a “Development Laboratory” at the Crown Zellerbach Corporation in Camas, Washington. Automobiles are parked in front of the building (negative 11 of 12).
People gathered in a laboratory at the Crown Zellerbach Corporation in Camas, Washington. A large machine occupies the center of the room, used to process paper. The people seem to be observing the machine, several of which are pointing. Paper cards have been affixed to the machine, likely providing information for the viewers (negative 1 of 12).
Convicted murderers Turman (left) and Utah Wilson, handcuffed together and wearing coveralls, arrive at the court of Judge Eugene Cushing to hear their sentence. Turman and Utah were sentenced to hang for the murder of 18-year-old Jo Ann Dewey, whose body was later found on the Wind River in Skamania County. They were hung on January 3, 1953. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, July 19, 1951 (negative 3 of 4).
An unidentified man speaks at a Grand Coulee Dam dedication ceremony, celebrating the opening of new irrigation pumps. He wears a suit and stands behind a podium and microphone. An empty reservoir can be seen in front of the speaker. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 15, 1951 (negative 9 of 37).
Queens and princesses from the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival at the Grand Coulee Dam for a “Water-of-all-States Ceremony,” marking the start of a new irrigation pump system. They file down a set of wooden stairs, built on a dirt hillside, as people watch from above. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 15, 1951 (negative 8 of 37).
Tribal members from the upper Columbia stand in front of an empty reservoir at the opening of an irrigation system at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. Two men wear feathered headdresses, next to three women. One man extends his left arm. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 15, 1951 (negative 7 of 37).
Tribal members from the upper Columbia stand in front of an empty reservoir at the opening of an irrigation system at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. The men wear feathered headdresses at either side of the group, with three women standing in the middle. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 15, 1951 (negative 5 of 37).
People gathered at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, at the start of irrigation pumping. A military band is in the foreground, with an empty cement reservoir visible in the distance. A crowd stands above a cement wall. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 15, 1951 (negative 5 of 37).
Queens and princesses from the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival at the Grand Coulee Dam for a “Water-of-all-States Ceremony,” marking the start of a new irrigation pump system. They pour water from glass jugs into the reservoir, collected for other states within the United States. Water can be seen filling the reservoir canal. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 15, 1951 (negative 36 of 37).
Adolescents ride bikes in the water at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, on the occasion of the opening of a new irrigation system. The riders are in the water, as a seated woman watches. Basalt cliffs are in the distance. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 15, 1951 (negative 29 of 37).