People filling sandbags during the Vanport flood
- OrgLot131_028
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- 1948-05
A photograph of a large crowd of people shoveling sand into sandbags during the Vanport flood.
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People filling sandbags during the Vanport flood
A photograph of a large crowd of people shoveling sand into sandbags during the Vanport flood.
Personal belongings abandoned in the Vanport flood
A photograph of a pile of mattresses, furniture, and personal belongings abandoned on the side of the road during the Vanport flood. The flooded Pacific International Livestock Exposition is visible in the background.
Flooded apartments during the Vanport flood
A photograph of several apartments in high flood waters during the Vanport flood. Several rowboats are tied at the edge of the water.
Flooded apartments during the Vanport flood
A photograph of several apartments in high flood waters during the Vanport flood.
Three men in a boat during the Vanport flood
A photograph of three unidentified men in a rowboat among the flooded apartment buildings during the Vanport flood.
Dump trucks with sand during the Vanport flood
A photograph of dump trucks and tractors moving piles of sand for people to make sand bags during the Vanport flood. Several men with shovels stand to the side of the trucks waiting to return to work.
Flooded buildings during the Vanport flood
A photograph of flooded industrial buildings during the Vanport flood. The back of the image is stamped with, "Camera Art Studio 4706 N. E. Glisan VE, 3866 Portland, 13, Oregon. 3810 2."
Camera Art Studio (Portland, Or.)
Flooded apartments during the Vanport flood
A photograph of three unidentified people surveying flooded apartments and debris during the Vanport flood. The back of the image is stamped with, "Camera Art Studio 4706 N. E. Glisan VE, 3866 Portland, 13, Oregon. 3810 9."
Camera Art Studio (Portland, Or.)
People viewing flood damage during the Vanport flood
A photograph of unidentified people walking through debris left behind after the Vanport flood. The back of the image is stamped with, "Camera Art Studio 4706 N. E. Glisan VE, 3866 Portland, 13, Oregon. 3810 10."
Camera Art Studio (Portland, Or.)
People viewing flood damage during the Vanport flood
A photograph of unidentified people viewing the damage caused by the Vanport flood. Several people are visible standing on the rooftops of flooded buildings and three unidentified men are attempting to navigate a rowboat through the debris. The back of the image is stamped with, "Camera Art Studio 4706 N. E. Glisan VE, 3866 Portland, 13, Oregon. 3810 21."
Camera Art Studio (Portland, Or.)
Unidentified woman onto of a flooded apartment during the Vanport flood
A photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on the rooftop of a flooded apartment building during the Vanport flood. Three unidentified people look on in the foreground. The back of the image is stamped with, "Camera Art Studio 4706 N. E. Glisan VE, 3866 Portland, 13, Oregon. 3810 22."
Camera Art Studio (Portland, Or.)
Sandbags around Union Station during the Vanport flood
A photograph of a line of sandbags holding back flood waters in downtown Portland, Oregon. Union Station and the railroad yards are visible submerged in floodwater in the background. Several unidentified men are working to help reinforce the sandbag wall at various point. The back of the image is stamped with, "Camera Art Studio 4706 N. E. Glisan VE, 3866 Portland, 13, Oregon. 3810 23."
Camera Art Studio (Portland, Or.)
Sandbags around Union Station during the Vanport flood
A photograph of a line of sandbags holding back flood waters in downtown Portland, Oregon. Union Station and the railroad yards are visible submerged in floodwater in the background. Several unidentified men are working to help reinforce the sandbag wall at various point. The back of the image is stamped with, "Camera Art Studio 4706 N. E. Glisan VE, 3866 Portland, 13, Oregon. 3810 25."
Camera Art Studio (Portland, Or.)
Flooded apartments during the Vanport flood
A photograph of several apartments in high flood waters during the Vanport flood. The back of the image is stamped with, "Camera Art Studio 4706 N. E. Glisan VE, 3866 Portland, 13, Oregon. 3810 33. "
Camera Art Studio (Portland, Or.)
An apartment building on Victory Avenue in Vanport, Oregon.
Skovgaard, Dale
Delores Skovgaard after the Vanport flood
Delores Skovgaard sorting through personal items after residents were allowed back into Vanport, Oregon following the Vanport flood. The caption on the photograph reads, “My sister Dee helping.”
Skovgaard, Dale
Donnie Dill and Dale Skovgaard
Donnie Dill (left) and Dale Skovgaard (right) dressed in western style shirts and posing in front of a car in Vanport, Oregon on their way to the Smith Lake Riding Academy.
Skovgaard, Dale
Damaged apartment buildings after the Vanport flood
A view of damaged apartment buildings in Vanport, Oregon after the water receded from the Vanport flood. The caption on the photograph reads, “Slough in background. No more bridge from Victory Avenue across Bayou Slough to Island Avenue.”
Skovgaard, Dale
Rescuing residents trapped in the Vanport flood
A group of men holding hands and a rope to form a human chain in waist-high flood water during the Vanport flood. They are attempting to rescue people trapped by rising flood water. Flooded cars and debris are visible in the water around them. Dale Skovgaard is identified as the man in the white cowboy hat. This photograph was originally taken by an Oregonian photographer (OrHi 25428).
Oregonian (Firm)
Herman Skovgaard outside his apartment in Vanport, Oregon. He is dressed in overalls with a hard hat and metal lunch box and is preparing to leave for work at the Swan Island Shipyards.
Skovgaard, Dale
Agnes Skovgaard after the Vanport Flood
Agnes Skovgaard sorting through personal items after residents were allowed back into Vanport, Oregon following the Vanport flood. Caption on the image reads, “My mother sorting through personal items after the flood to see if anything was worth saving. Very little.”
Skovgaard, Dale
Traffic escaping Vanport flood
A line of cars parked on Denver Avenue in Vanport, Oregon. The drivers abandoned their cars on the road and fled on foot after a traffic jam blocked their exits. Pedestrians are visible on the road attempting to escape the rising flood waters during the Vanport flood.
Skovgaard, Dale
Unidentified people climbing over piles of debris left behind after the flood waters retreated during the Vanport flood. Several apartment buildings lifted from their foundations by the flood waters are visible in the wreckage.
Skovgaard, Dale
A view of Vanport, Oregon apartment buildings looking east toward Lake Avenue.
Skovgaard, Dale
Dale Skovgaard and Vincent in Vanport, Oregon
Dale Skovgaard (left) with his friend, Vincent, and dog Max, in front of their apartment building on Island Avenue in Vanport, Oregon.
Skovgaard, Dale
People shopping at the Number 1 shopping center in Vanport, Oregon.
Skovgaard, Dale
A view of Vanport, Oregon looking west on North Cottonwood Avenue from Denver Avenue before the flood.
Skovgaard, Dale
Cars lined up at the gas station on the corner of Lake Avenue and Victory Avenue in Vanport, Oregon.
Skovgaard, Dale