Head and shoulders portrait of William Howard Taft outside the Multnomah Hotel in Portland on Sunday, August 22, 1915. He is smiling and facing to the left. During his visit, Taft spoke at at a Portland Press Club luncheon and the first joint convention of the Oregon and Washington bar associations, according to two front-page stories in the Oregon Journal on Monday, August 23, 1915. Taft departed on the afternoon of August 23. See related image Nos. 373G0201 and 373G0202. Image note: The number 14 is written on the negative. The number 540 was written on the negative and crossed out. The writing is visible in the upper right corner of the image.

Photograph showing President Woodrow Wilson standing in the back of an open-topped car and doffing his hat to the crowd during a procession through Portland on Monday, September 15, 1919. The president and first lady Edith Wilson were in Portland as part of Woodrow Wilson’s national speaking tour to build support for the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. See related image Nos. 373G0223, 373G0224, 373G0225, 373G0226, 373G0227, and 373G0228.

Photograph showing the exterior of a five-story brick apartment building, the Rex Arms, in Portland. A cropped version of this photograph and image No. 376G0189 were published on Page 4 of the Development Section in the Oregon Journal Year’s End Number on Friday, December 26, 1913. The photographs were published under the headline “Portland’s Apartment House Colony On The Increase.” This photograph had the following caption: “Rex Arms apartments, at East Morrison and East Thirteenth Street.” Those streets are now Southeast Morrison Street and Southeast Thirteenth Avenue. The photographs accompanied a story, which had the headline “Apartments Rise to Fulfill Demands of Growing Population” and the subheading “Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars Invested in Flats and Apartment Houses in 1913.” The story contained the following information about the Rex Arms: “On the east side, which until the last four years, had practically no apartment houses, there has risen fully half a dozen during 1913, and one of them, the Rex Arms, erected by R. W. Wassel at East Morrison and Thirteenth streets, cost $95,000.” Image note: The number 142 is written on the negative. The number 158 was also written on the negative, then crossed out.

Photograph showing the exterior of a five-story brick apartment building, Belle Court, on Trinity Place off Washington Street (now Northwest Trinity Place off West Burnside Street) in Portland. A cropped version of this photograph and image No. 376G0187 were published on Page 4 of the Development Section in the Oregon Journal Year’s End Number on Friday, December 26, 1913. The photographs were published under the headline “Portland’s Apartment House Colony On The Increase.” This photograph had the following caption: “Belle Court apartments, Trinity Place.” The photographs accompanied a story, which had the headline “Apartments Rise to Fulfill Demands of Growing Population” and the subheading “Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars Invested in Flats and Apartment Houses in 1913.” The story contained the following information about Belle Court: “This new building, recently opened, cost about $100,000.” Image note: The number 140 is written on the negative. The number 156 was also written on the negative, then crossed out.

Photograph showing the exterior of the 14-floor Spalding Building and the intersection of Third and Washington streets (now Southwest 3rd Avenue and Southwest Washington Street) in Portland. The view is to the northwest. See related image No. 376G0357.

Photograph showing one of the wings of the Multnomah County Hospital under construction on Marquam Hill in Portland in 1921. A photograph published on Page 3, Section 3 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 26, 1921, may be a composite image created from this photograph, image No. 376G0171, and image No. 376G0172. That photograph had the headline “New Multnomah County Hospital on Marquam Hill” and the caption “The new Multnomah county hospital under construction on Marquam hill adjoining the University of Oregon medical school, which will be ready for occupancy in about one year. When completed, the plan t [sic], which will have accommodations for over 200 patients, will represent an investment of approximately one million dollars.”

Photograph showing one of the wings of the Multnomah County Hospital under construction on Marquam Hill in Portland in 1921. A photograph published on Page 3, Section 3 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 26, 1921, may be a composite image created from this photograph, image No. 376G0170, and image No. 376G0172. That photograph had the headline “New Multnomah County Hospital on Marquam Hill” and the caption “The new Multnomah county hospital under construction on Marquam hill adjoining the University of Oregon medical school, which will be ready for occupancy in about one year. When completed, the plan t [sic], which will have accommodations for over 200 patients, will represent an investment of approximately one million dollars.”

Photograph showing Oneonta Creek and the walls of Oneonta Gorge, located in the Columbia River Gorge. Several people are gathered in the distance further up the canyon. The people in this photograph may be the same ones depicted in image No. 373G0360. Also see image Nos. 373G0346 and 379G0100, which may be related. Image note: Damaged emulsion on negative.

Photograph showing people on the beach at Seaside, Oregon. The view is to the southwest. Tillamook Head is in the background at left.

Photograph showing people sitting in the sand and playing in the surf on the beach at Seaside, Oregon. See related image No. 376G0360.

Photograph showing people sitting in the sand and playing in the surf on the beach at Seaside, Oregon. See related image No. 376G0359.

Photograph showing houses in the hills around an unidentified city, possibly San Francisco prior to the 1906 earthquake. Also see image Nos. 373G0473, 373G0531, and 373G0535, which may be related. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph showing a lawn, wall, tower, and small section of the main building at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem.

Full-length portrait of eight unidentified Oregon Journal pressmen with the printing press at the newspaper’s offices in the Journal Building at Broadway and Yamhill streets (now Southwest Broadway and Southwest Yamhill Street) in Portland. The man standing in front of the press at lower left may be H. A. King, press room foreman. This photograph may be related to image No. 373G0460. The number 122 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. The number 324 was also written on the negative and then crossed out.

Photograph showing Oregon Journal staff at desks in the newspaper’s offices at the Journal Building in Portland. The building, now known as the Jackson Tower, is located at Southwest Broadway and Southwest Yamhill Street. The windows in this photograph probably overlook Broadway.

Photograph, taken from a high angle, showing the Coast Culvert and Flume Co. building in Kenton, Oregon, now the Kenton neighborhood of Portland. A group of people is standing outside the building.

Photograph showing the exterior of the nine-story Montgomery Ward warehouse in Portland. The text “Montgomery Ward Bldg 1920” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 376G0325.

Photograph showing people at a marble counter. Behind the counter are two men assisting visitors, a woman using a telephone, and a man and woman who are looking on. The people in the photograph are unidentified. The text “Multnomah Hotel lobby” is written on the negative sleeve. This photograph may be related to image No. 376G0069.

Photograph of a picture of a city street, possibly 5th Street (now Southwest Fifth Avenue) in Portland. The picture, taken from a high vantage, shows buildings and streetcars. The building at left may be the Meier & Frank building at 5th and Morrison. At bottom center is a sign for Moore’s Cafeteria.

Photograph, taken from across the street, showing the front of the Laurelhurst Club at 1125 East Ankeny Street (now 3721 East Ankeny Street) in Portland. A car with an unidentified person in the driver’s seat is parked on the street outside the clubhouse. The view is to the north.

Photograph showing nine people standing in a row on a Portland street near the Journal Building (not shown) in downtown Portland. The person in the center is costumed in a wig, mask, and flowered dress, and is holding up a sign with the text “Merry Christmas from the Oregon Journal Knights of Kollodion.” The man at far right is carrying a bass drum. Most of the others are wearing funnels on their heads and are carrying small instruments. See related image Nos. 373G0337, 373G0339, 373G0340, and 373G0341.

Photograph showing Shriners bands and patrols in formation on Multnomah Field in Portland. The stands are filled with spectators. The photograph may have been taken Thursday, June 24, 1920, during the Shriners convention held in Portland that year. Image note: The text “Grand Review of Shrine / Multnomah Field” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 376G0405.

Full-length portrait of an unidentified girl sitting cross-legged in the grass, facing front, and looking down. She is holding a box and a beading loom with partially completed beadwork on it. The photograph may have been taken in August 1921 at a Camp Fire Girls camp on the Clackamas River near Carver, Oregon; see image Nos. 373G0333, 373G0334, and 373G0335.

Photograph showing Shriners bands and patrols in formation on Multnomah Field in Portland. The stands are filled with spectators. The photograph may have been taken Thursday, June 24, 1920, during the Shriners convention held in Portland that year. Image note: Light leak on negative. The text “Grand Review of Shrine / Multnomah Field” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 376G0317.

View of a house in Portland. Two women and a man stand on the front porch.

Several members of a family pose in front of a house in Portland. Three people stand on the front porch and look at the camera. Two girls stand in the fenced front yard with their arms around each other's shoulders. A little boy sits on a toy cart in the yard on the left.

View of a house on NE Winona Street in Portland. A woman on the front porch looks down at a baby in a stroller. The baby looks toward the camera. A white picket fence in front of the house displays a sign that reads, "Winona St." A garden is planted to the left of the house.

Three men, a woman, and a child sit on the railing of the stairs leading up to a house in Portland. The child holds a cat. One of the men holds a dog.