This photograph depicts a climber ascending a tree trunk during a tree-topping contest. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "Tree-topping contest - Longview Rolleo, 1930. High climber ascending."

This photograph depicts two men jousting atop logs during a contest challenge as several participants watch during the Longview Rolleo.

This photograph depicts a man rolling a log as his opponent falls into the water during a log-rolling contest. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "Longview Rolleo, 1930. Rolling his opponent [sic] under in log-rolling contest."

This photograph depicts a man using a crosscut saw to cut through a tree trunk during a cross-cutting contest, as a crowd watches from behind. This photograph depicts a contestant at the Longview Rolleo during a cross-cutting contest.

This photograph depicts a man assisting a climber with his harness for a tree-topping contest. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "Longview Rolleo, 1930. Victor in tree-topping contest after descent."

This photograph depicts the winning contestant of a cross-cutting contest using a crosscut saw to cut the trunk of a tree. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "Longview Rolleo, 1930. Winner in cross-cutting contest doing his stuff."

This photograph depicts a contestant at the Longview Rolleo during a tree-topping contest, with a crowd watching from below.

This photograph depicts a man and woman participating during a log-rolling contest, with the woman having fallen into the water. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "Longview Rolleo, 1930. Man and woman log-rolling contest."

This photograph depicts two men sitting outside a scrap metal structure intended for shelter. It was featured in an article Olsen wrote about homelessness in the September 27th, 1931, publication of The Sunday Oregonian. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "Dwelling at hobo camp under Vancouver end of Interstate Bridge about 1930."

This photograph depicts a man posing with his pockets turned inside-out. It was featured in an article Olsen wrote about homelessness in the September 27th, 1931, publication of The Sunday Oregonian. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "Transient at hobo camp. Vancouver end of Interstate Bridge about 1930."

This photograph depicts a man cooking food over a campfire in a homeless camp under the Interstate Bridge. Several people stand in the background of the photograph. It was featured in an article Olsen wrote about homelessness in the September 27th, 1931, publication of The Sunday Oregonian. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "Hobo camp under Vancouver end of Interstate Bridge about 1930."

This photograph depicts a man cooking at a campfire outside a campsite in a homeless camp under the Interstate Bridge. Transcribed from handwritten note on back of the photograph, "At hobo camp under Vancouver end of Interstate Bridge about 1930."

Duplicate of Stereograph 1275, on a different mount. Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s steamship “Oneonta” on the Columbia River. The Upper Cascades in Skamania County, Washington Territory is in the background, 1867.

Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s steamship “Oneonta” on the Columbia River. The Upper Cascades in Skamania County, Washington Territory is in the background, 1867.

Stereograph of the Oregon Steam Navigation Co.’s steamship “Oneonta” on the Columbia River near the Upper Cascades in Skamania County, Washington Territory, 1867.

View of the Oregon Steam and Navigation Company's steamboat "Oneonta" at the Upper Landing of the Cascades, Washington Territory, 1867. A steam locomotive pulls a train in the background.

Photograph of Fort Walla Walla, taken on May 1st, 1859. The photograph was originally owned and may have been taken by Frederick Tracy Dent (1820-1892). Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Frederick Tracy Dent (1820-1892) served as a career military officer for the United States Army, and served as captain of the 9th United States Infantry at Fort Walla Walla from circa 1859-1860. Dent participated in the Spokane and Yakima expeditions, and engaged in the combat of "Four Lakes," and Spokane Plains. Dent was brother-in-law to Ulysses S. Grant. In 1859, Fort Walla Walla was part of the incorporated Washington Territories in Washington State.

Leather-bound diary of the Reverend Jason Lee, Methodist missionary who traveled on the Oregon Trail to Oregon Country in 1834. The first entry is dated August 19, 1833 and the last entry is dated June 1, 1838. Lee first describes his overland journey on the Oregon Trail, leaving Independence, Missouri in April 1834 and arriving at Fort Vancouver, Washington in September 1834. Subjects include obstacles faced on the Oregon Trail, various people met along the journey, and the party's leader, Captain Nathaniel Wyeth. Upon arriving at Fort Vancouver, Lee writes of meeting Dr. John McLoughlin, and heeding McLoughlin's advice that he build his mission 60 miles to the south in the Willamette Valley in Oregon Country. He then writes of building a mission house for the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of his attempts at converting local Native peoples to Christianity. [Lee originally intended to do missionary work among the Flathead Indian tribe, but the area where he eventually settled in the Willamette Valley, near present-day Salem, was home to bands of the Kalapuyan people. Lee used language common to justifying the nineteenth century missionary movement, including using disparaging and inaccurate terms and/or descriptions of Native peoples.]

A bound volume containing a panoramic photograph of the city of Portland looking east from the heights of the west hills. There are 14 panels. The Willamette River, Mount Saint Helens, and Mount Hood are visible.

A colored map of Oregon, Washington, and parts of Idaho produced by the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company circa 1880. The map shows railroad lines under construction and proposed routes and connections, steamship lines along rivers and other navigable waterways, built and projected connections, and boundaries of land grants held by the Oregon Pacific Railroad Company. Scale [ca. 1:1,800,000]. Relief shown by form lines. Original map mounted on cloth backing. Item has also been identified as bb0175546.

A photograph of the Columbia River and Mount Hood taken from Vancouver, Washington. Trees and rocks line the shore.

A photograph of the Columbia River and Mount Hood taken from Vancouver, Washington. Trees and rocks line the shore.

A photograph of the Columbia River and Mount Hood taken from Vancouver, Washington. Trees and rocks line the shore. The negative envelope reads, "Mt. Hood from Vancouver, Col. R. Beach in foreground."

A photograph of the Columbia River and Mount Hood taken from Vancouver, Washington. Trees and rocks line the shore.

A glass positive of Mount Hood, taken from Vancouver, Washington. A farm is visible in the foreground and trees surround the area.

A glass positive of Mount Hood, likely taken from Vancouver, Washington. A farm is visible in the foreground and trees surround the area.

A photograph of the Columbia River and Mount Hood taken from Vancouver, Washington. Trees are visible on the shore.

A photograph of the Columbia River and Mount Hood taken from Vancouver, Washington. Trees and rocks are visible on the shore.