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View of area near Oregon State Capitol, Salem, Oregon

Photograph, taken from a high angle, showing the area surrounding the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. The view is toward the southeast. At left are State Street and, in the background, the dome of the 1876 Capitol building. At center left, along State Street, is the First Methodist Church. Partially visible at center right is the Elsinore Theatre. See related image No. 371N5726.

Vase

A wooden vase with leaves and bunches of grapes carved in the side.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

Valley Migrant League photographs

  • Org. Lot 74
  • Collection
  • 1965 - 1968

Collection consists of photographs used by the Valley Migrant League (VML) for its program newspaper, "Opportunity News." Most of the photographs were taken by VML staff. Many of the individuals and places depicted in the prints and negatives in this collection were identified by Oregon Historical Society archivists from the corresponding articles in "Opportunity News."
Subjects depicted in the photographs include VML-sponsored adult education and vocational training programs, including photographs of classrooms, workshops, and businesses hosting work-training programs as well as portraits of program graduates and teachers. Also depicted are VML’s children’s daycare programs including photographs of children in the daycare centers and on educational field trips as well as community events, sports, and cultural celebrations including the Woodburn Fiesta Mexicana, May Day, and Christmas. Photographs in this collection also document living and working conditions for Migrant laborers including depictions of laborers in fields, operating agricultural equipment, and in labor camps, as well as rural healthcare and mobile medical clinics. Also represented in the collections is VML involvement in labor and community organizing, including meeting with political leaders and local picket lines in support of the Delano Grape Strike. The photographs in the collection also include portraits of many individuals associated with VML and the agricultural labor movement of the 1960s.

Valley Migrant League

United States National Bank, Salem, Oregon

The United States National Bank building on the corner of Commercial and State streets in Salem, Oregon. Other businesses can be seen on the same block, including G.W. Johnson & Co. men's clothing and the Buster Brown shoe store.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

Unidentified young child

Transcription from back: “Don’t know who this is. First Premium at the Oregon State Fair, 1880, for the best Cabinets and Cards awarded to H. S. Shuster, Court St. Salem, Oregon.”

H. S. Shuster Studio (Photographer)

Unidentified men with fir tree

Three men stand with their backs to a large fir tree in a forest in Silverton, Oregon. They have their arms outstretched and are holding hands to demonstrate the width of the trunk. Handwriting on the negative reads "Oregon Fir Copyrighted 1914."

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

Unidentified men in a forest

Three men stand on a felled tree trunk in a forest of fir trees in the Silverton, Oregon area. They are looking up toward the sky. The ground around them is covered with fallen tree trunks, some of which have been cut into smaller sections.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

Unidentified man with tree

A man stands next to a tree trunk. He is looking at something in his hand, perhaps a flower or bow, which he holds up next to the tree. The tree has a dark cloth wrapped around the trunk. The man wears a wide-brimmed hat, shirt and tie, and a sweater.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

Unidentified man outside Oregon State Capitol

Full-length portrait of an unidentified man standing outside the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. He is facing to the left, has one hand on his hip, and is holding an overcoat in his other hand. He is wearing a hat, suit, and tie. Text that appears to be “1-” is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image.

Unidentified man outside Oregon State Capitol?

Full-length portrait of an unidentified man with upraised fists. He is facing to the left and is wearing a suit and tie. He is standing next to a column, probably at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Image note: Photograph shows extensive discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

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