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North Head Lighthouse, Washington

Photograph showing the North Head Lighthouse in Cape Disappointment State Park, Washington. The Pacific Ocean is in the background. Stamp on the back of the print for Arthur M. Prentiss, Commercial Photographer. Second stamp on the back reads, "From Publicity Dept., S.P.&S. Ry., Portland, Oregon."

Prentiss, A. M. (Arthur M.)

Motorists in front of the Olympia Beer Saloon

A photograph of a crowd of people standing in and around two automobiles parked in the middle of a dirt street. The sign on the building to the left of the photograph reads, "Olympia Beer Saloon." A pennant attached to one of the automobiles reads, "Portland to Seattle, Portland Day."

Tabor family photographs

  • Org. Lot 968
  • Collection
  • 1885 - 1895

Collection consists of photographs collected by the Tabor family. Most of the photographs are believed to have been taken or acquired by J. W. Tabor and Margaret Tabor during a trip to Portland, Oregon in 1895. Subjects include various views of Portland, including City Park (now Washington Park) gardens and bear pit, Mount Tabor reservoir, the Portland Heights cable car line, the Willamette River waterfront, and the Morrison Bridge; Celilo Falls; photographs of James Waucop Tabor, Margaret S. McNulty Tabor and her cousin, Alice Bachman Bettner; and a coroner's investigation of a body found in a mining camp near Granite, Oregon. None of the photographers are identified.

Celilo Falls, 1895

A cyanotype view of Celilo Falls, circa 1895. A handwritten description on the back of the photograph reads, "Celilo Falls, 1895."

National Guard Plane Crash near Camas, Washington

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).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

KATU news footage

  • KATU
  • Collection
  • 1970-11-12 - 1980-06-20

News footage from the KATU Television station in Portland, Oregon.

KATU (Television station : Portland, Or.)

The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens, no. 14

Raw news footage of the eruption of Mount St. Helens.

Description provided by broadcaster: “Aerials of Mountain. Eerie steam cloud. Interview with geologist. He tells us about the situation in the volcano and what problems to expect. Tim Storrs and geologist discuss the mountain and how much of it is missing while camera runs on views of Mt. St. Helens.

Toutle River and Camp Baker. Aerials of Camp Baker and Toutle River valley. Long shots of valley and surrounding area. Pictures of hills, etc. Back to Camp Baker. Shots of logs, machinery, and mud. Debris everywhere. Toutle - mud- river. More Camp Baker. Helicopter lands. More mud and landscape surrounding river. Bridge washed out. Wide views, dusty hills.

Clear shot of mountain erupting. Side of mountain. Plume and wide shot. Valleys and ash clouds. Wide to close of mountain and ash.

Many views of mountain erupting.”

KATU (Television station : Portland, Or.)

The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens, no. 16

Description provided by broadcaster: “News program from 5/18 continued.

Harry Truman tribute.

Recap of today’s events. Mountain, Toutle River, trees falling, Yakima ash, burn victims, Merwin Dam.
David Jackson live at Amboy, Washington.

ABC National News, Tom Jarrel. Infra-red satellite pictures, Yakima. Harry Truman. Blown down area.

Lots and lots of surrounding area.

Toutle River. Incredible video of logs and river. Logs and logs from downed trees.”

KATU (Television station : Portland, Or.)

Intersection in Vancouver, Washington

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).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Letter from Jason Lee to the Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist E. Church, March 14, 1836

Typed letter written by Reverend Jason Lee to the Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary Society of the Methodist E. Church. Written at the Mission House on the Willamette River in Oregon on March 14, 1836 and published in the Christian Advocate and Journal on September 2, 1836. Letter is titled, "Oregon Mission." Subjects include illnesses in the region, the mission's "manual labor school", Lee's support for a temperance society, and John McLoughlin's support for the mission. [Lee used language common to justifying the nineteenth century missionary movement, including using disparaging and inaccurate terms and/or descriptions of Native peoples.]

Lee, Jason, 1803-1845

After the Storm

Platinum print of light through clouds above the bank of the Columbia River. Attributed to Sarah Hall Ladd.

White, Lily E.

Sentinels of the Columbia

Platinum print of Castle Rock (today known as Beacon Rock) on the Columbia River. Handwritten note on the back of the print reads, "Castle Rock - Columbia" This photograph has been attributed to both Sarah Hall Ladd and Lily E. White. Signed, "Lily E. White," in the lower right corner of the print.

Ladd, Sarah Hall, 1857-1927

Upper Cape Horn - Near Celilo - Columbia

Platinum print of Upper Cape Horn with the Columbia River visible in the distance. Handwritten inscription on the back of the print reads, "Upper Cape Horn - Near Celilo - Columbia." Signed, "Lily E. White," in the lower right corner of the print.

White, Lily E.

Cape Horn and Lone Rock - Columbia

Platinum print of Cape Horn on the Columbia River. Lone Rock (today known as Phoca Rock) is visible in the distance. Handwritten inscription on the back of the print reads, "Cape Horn and Lone Rock - Columbia." Signed, "Lily E. White," in the lower right corner of the print.

White, Lily E.

Pillars of Faith

Platinum print of a rimrock in the Columbia River Gorge. Alternatively titled in some publications as, "The Palisades of the Columbia." Handwritten inscription on the back of the print reads, "Pillars of Faith - Above the Dalles - Columbia." The photograph has been attributed in publications to both Sarah Hall Ladd and Lily E. White. Signed, "S.H.L.," in the lower right corner of the print. This print is the same as Plate 1 from Album 201.

White, Lily E.

Mouth of the Little White Salmon - Columbia

Platinum print of the mouth of the LIttle White Salmon River at the Columbia River. Handwritten inscription on the back of the print reads, "Mouth of the LIttle White Salmon - Columbia." Signed, "Lily E. White," in the lower right corner of the print.

White, Lily E.

Seining on Columbia

A group of people and horses pulling a seine (a large fishing net) along the shore of the Columbia River. Beacon Rock is visible in the distance. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Seining on Columbia, R-4, LW-4."

White, Lily E.

Fireplace Cabin, Raysark

Interior view of a formal seating cabin on Lily E. White's houseboat, the Raysark. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Fireplace Cabin, Raysark - Best, R-20, LW-20."

White, Lily E.

Taking up Anchor

Two unidentified men in a rowboat pulling up an anchor. Additional boats are visible on the river behind them and there is a settlement on the river bank. Likely taken on the Columbia River. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Taking up Anchor, R-25, LW25."

White, Lily E.

Cabin Interior

View of the interior of one of the cabins on Lily E. White's houseboat, the Raysark.Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Cabin Interior R-35, LW-35."

White, Lily E.

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