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Portrait of an unidentified man

This photograph depicts a half-portrait of a man wearing a dark suit. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Portrait of an unidentified man

This photograph depicts a full-portrait of an unidentified, standing man, outside an unidentified building. The man is wearing a dark suit and shoes. He wears a ring and holds a cigar in his left hand. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Portrait of an unidentified man

This photograph depicts a half-portrait of an unidentified man standing outside a building. He wears a dark suit and dark, fedora-style hat. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Portrait of an unidentified man

This photograph depicts a half-portrait of a seated man, wearing a dark suit. Two prints hang on the wall behind him. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Portrait of an unidentified man

This photograph depicts a half-portrait of a seated man, wearing a dark suit. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Five people and train

This photograph depicts five people posing alongside a train. Two men are wearing suits and hats, the man on the left is holding a tobacco pipe. The three women each wear skirts, tops and jackets, along with stoles and decorative hats. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Man behind desk

This photograph depicts a half-portrait of a man seated at a desk. The man wears a medium-colored suit, and spectacles, with a boutonniere attached to his lapel. A telephone is visible to the left, and shelves full of documents and books are visible in the background. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Oregon Irrigation Congress attendees

This photograph depicts three attendees of the 1913 Oregon Irrigation Congress seated at a table reviewing documents. The man in front is wearing a ribbon for the "Oregon Irrigation Congress, Portland, Oregon." The photograph was published in the Oregon Sunday Journal on January 12, 1913 with the following caption, "Leaders in Advanced Ideas for Reforming Irrigation Laws. In Center -- William Hanley, reelected president of Oregon Irrigation congress. Right -- Joseph N. Teal, vice president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and one of the principal speakers at the convention. Left -- Professor Thomas Show, agricultural expert of the Northern Pacific, who also delivered an important address."

Doctor and baby

This photograph depicts a doctor listening to the heartbeat of an infant with a stethoscope. A nurse is seated to the right at a desk, and several women and children are visible in the background. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Man holding film drying screen

This photograph depicts a man holding a large frame used for drying film. He is wearing a white, lab-style coat, with his back turned towards the camera. The frame he holds has strips of film negatives hanging from it. To the left of the photo, one side of a large spool used for drying film can be seen. Windows are visible in the background. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Woman in laboratory

This photograph depicts a woman working in a milk safety inspection laboratory for the city of Portland. She is leaning over a table that has several rows of glassware, and she is using a pipette in her right hand. Tables, shelves, and various lab equipment and glassware are visible in the background. This photograph was published in the Oregon Sunday Journal on April 25, 1920.

Norr, Roy, 1886-1960

Man in boxing pose

This photograph depicts a boxer posed in front of a painted background consisting of a tree, river and other foliage. The boxer stands with his feet slightly staggered and set apart, and his arms are bent at the elbows, with his fists in front of his chest. He wears dark laced boots, dark leggings, and a scarf or belt tied around his waist, made out of a silky material. The fabric he is standing on appears to be velvet. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Man in boxing pose

This photograph depicts a side-profile portrait of a boxer posed in front of a painted background on a wooden floor, with leaves and branches used as props. The background is of trees, foliage and clouds. The boxer stands with his feet slightly staggered, arms bent and his fists in front of his chest. He is wearing dark laced ankle boots, dark socks, dark leggings, and a dark scarf or belt worn around his waist. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Scotsman

This photograph depicts portrait of a seated man wearing a tartan sash. A brooch pins the sash over his left shoulder; the brooch has scalloped edges and five dark colored gemstones, with the largest gemstone in the center. He is also wearing a wool Glengarry cap with a checkerboard trim that has a large silver pin attached to the left side. The tie he is wearing matches the tartan print of the sash. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Portrait of an unidentified woman

This photograph depicts a half-portrait of a seated woman. She is wearing a plaid or striped top, and a wide-brimmed fur hat with an ostrich feather pinned to one side, beside her on a desk is a candlestick telephone. A man, seated facing away from the camera at a roll-top desk, is visible in the background. This photograph was likely taken by a staff photographer for the Oregon Daily Journal.

Mose and Carrie Christensen demonstrating proper dance form

This photograph depicts Mose Christensen and his wife, Carrie, demonstrating proper dancing form in an empty ballroom. Carrie Christensen wears a light colored floor-length dress and white heels, with her hair pinned in an updo. Mose Christensen wears a dark-colored suit, patent leather black shoes, and spectacles. Light from a spotlight or window is focused on the pair. Chairs are stacked against the wall in the background, a stairway entrance and an "X" pattern railing is visible on the upper floor. This photograph was published in the Oregon Sunday Journal on September 28, 1919.

Mose and Carrie Christensen demonstrating proper dance form

This photograph depicts Mose Christensen and his wife, Carrie, demonstrating proper dancing form in an empty ballroom. Carrie Christensen wears a light colored floor-length dress and white heels, with her hair pinned in an updo. Mose Christensen wears a dark-colored suit, patent leather black shoes, and spectacles. Light from a spotlight or window is focused on the pair. Chairs are stacked against the wall in the background, a stairway entrance and an "X" pattern railing is visible on the upper floor. This photograph was published in the Oregon Sunday Journal on September 28, 1919.

Major General George W. Goethals in Portland

Half-length portrait of Major General George W. Goethals after his arrival in Portland on Monday, August 30, 1915. He is facing to the right and may be sitting in a vehicle. Goethals was chief engineer of the Panama Canal construction project and subsequently governor of the Panama Canal Zone. In a front-page story on August 30, the Journal reported that Goethals and his family were visiting Portland for three days on their way to the Panama-Pacific exposition. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 4 of the Oregon Journal on Tuesday, August 31, 1915, under the headline “Photograph of Major General G. W. Goethals.” It accompanied the continuation of a front-page story headlined “General Goethals Is Too Modest To Talk About Canal Work” and a Page 4 story headlined “Goethals Urges New System of Cargo Measuring.” Image note; The name “Goethals” and the number 125 are written on the negative. The number 525 was also written on the negative, then crossed out. On the negative is a tape frame around Goethals.

Joe Harty, news vendor, at Washington and Broadway, Portland

Full-length portrait of newsboy Joe Harty holding an armful of newspapers and looking at a flock of pigeons in the street in front of him. Harty, whose legs were amputated in a train accident when he was a child, is sitting on a board mounted on a roller skate. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 14 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, October 22, 1919. The photograph had the following caption: “Joe Harty, Portland’s favorite newsboy, whose happy disposition at his stand at Washington and Broadway makes it a ‘sunshine corner.’ “ Accompanying the photograph was a brief column, “The Stroller Notices,” devoted to Harty’s good cheer. In an earlier story on April 13, 1920, Harty described how he had lost his legs and devised the board and roller skate that he used to get around.

John A. Johnson, manager of Pantages Theatre, Portland

Half-length portrait of John A. Johnson, manager of the Pantages Theatre in Portland, sitting at a desk in November 1920. He is facing to the right and looking toward the front. He is holding a flier for the film “Dead Men Tell No Tales.” A story about Johnson and a cropped version of this photograph were published on Page 3, Section 5 of the Oregon Journal city edition on Sunday, November 28, 1920. The photograph was published under the headline “Who’s Who On Broadway--And Off.” It had the following caption: “ ‘Jack’ Johnson is right bower in Pantages organization after 16 years as manager of local theatre. Has spent 31 years in the game and acquired an ample girth while working 16 to 18 hours a day, more or less.” See related image No. 376G0391.

Barney Oldfield and unidentified man holding Oldfield tire

Full-length portrait of Barney Oldfield (left), an auto racer and president of the Oldfield Tire Company, and an unidentified man standing outside the Fletcher & James tire shop in Portland. They are holding an Oldfield tire. The name “Oldfield, Barney” is written on the negative sleeve. The photograph was probably taken in January 1920, when Oldfield visited Portland on business and stopped at Fletcher & James, a distributor of Oldfield tires. See related image No. 373G0151.

Captain J. Yawata of ocean liner Anyo Maru

Full-length portrait of Captain J. Yawata of the ocean liner Anyo Maru. He is facing to the right and is wearing an overcoat and visor cap. The photograph was probably taken on January 17, 1921, when the Anyo Maru was in Portland. The text “Anyo Maru and Capt. J. Yawata” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 376G0117 and 376G0118.

Nellie Cushman

Head and shoulders portrait of a woman, Nellie Cushman, sitting in a chair, facing front, and looking right, toward a window. She is wearing a hat, glasses, coat, and blouse or dress. A cropped version of this photograph and a story were published on Page 14 of the Oregon Journal city edition on Monday, January 31, 1921, under the headline “Woman Is Experienced Miner / Took $100,000 From Claim.” The photograph had the following caption: “Miss Nellie Cushman, on visit here from Alaska.” The story reported that Cushman “is in Portland after traveling more than 480 miles of Alaska’s most frigid domain by dog team as the first step in a trip that will take her to Bisbee, Ariz., to visit relatives.” The story also reported: “Miss Cushman has been in Alaska much of the time since 1874 and there became the owner of claim No. 19 on Bonanza creek at Dawson, from which she took out more than $100,000 in gold. She was among the first to go to Fairbanks when gold was discovered there.”

1894 Burnside Bridge

Photograph showing the 1894 Burnside Bridge in Portland. The photograph was probably taken from the east side of the Willamette River, facing west and showing the north side of the bridge.

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