Negatives documenting company activities, including electrical infrastructure, employees, power generation and distribution throughout Portland, the Willamette Valley and the Oregon Cascade Range. Additional general images include streetcars and trains, street lighting, power line installation, Rose Festival floats, office buildings, car barns and bridges. Of particular note are dam building projects at Bull Run and along the Clackamas River (1910-1930), and early electric stations in Oregon City at Willamette Falls.
A view of what is probably Silver Creek at Coolidge McClaine Park in Silverton, Oregon. Two diving boards are visible and people stand on them as they wait to jump in the water. Spectators sit on bleachers along the banks. A slide is visible in the foreground and a child can be seen sliding into the water.
Children swim in what is probably Silver Creek at Coolidge McClaine Park in Silverton, Oregon. A group of children wades near the bank while others stand in the water farther away. A slide is visible and a child can be seen sliding into the water.
Children swim in what is probably Silver Creek at Coolidge McClaine Park in Silverton, Oregon. Some children are in the water while others stand or sit on the bank. A slide is visible going into the creek and it appears a child has just slid into the water.
A group of people in bathing suits sit and swim along the banks of what is probably Silver Creek in Coolidge McClaine Park in Silverton, Oregon. Large rocks are visible along the bank and people can be seen walking and sitting on the rocks.
A view of what is probably Silver Creek at Coolidge McClaine Park in Silverton, Oregon. A person stands at the edge of a diving board while others swim in the water below. People can be seen sitting and standing along the bank of the creek.
View of a creek running past a house and fields in the Silverton, Oregon area. Trees and bushes are visible along the banks and a large wooded hill in the background.
View of a river, seen from the bank, in the Silverton, Oregon area. A wooden ramp in the foreground leads to the water and a horse stands on the far bank.
A view of what is probably Silver Creek at Coolidge McClaine Park in Silverton, Oregon. People dive off of two diving boards as others wait for their turn to dive. Children wade in the water near the bank and a water slide is visible in the foreground. Spectators sit on bleachers along the banks.
Silver Creek in winter. The banks of the creek and the surrounding trees and bushes are covered in snow. Icicles hang from the branches of the trees on the banks. Handwriting on the negative reads "Winter" and "Silverton, Or. #99 Drake Photo '09."