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Sleeping tent interior

Sleeping facilities for soldiers, including beds and wood stove. Transcription from slide: “Interior of sleeping tent. Warren Spruce Co. Portland, Ore.”

United States. War Department. Spruce Production Division

Two photographs of people with Chevrolet camper coach

Photograph of two pictures, each one showing unidentified people posing with a Chevrolet camper coach, possibly the same vehicle. In the top image, a group of people is posing next to a coach with a sign on top reading “LUCKNOW BAGHDAD LONDON” and the words “THE WILD GOOSE” on the side. In the bottom photo, three people are standing next to a coach with a tent on its roof and another extending from its side.

Tents at Civilian Conservation Corps’ Toll Gate camp near Rhododendron, Oregon

Photograph showing tents and a small building at the Civilian Conservation Corps’ Toll Gate camp. The first residents of the camp were men from Illinois. The camp was located off the Mount Hood Loop Highway (now Highway 26) near Rhododendron, Oregon, several miles from the CCC camp at Zigzag. A cropped version of this photograph, along with image Nos. 372A0751, 372A0752, and 372A0762, was published on Page 2 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 28, 1933. The photographs were published under the headline “Camp Workers Move Into Mount Hood Area.” They accompanied a story headlined “Forest Crew Starts Work In Hood Area.” This photograph had the following caption: “The tent city set up for the Illinois men.” See related image Nos. 371N5969, 371N5970, 371N5972, 372A0751, 372A0752, 372A0753, 372A0754, 372A0755, 372A0756, 372A0757, 372A0758, 372A0759, 372A0760, 372A0761, 372A0762, 372A0763, and 372A0764.

Tents at Civilian Conservation Corps’ Toll Gate camp near Rhododendron, Oregon?

Photograph showing a row of 10 or more tents, probably at the Civilian Conservation Corps’ Toll Gate camp. The Toll Gate camp was located off the Mount Hood Loop Highway (now Highway 26) near Rhododendron, Oregon, several miles from the CCC camp at Zigzag. See related image Nos. 371N5969, 371N5970, 371N5971, 372A0751, 372A0752, 372A0753, 372A0754, 372A0755, 372A0756, 372A0757, 372A0758, 372A0759, 372A0760, 372A0761, 372A0762, 372A0763, and 372A0764.

Civilian Conservation Corps workers pitching tent at Toll Gate camp near Rhododendron, Oregon

Photograph showing a group of men setting up a tent at the Civilian Conservation Corps Toll Gate camp off the Mount Hood Loop Highway (now Highway 26) near Rhododendron, Oregon, several miles from the camp at Zigzag. A cropped version of this photograph, along with image Nos. 372A0752, 372A0762, and 371N5971, was published on Page 2 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, May 28, 1933. The photographs were published under the headline “Camp Workers Move Into Mount Hood Area” and accompanied a story headlined “Forest Crew Starts Work In Hood Area.” This photograph had the following caption: “Worker [sic] erecting a tent in thhe [sic] camp of the Illinois men at Old Toll Gate.” See related image Nos. 371N5969, 371N5970, 371N5971, 371N5972, 372A0752, 372A0753, 372A0754, 372A0755, 372A0756, 372A0757, 372A0758, 372A0759, 372A0760, 372A0761, 372A0762, 372A0763, and 372A0764.

Tents housing displaced residents after wildfire in Bandon, Oregon

Photograph showing rows of tents and piles of building materials in Bandon, Oregon, after the town was destroyed by wildfire on Saturday, September 26, 1936. Four unidentified people are standing at the door of one of the tents, and a wooden platform and frame are under construction nearby. A cropped version of this photograph was one of seven that were published in a spread on Page 18 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 30, 1936. The photographs were published under the headline “Tents Replace Ruined Homes as Bandon Citizens Prepare to Rebuild Where Fire Wiped Out City.” This photograph had the following caption: “Red Cross tent city springs up to care for homeless refugees at Bandon.” Also see image Nos. 372A0719 and 372A0723, which were published on the same page as this photograph. Image note: The text “x9” is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image.

Car and YWCA tents in field next to house

Photograph showing an automobile and a row of tents in a field next to a two-story building with a turret. “YWCA” is printed on the back of the tents. Two unidentified people are working outside the tent nearest the car. Image note: Spots of negative damage.

Portland General Electric Photograph Collection

  • Org. Lot 151
  • Collection
  • 1880 - 1965

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.

Portland General Electric Company

Bull Run, contractors camp

Photograph showing several temporary tent structures in a large field. Is the distance, another structure can be seen, in addition to trees and hills. (Image note: discoloration of the negative is visible at the center of the frame, in addition to a small damaged area also near the center).

Oak Grove project, camp #5 ½ at Roaring River ranger station

Photograph showing a temporary camp at the Roaring River ranger station, looking northwest. Several tent cabins can be seen throughout the middle of the frame, as well as two small log wooden buildings. Forested hillsides can be seen in the background. Written on the negative is “R32.” (Image note: discoloration visible at near top right corner).

Camping Scene Near Baker, Oregon

This photograph depicts an outdoor scene, with a tent and wagon, presumably during a camping excursion. Based from other images, the figure appears to be Ida's husband, William Joseph Lachner.

Lachner, Ida Nea, 1872-1957

Tent camp in the woods

A striped canvas tent sits in a wooded area in Silverton, Oregon. In front of the tent is an upholstered bench, and nearby a buggy is parked in the underbrush. Part of a second tent can be seen near the first one.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969

Construction camp

A group of wooden structures and canvas tents sits on a hillside, possibly at the Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington state. A number of outhouses are seen in the foreground, and an automobile is parked next to a telephone pole.

Drake, June D., 1880-1969