Grant County, Oregon. Malheur National Forest. Forest Service agent ex...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Interlochen, Michigan. National music camp where 300 or more young mus...
Public domain photograph of music festival, band, orchestra, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A group of men sitting on top of a wooden deck. Office of War Informat...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Briethbarth House, 180 Oregon Street, Jacksonville, Jackson County, OR
Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rocky Oregon coast - Drawing. Public domain image.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Cupola of the Pioneer Courthouse, a federal courthouse in Portland, Or...
Built beginning in 1869, the structure is the oldest federal building in the Pacific Northwest, and the second-oldest west of the Mississippi River. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her... More
Sunset on the rocky Oregon coast
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Multnomah Falls, one of many waterfalls along the Columbia River Gorge...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cupola of the Pioneer Courthouse, a federal courthouse in Portland, Or...
Built beginning in 1869, the structure is the oldest federal building in the Pacific Northwest, and the second-oldest west of the Mississippi River. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her... More
Lookout Point Reservoir in central Oregon
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Distant view of Haceta Head Lighthouse, Yachats, Oregon
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Oregon National Guard Armory, Washington and 7th Streets, Cottage Grov...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Municipal misc.; Main Street. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roads... More
Sculpture "Law of Nature" at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, Por...
Artist: Tom Otterness, 1997. 3 vignettes, bronze. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit li... More
Textile "Oregon Justice, Judicial Heritage, Oregon Environment" at the...
Artist: Judith Poxon Fawkes, 1997. Fiber, linen with flat wooden rods. Four panels of various sizes. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and s... More
Elk, also known as the David P. Thompson Fountain, Elk Fountain, or th...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
The Leaburg Power Plant, in Leaburg, Oregon, harnesses hydroelectric p...
Leaburg Power Plant was designed in 1929 by noted Oregon architect Ellis F. Lawrence in the Art Deco style and includes motifs from Greek mythology sculpted by Harry Poole Camden. Title, date and keywords based... More
A portion of the Steel Bridge, a through truss, double-deck vertical-l...
The 1912 bridge, whose lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic and upper deck carries road traffic, is the only double-deck bridge with independent lifts in the world and the second oldest ve... More
What looks like a series of puddles is all that's left, in many spots,...
Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Part of the humble station for the hand-pulled Los Ebanos Ferry or El ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It is the last of its kind along the entire stretch of the Rio Grande. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in ... More
The Allen Elizabethean Theatre, which, according to the sign out front...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
Security guards Jeremy Singer (left) and Kaela Morti are all too well ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
The Carriage House, an eclectic antiques-and-collectibles store in Coq...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
A kiddie wagon passes by in Florence, Oregon's, Rhododendron Floral Pa...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
Grain elevator in the tiny town of Kent in Central Oregon
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
Aerial view of downtown Portland, Oregon, with a focus on the Willamet...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
A view of Haystack Rock, an intertidal "sea stack," or rock column, ju...
The rock is not only a favorite photographic subject, it is also irresistible to many visitors at low tide. Several of them have been stranded there when the Pacific Ocean tide comes in, sometimes with a vengea... More
A metal-art dragon greets visitors to the Job Corps Center along the H...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
Welcome sign featuring postcard views in the Pacific Coast town of Sea...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More
Prologue to Glory - theatrical playbill, public domain image
A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More
A black and white photo of a group of men playing baseball. Office of ...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Spray foam trucks prospector statue and sign, overall view, Frontage R...
Margolies, John,, photographer...Spray foam trucks prospector statue and sign, overall view, Frontage Road, I-5, Albany, Oregon..1987...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, ... More
John Johnson House, Pedee, Polk County, OR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS OR-29 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction
Hotel Lenox, 1100-1116 Southwest Third Street, Portland, Multnomah Cou...
Public domain photograph of window, architectural element, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hotel Lenox, 1100-1116 Southwest Third Street, Portland, Multnomah Cou...
Public domain photograph of car, historic place, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Short Bridge, Spanning South Santiam River at High Deck Road, Cascadia...
Significance: Built in 1945 to replace an earlier bridge at this site, Short Bridge illustrates Linn County's distinctive open-sided housing that was designed to increase visibility and reduce wind resistance. ... More
Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portlan...
Significance: Burnside Bridge is one in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River, and one of five Portland span bridges (with Ross Island Bridge, Sellwood Bridge, Lovej... More
Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portlan...
Significance: Burnside Bridge is one in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River, and one of five Portland span bridges (with Ross Island Bridge, Sellwood Bridge, Lovej... More
Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portlan...
Significance: Burnside Bridge is one in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River, and one of five Portland span bridges (with Ross Island Bridge, Sellwood Bridge, Lovej... More
Oregon Caves Concession Cottages, Cottage No. 71-72, Oregon Route 46, ...
Survey number: HABS OR-147-G Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1954 Subsequent Work
James C. Tolman House, Pacific Highway, Ashland, Jackson County, OR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS OR-42 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction
Oregon Electric Railway Westside Corridor, Between Watson & 185th Aven...
Significance: The Oregon Electric Railway was important to the initial growth of Beaverton as a suburb of Portland. Survey number: HAER OR-59
Oregon Electric Railway Westside Corridor, Between Watson & 185th Aven...
Significance: The Oregon Electric Railway was important to the initial growth of Beaverton as a suburb of Portland. Survey number: HAER OR-59
Wallowa Ranger Station, Residence, 602 First Street, Wallowa, Wallowa ...
Significance: The ranger's residence is significant individually due to its fine craftsmanship both inside and out. Exceptional features include: stone porch floor and chimney, rough chamfered posts, brackets,... More
Agness Guard Station, Office, Confluence of Rogue & Illinois Rivers, A...
Significance: CCC administrative site used by Siskiyou National Forest as a guard station constructed by the first CCC camp established in SW Oregon. The materials for it were brought up the Rogue River by boa... More
Cant Ranch, House, East side of State Route 19, North of U.S. 26, Dayv...
Significance: The Cant Ranch is one of the best-preserved examples of the early 20th century ranching operations in the John Day River Valley. The ranch complex includes 11 structures: ranch house, barn and sh... More
Oriental Theatre, 828 Southeast Grand Avenue, Portland, Multnomah Coun...
Significance: The Oriental Theatre, the second largest moving picture theatre built in Oregon, was erected in conjunction with an office building and contained notable examples of thematic decor derived from an... More
Eliam Small Morris House, Yamhill, Yamhill County, OR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS OR-17 Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction
Eliam Small Morris House, Yamhill, Yamhill County, OR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS OR-17 Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction
Portland & Southwestern Railroad Tunnel, Willamette Meridian, Chapman,...
Significance: The Portland and Southwestern Railroad Tunnel is one of the longer semi-temporary railroad tunnels built for logging transport in Oregon and the only tunnel to cross the divide of the Oregon coast... More
Steel Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at State Route 99, Portland, M...
Significance: An early example of the Waddell-type vertical lift bridge, the Steel Bridge documents that, guided by Harrington, most features of the type achieved "standard" form by 1912. It also demonstrates ... More
Steel Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at State Route 99, Portland, M...
Significance: An early example of the Waddell-type vertical lift bridge, the Steel Bridge documents that, guided by Harrington, most features of the type achieved "standard" form by 1912. It also demonstrates ... More
United States Hotel, California & Third Streets, Jacksonville, Jackson...
Significance: The present United States Hotel, built in 1878-80, stands on the site of a previous frame hotel known variously as the Robinson House, the Union Hotel, and the United States Hotel. In 1853, Jesse... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
Owyhee Dam, Across Owyhee River, Nyssa, Malheur County, OR
Significance: Owyhee Dam is a 417-foot-high, concrete thick-arch dam (or arch/gravity dam). At its completion in 1932, Owyhee was the tallest dam in the world, a short-lived distinction because it was superced... More
The Horse Ranch, Woodshed, Eagle Cap Wilderness Area, Joseph, Wallowa ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Joseph Main Street, Between Joseph & Second Avenues, Joseph, Wallowa C...
Significance: The Joseph Main Street is a good example of a historic Eastern Oregon commercial district and social center that retains many of the characteristics of a small town that developed with the arrival... More
James Watson House, Hoskins, Benton County, OR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS OR-30 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction
University of Oregon, Deady Hall, University of Oregon Campus, Eugene,...
Significance: Deady Hall was the first building on the University of Oregon campus. Begun in 1873 and completed in 1876, it was the focus of all university life until the building of Villard Hall in 1886. Its d... More
Lester Shingle Mill, 1602 North Eighteenth Street, Sweet Home, Linn Co...
Significance: Melvin L. Lester built a shingle mill in Sweet Home, Oregon, in 1951-52 after operating a shingle mill in nearby Foster, Oregon. The family-owned Sweet Home mill ran for nearly twenty years befor... More
Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...
Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... More
Umpqua River Bridge, Spanning Umpqua River at Oregon Coast Highway, Re...
Significance: The Umpqua River Bridge is historically significant as one of the five Depression-era PWA bridges that connected the Oregon Coast Highway. The completion of these bridges is considered the dividi... More
Morton McCarver House, Mount Pleasant, Clackamas County, OR
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS OR-5 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction
Klamath Basin Project, "A" Canal Headworks House, 500 Nevada Street, K...
Significance: This house is among the first constructed by the Federal government in developing in the Klamath Basin Project. The A Canal and its headworks are the first Federal diversion from Upper Klamath Lak... More
James W. Nesmith House, Rickreall, Polk County, OR
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
North Fork Butter Creek Bridge, Spanning North Fork Butter Creek Bridg...
Significance: The North Fork Butter Creek Bridge #1189, which is located in the community of Vinson on Heppner Highway in Umatilla County, was constructed in 1926. The Butter Creek Bridge is a 2-span reinforced... More
Medford Service Center, 1319 McAndrews Road, Medford, Jackson County, ...
Significance: Structures in the Medford Service Center were built by crews of Civilian Conservation Corps and Emergency Relief Administration workers in a locally large-scale public works project during the Gre... More
Grande Ronde River Bridge, Sprnning Grande Ronde River on Old Oregon T...
Significance: It is a 312'-long bridge with a main span comprised of a 134'-long reinforced concrete rib deck arch over the Grande Ronde River, and a 175'-long concrete viaduct crossing over the Union Pacific C... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
Corvallis Downtown Historic District, Bounded by First & Sixth Streets...
Significance: The Corvallis Downtown Historic District is locally significant as a commercial and social center in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The district reflects the commercial growth of the city, as we... More
William Holmes House, Mount Pleasant, Clackamas County, OR
Significance: This house was the center of pioneer hospitality. An inaugural hall for the first territorial governor, Gen. Jos. Lane was held here in March 1849. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
William Holmes House, Mount Pleasant, Clackamas County, OR
Significance: This house was the center of pioneer hospitality. An inaugural hall for the first territorial governor, Gen. Jos. Lane was held here in March 1849. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More
East Pendleton Overcrossing, Southeast Court Avenue between Southeast ...
Significance: The overcrossing is significant as a virtually intact example of the work of engineer Conde B. McCullough. McCullough served as the State Bride Engineer, and later as the Assistant State Highway E... More
Andrews Stone House, County Road 201, approximately 13 miles north of ...
Survey number: HABS OR-172 Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sellwood Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Southeast Tacoma Street,...
Significance: The Sellwood Bridge, the busiest two-lane bridge in Oregon, is the southern-most span in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River at Portland, Oregon. Th... More
Rocky Creek Bridge, Spanning Rocky Creek on Oregon Coast Highway (U.S....
Survey number: HAER OR-111 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction
Historic Columbia River Highway, Eagle Creek Bridge, Spanning Eagle Cr...
Significance: The only stone-veneered reinforced-concrete arch bridge and one of only eight arch spans on the Historic Columbia River Highway. It is the last bridge in the Multnomah County section of the Histo... More
Louis Powell House, Second Avenue & Maple Street, Oakland, Douglas Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey number: HABS OR-36 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction
U.S.S. Oregon after turret - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description