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Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at River Mile 6.9, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at River Mile 6.9, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at River Mile 6.9, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at River Mile 6.9, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at River Mile 6.9, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at River Mile 6.9, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...

Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More

Union Avenue Viaduct, Spanning between Southeast Harrison & Southeast Ivon Streets on Union Avenue (Old Highway 99 East), Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Union Avenue Viaduct, Spanning between Southeast Harrison & Southeast ...

Significance: Completed in 1937, the Union Avenue Viaduct is the longest continuous concrete slab/beam/girder-type structure in the state of Oregon. The original structure was built in 1936-37 and refined with ... More

Union Avenue Viaduct, Spanning between Southeast Harrison & Southeast Ivon Streets on Union Avenue (Old Highway 99 East), Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Union Avenue Viaduct, Spanning between Southeast Harrison & Southeast ...

Significance: Completed in 1937, the Union Avenue Viaduct is the longest continuous concrete slab/beam/girder-type structure in the state of Oregon. The original structure was built in 1936-37 and refined with ... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Broadway Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Broadway Street, Portlan...

Significance: The Broadway Bridge is the first bascule span built in Portland and, at the time constructed, the longest in the United States. Its completion resulted in a dramatic shift in land values and busi... More

U.S. Courthouse, 620 Southwest Main Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

U.S. Courthouse, 620 Southwest Main Street, Portland, Multnomah County...

Significance: While Portland has changed dramatically over the last 50 years, the Federal Courthouse remains an impressive example of early 1930 architecture. The Federal Courthouse is also an important Portla... More

U.S. Courthouse, 620 Southwest Main Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

U.S. Courthouse, 620 Southwest Main Street, Portland, Multnomah County...

Significance: While Portland has changed dramatically over the last 50 years, the Federal Courthouse remains an impressive example of early 1930 architecture. The Federal Courthouse is also an important Portla... More

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Head Light, Portland Head, approximately 1/2 mile East of Sho...

Site contains fog signal house, fog bells & fog whistle house. Significance: One of only four lighthouses authorized by President Washington, Portland Head Light was the first lighted by the federal government.... More

Odd Fellows Building, 1019 Southwest Tenth Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Odd Fellows Building, 1019 Southwest Tenth Street, Portland, Multnomah...

Significance: Noteworthy building erected on the periphery of Portland's business district during a period of intense development between 1900-1930. This building represents a historical link with a fraternal ... More

Hawthorne Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Hawthorne Boulevard & Madison Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Hawthorne Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Hawthorne Boulevard & M...

Significance: The Hawthorne Bridge is the oldest extant vertical lift bridge in the United States. It is the oldest of Portland's Willamette bridges, initiating the replacement of earlier swing spans. Designed ... More

St. John's Bridge, Spans Willamette River at US Highway 30, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

St. John's Bridge, Spans Willamette River at US Highway 30, Portland, ...

Significance: The St. John's Bridge is significant for its design and for its representation among suspension bridges in the Trans-Mississippi West and in Oregon. At the time of its completion, the bridge had ... More

St. John's Bridge, Spans Willamette River at US Highway 30, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

St. John's Bridge, Spans Willamette River at US Highway 30, Portland, ...

Significance: The St. John's Bridge is significant for its design and for its representation among suspension bridges in the Trans-Mississippi West and in Oregon. At the time of its completion, the bridge had ... More

St. John's Bridge, Spans Willamette River at US Highway 30, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

St. John's Bridge, Spans Willamette River at US Highway 30, Portland, ...

Significance: The St. John's Bridge is significant for its design and for its representation among suspension bridges in the Trans-Mississippi West and in Oregon. At the time of its completion, the bridge had ... More

St. John's Bridge, Spans Willamette River at US Highway 30, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

St. John's Bridge, Spans Willamette River at US Highway 30, Portland, ...

Significance: The St. John's Bridge is significant for its design and for its representation among suspension bridges in the Trans-Mississippi West and in Oregon. At the time of its completion, the bridge had ... More

[Coast of Maine from Salter Island to Portland Head. nautical chart

[Coast of Maine from Salter Island to Portland Head. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:48,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 856 Available also through the Library of Co... More

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne invt & exct, London., British Cartoon Print

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne...

Print shows a country fair amusement with Charles James Fox, on a raised platform, wearing a dunce or liberty cap labeled "Vox Populi" receiving bribes from Lord North, to the right, on the platform, Lord Shelb... More

Chase, Salmon Portland, 1808-1873, 3/4 lgth., standing, (7)

Chase, Salmon Portland, 1808-1873, 3/4 lgth., standing, (7)

Wood engraving after photoprint by Mathew Brady. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, (1861 March 23), p. 189. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.

[Mary Todd Lincoln] / Union card picture, made by George F. Ayer, photographer, 161 Middle Street, Portland.

[Mary Todd Lincoln] / Union card picture, made by George F. Ayer, phot...

Photograph shows portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln probably by Wenderoth and Taylor taken in 1864 and reproduced by George F. Ayer in 1864 or later. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014:202). Purchased from:... More

Panoramic map of Portland, Oregon. - Public domain map

Panoramic map of Portland, Oregon. - Public domain map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Looking east to the Cascade Mountains." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 722 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed ... More

[Cove, Portland, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Cove, Portland, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10793". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Prison, Portland, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Prison, Portland, England] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "11039". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[Fort Gorges and Peak Island from Eastern Promenade, Portland, Me.]

[Fort Gorges and Peak Island from Eastern Promenade, Portland, Me.]

Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Down Presumpscot River from Riverton Park, Portland,Me.]

[Down Presumpscot River from Riverton Park, Portland,Me.]

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of harbor from Fort Allen Park, Portland, Me.

View of harbor from Fort Allen Park, Portland, Me.

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Cushing Island landing, Portland, Me.

Cushing Island landing, Portland, Me.

Public domain photograph of steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Periods of time / by Lily E. White, Portland, Or.

Periods of time / by Lily E. White, Portland, Or.

Elderly woman holding an infant in cradleboard, half-length portrait, facing front, seated against a wall.

[View in Deering Park, Portland, Me.]

[View in Deering Park, Portland, Me.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, pond, water reflection, romantic landscape, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Forest City Landing and Gem Theatre, Peaks Island, Portland, Me.]

[Forest City Landing and Gem Theatre, Peaks Island, Portland, Me.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, colonial house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Congress Street toward Monument Square, Portland, Maine

Congress Street toward Monument Square, Portland, Maine

Copyright by The Detroit Photographic Co. No. 017715. Corresponds to original neg.: LC-D4-17715. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data... More

Over Main Entrance and Colonade, Agricultural Palace [r]ight, Foreign Palace (left), Portland Exposition, Portland, Ore.

Over Main Entrance and Colonade, Agricultural Palace [r]ight, Foreign ...

Stereo copyrighted by C.L. Wasson. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Forestry Buiding, Portland Exposition, Oregon - stereocsopic card

Forestry Buiding, Portland Exposition, Oregon - stereocsopic card

[Large log structure] Stereo copyright by H.C. White Co. (no.8612) This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Forests; Photog I.; Exhibitions 1905 (Lewis...); Shelf.

[Portland river, scene #1],  Panoramic Photograph

[Portland river, scene #1], Panoramic Photograph

H114341 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; August 6, 1908. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Sacking machines, Portland Cemet Co., Mason City, Iowa

Sacking machines, Portland Cemet Co., Mason City, Iowa

Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland, Me., central office - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Portland, Me., central office - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Longfellow House, Portland, Me.]

[Longfellow House, Portland, Me.]

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Baseball men at Portland; Fielder Jones, Pop Anson, Billy Sullivan (baseball)]

[Baseball men at Portland; Fielder Jones, Pop Anson, Billy Sullivan (b...

A black and white photo of three men in suits and hats. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland Apt., 14th & Thomas Circle, [Washington, D.C.]

Portland Apt., 14th & Thomas Circle, [Washington, D.C.]

Public domain photograph of victorian building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Far Western delegates to Woman's Party conference. L to R: Miss Emma Wold, Portland, Oregon; Mrs. William Kent, San Francisco, Cal.; Mrs Lucille Shields, Amarillo, Tex.; Miss Sybil Moore, Seattle, Wash., [11/11/22]

Far Western delegates to Woman's Party conference. L to R: Miss Emma W...

A group of women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get along. 5. Delegates to the nominating convention include 679,342. 1-2 honest to God newspaperwomen, not counting socialite chiselers, meeting to nominate the next first lady who may pick out her own president. All possible ladies are considered. They attempt to discover if 'Mrs. Roosevelt will settle down, if Mrs. Taft is on a diet, and who Mrs. Dewey was. Mary Johnson of Time, city room gal-bab Lincoln, Washington Times-Herald, Club Editor, Corrinne Frazier, WPA, Correspondent, Mrs. Elizabeth May Craig, Portland, Maine, Press-Herald Chairman, Bess Furman, Furman Features, Political Writer, Malvina Lindsay, Washington Post Woman's Page Editor, Hope Riding Miller, The Washington Post Society editor. Do not release before March 11, 1940

Women's Press Club skit instructs future first ladies on how to get al...

A group of women sitting on a stage holding signs. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exterior of the Portland Hotel. San Diego, California

Exterior of the Portland Hotel. San Diego, California

Public domain photograph of hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. A mass launching that made history in Maine shipbuilding took place August 16, 1942, when eight vessels slid into the water. One of the five British cargo-carrying ships which were christened is here being prepared for launching

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. A mass launching that made history ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland General Electric Company, Shop Building, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Portland General Electric Company, Shop Building, 1841 Southeast Water...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-Q Building/structure dates: after 1940 Initial Construction

Aerial view of Portland, Oregon, with a focus on the 1973 Fremont Bridge, a steel tied-arch bridge over the Willamette River

Aerial view of Portland, Oregon, with a focus on the 1973 Fremont Brid...

The bridge carries Interstate 405 and US 30 traffic between downtown and North Portland. It has the longest main span of any bridge in Oregon and is the second-longest tied-arch bridge in the world (after Caiyu... More

Breakwater 'Bug' Light built in 1875, Portland, Maine

Breakwater 'Bug' Light built in 1875, Portland, Maine

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The most elegant of all Maine's lighthouses, it was mod... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Oregon History Center, Portland, Oregon

Carol M. Highsmith - Oregon History Center, Portland, 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

Courtroom, Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine

Courtroom, Edward T. Gignoux U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Maine

Designed by architect James Knox Taylor and built 1908-1911. Addition in 1931-1932 by James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords fr... More

Sculpture "Law of Nature" at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Oregon

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

Sculpture "Law of Nature" at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Oregon

Sculpture "Law of Nature" at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, Por...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A dog, loosely imitating a rodeo horse, passes by in the Fred Meyer Junior Parade, one several events in Portland, Oregon's, annual Rose Festival

A dog, loosely imitating a rodeo horse, passes by in the Fred Meyer Ju...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. While thousands of children participate in the event (and have since it first rolled in the first Rose Festival in 1907), many of the ... More

Architectural details. U.S. Custom House, Portland, Maine

Architectural details. U.S. Custom House, Portland, Maine

Located near Portland's waterfront and built to accommodate the city's growing customs business. By 1866, Portland was one of the most significant seaports in the country. Designed under the direction of Alfre... More

Exterior. U.S. Custom House, Portland, Maine

Exterior. U.S. Custom House, Portland, Maine

Located near Portland's waterfront and built to accommodate the city's growing customs business. By 1866, Portland was one of the most significant seaports in the country. Designed under the direction of Alfre... More

Scene at the busy harbor on Casco Bay in Portland, Maine's largest city

Scene at the busy harbor on Casco Bay in Portland, Maine's largest cit...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Turreted downtown commercial building in Portland, Maine's largest city

Turreted downtown commercial building in Portland, Maine's largest cit...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Scene from Fort Allen Park at the busy harbor on Casco Bay in Portland, Maine's largest city

Scene from Fort Allen Park at the busy harbor on Casco Bay in Portland...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Fort Allen was a fortress high on Munjoy Hill, overlooking the harbor, during the War of 1812. When British ships arrived, the U.S. co... More

Scene at the busy harbor on Casco Bay in Portland, Maine's largest city

Scene at the busy harbor on Casco Bay in Portland, Maine's largest cit...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Aerial view of Portland, Oregon, with a focus on some of its several bridges over the Willamette River

Aerial view of Portland, Oregon, with a focus on some of its several b...

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

Aerial view of downtown Portland, 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

Black and White Revue - theatrical playbill, public domain image

Black and White Revue - theatrical playbill, public domain image

Frye Hall (venue) Scanned one of two 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 wel... More

Spirochete - theatrical playbill, public domain image

Spirochete - 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

Portland General Electric Company, Pepco Building, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Portland General Electric Company, Pepco Building, 1841 Southeast Wate...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-A Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction

Hotel Lenox, 1100-1116 Southwest Third Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Hotel Lenox, 1100-1116 Southwest Third Street, Portland, Multnomah Cou...

Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hotel Lenox, 1100-1116 Southwest Third Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Hotel Lenox, 1100-1116 Southwest Third Street, Portland, Multnomah Cou...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Burnside Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Burnside Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

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, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

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

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portland, Somerset County, ME

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...

Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portland, Somerset County, ME

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...

Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland Cou...

Significance: House was built in 1884 in the "shingle style" by the Portland architect John Calvin Stevens, 1855-1940, as his own residence and has an early example of revived use of the gambrel roof. Survey ... More

Oriental Theatre, 828 Southeast Grand Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

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

Portland & Southwestern Railroad Tunnel, Willamette Meridian, Chapman, Columbia County, OR

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, Multnomah County, OR

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

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Wa...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-L Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Wa...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-L Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Wa...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-L Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Wa...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-L Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Spring Point Ledge Light Station, End of breakwater at foot of Fort Preble, South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
[J. Ryan, Portland Team, baseball card portrait]

[J. Ryan, Portland Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division, Boston & Maine Railroad, Sterling, Worcester County, MA

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland...

Significance: Hastings Bridge represents a type of construction that was once common but rarely survives, the wooden truss. It is the oldest extant timber pony truss bridge identified in the Massachusetts stat... More

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland Division, Boston & Maine Railroad, Sterling, Worcester County, MA

Hastings Bridge, Campground Road spanning Worcester, Nashua & Portland...

Significance: Hastings Bridge represents a type of construction that was once common but rarely survives, the wooden truss. It is the oldest extant timber pony truss bridge identified in the Massachusetts stat... More

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS ME-2 Building/structure dates: 1785- 1786 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1815 Subsequent Work National ... More

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, Portland Harbor, South Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, Portland Harbor, South Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River at Bridge Street, Portland, Ionia County, MI

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River at Bridge Street, Portland,...

Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge in Portland is a rare two-span metal through truss, with two spans 100 feet in length, featuring decorative treatment at the end posts. This is the oldest known surviving... More

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River at Bridge Street, Portland, Ionia County, MI

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River at Bridge Street, Portland,...

Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge in Portland is a rare two-span metal through truss, with two spans 100 feet in length, featuring decorative treatment at the end posts. This is the oldest known surviving... More

Portland General Electric Company, Powerhouse Extension, 1841 Southeast Water Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

Portland General Electric Company, Powerhouse Extension, 1841 Southeas...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

North Star Woolen Mill, 109 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

North Star Woolen Mill, 109 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennep...

Significance: The mill is historically significant for its association with the development of the West Side Milling District in Minneapolis. Established in 1864, the mill remained in operation until its closur... More

North Star Woolen Mill, 109 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

North Star Woolen Mill, 109 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennep...

Significance: The mill is historically significant for its association with the development of the West Side Milling District in Minneapolis. Established in 1864, the mill remained in operation until its closur... More

North Star Woolen Mill, 109 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

North Star Woolen Mill, 109 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennep...

Significance: The mill is historically significant for its association with the development of the West Side Milling District in Minneapolis. Established in 1864, the mill remained in operation until its closur... More

Bangor & Portland Railway, Martins Creek Bridge, Spanning mouth of Martins Creek, Martins Creek, Northampton County, PA

Bangor & Portland Railway, Martins Creek Bridge, Spanning mouth of Mar...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Park Street Block, Park, Spring & Gray Streets, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Park Street Block, Park, Spring & Gray Streets, Portland, Cumberland C...

Documentation contains plans, elevations & details of No. 96 Park Street. Significance: The largest and most ambitious residential row of the period in Maine, this complex is an outstanding example of an early ... More

Park Street Block, Park, Spring & Gray Streets, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Park Street Block, Park, Spring & Gray Streets, Portland, Cumberland C...

Documentation contains plans, elevations & details of No. 96 Park Street. Significance: The largest and most ambitious residential row of the period in Maine, this complex is an outstanding example of an early ... More

Sellwood Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Southeast Tacoma Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

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

Sellwood Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Southeast Tacoma Street, Portland, Multnomah County, OR

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

[Panoramic photograph of Lewis & Clark fairgrounds]

[Panoramic photograph of Lewis & Clark fairgrounds]

H32878 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; John Wesley Tollman; June 22, 1903; DLC/PP-1903:41898. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright claimant's address: Vancouver, Wash.

Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: Complete, well-preserved, and flamboyant facade. Survey number: HABS ME-136 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction

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