A polar bear stands up straight on its hind legs at the Oregon Zoo in Portland on January 2, 1959. The bear stands in an outdoor enclosure equipped with stairs and a pool. In 1959, this was the zoo's new location.

Two men handle several stacks of old currency piled on top of a cabinet at the Federal Reserve Bank in Portland, Oregon. Behind them is an open furnace. They are preparing to burn old currency (negative 1 of 9).

Two men place stacks of old currency into an open furnace at the Federal Reserve Bank in Portland, Oregon. They are preparing to burn old currency (negative 6 of 9).

Debris from a plane crash surrounds a house west of Camas, Washington. Large pieces of the airplane lie on the ground. The house appears to be badly damaged and all of its windows are broken. There are 2 military vehicles in the background. This is the wreckage of an F-89 jet fighter plane that crashed on January 9, 1959 (negative 3 of 14).

Four women smile at a desk in the Oregon State Legislature in Salem, Oregon. The desk displays a sign which reads, "Grace Olivier Peck." Behind the women is a large blackboard listing various committee meetings. Pictured from left to right are Beulah Hand (D-Clackamas), Shirley Field (R-Multnomah), Grace Olivier Peck (D-Multnomah) and Katherine Musa (D-Wasco). This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on January 14, 1959 (negative 5 of 12).

Mark Hatfield is sworn in as governor in the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Hatfield (on the left) and Chief Justice William M. McAllister (on the right) both raise their right hands as McAllister administers the oath of office. Other officials stand behind them (negative 12 of 16).

Mark Hatfield speaks at his inauguration as governor in the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Four microphones are arranged in front of him as he speaks from a podium on a dais (negative 16 of 16).

Outgoing Governor Robert Denison Holmes speaks at the Oregon State Capitol at the inauguration of incoming Governor Mark Hatfield. Holmes stands at a podium on a dais flanked by members of the legislature. Members of the press sit in the front row (negative 8 of 16).

Three men hold up and observe 2 paintings by Vincent Van Gogh at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. Both paintings depict flowers in vases. Pictured left to right are Francis J. Newton (Curator), Dr. Max W. Sullivan (Director of the Art Museum) and H.J. Siliakus of the Amsterdam municipal museum (negative 1 of 11).

A group of men stand on the loading dock of the Portland Art Museum as they transport wrapped paintings by Vincent Van Gogh into the museum. One man places a painting on a cart while another wheels the cart into the museum. A uniformed man wearing a deputy sheriff patch stands on the right. Two other uniformed men watch the loading process (negative 3 of 11).

Four children dressed in costumes stand next to a lamb at a luncheon hosted by the Women's Auxiliary of the National Wool Growers Association in Portland, Oregon. A boy pets the lamb while a girl holds the animal by a leash. Pictured are Dave Ecklund (dressed as Boy Blue and petting the lamb), Jamie Kohlhoff, Libby Bishop and Jan Ecklund (dressed as Bo Peep on the right). This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on January 29, 1959 (negative 1 of 7).

Students attend a class at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry taught by members of the Portland Amateur Telescope Makers and Observers. A girl carefully holds a telescope mirror in her hands as an adult instructor points at the mirror, instructing how to polish it. Two other children and an adult look on. Pictured left to right are Claudia James, Charles Freeland, Robert McCarl, Maureca McCarl and Frank Godfrey. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on February 15, 1959 (negative 2 of 4).

Four unidentified teenagers stand in a row and pose with their batons. They are baton twirling champions. They smile at the camera, arranged in height from tallest on the left to shortest on the right.

Solange Kowert leans over a loom as she weaves a rug at 1976 SW 4th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. She looks at the camera and smiles. Spools of yarn are displayed vertically on a rack to the left (negative 1 of 9).