Photograph of two unidentified men with a truck and trailer parked on a street. The trailer is carrying four cars. One man is standing on the running board of the truck, and the other man is walking alongside the trailer.

Photograph showing a group of people standing in the street next to a row of parked cars with travel trailers. The vehicles are outside a building at Southeast 6th Avenue and Southeast Alder streets in Portland, which housed the East Side Commercial Club and Roosevelt Masonic lodge No. 187. See related image Nos. 372A0850 and 372A0852.

Photograph, taken from the front, showing a wrecked car (1925 Willys-Overland sedan) that has struck a utility pole next to a road. The car is on the sloped embankment bordering the road and is leaning against the pole at an angle. People are gathered in the road next to the wreck. See related image No. 373G0258.

Photograph of Portland Mayor George L. Baker (second from left) and three unidentified men with a car (1929 LaSalle Seven-Passenger Sedan) outside Portland City Hall. One man is sitting in the driver’s seat; the other three are standing in front of the car. The man at left may be Oscar F. Willing.

Photograph of George L. Baker (second from left) and two unidentified men with a car parked outside Portland City Hall. Baker and the man at right are each standing with one foot on the car’s front bumper and looking at the man on the left. That man, who may be Oscar F. Willing, is facing them and looking downward. The photograph was probably taken during Baker’s tenure as mayor of Portland.

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered near rows of parked cars, possibly on Swan Island in Portland. The photograph may have been taken during an air show.

Photograph showing an unidentified man crouching next to a Portland Gas & Coke Company vehicle. He is facing to the left and is placing a sign bearing the civilian defense insignia for utility repair on the side of the car. He is also wearing an armband with the same insignia and a pouch for carrying a gas mask. The number 2318 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. The text “Repair car insignia” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 375A0819. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph showing two unidentified United States Navy servicemen posing next to a Portland Gas & Coke Company car. They are smiling and attaching a sign to the side of the car. The sign reads: “CHOOSE NAVY NOW / WHILE YOU CAN.” An unidentified Portland Gas & Coke employee is sitting in the driver’s seat of the car. The number 2629 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. See related image No. 375A0842. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph of two cars driving along a muddy roadway at the Bonneville dam construction site as President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives to deliver a speech on August 3, 1934. Crowds are visible on the left side of the image. A cropped version of this photograph was one of nine that were published on Page 4 of the Oregon Journal on August 4, 1934, under the headline “President Roosevelt Visits One of Administration’s Big Projects.” This photograph had the following caption: “The presidential party entering the area set apart for officials connected with the dam ceremony.” The images were part of a two-page photo spread included in the newspaper’s coverage of Roosevelt’s visit. See related image Nos. 371N2168, 371N21769, 371N2170, 371N2171, 371N2172, 371N2173, 371N2174, 371N2190, 371N2192, 371N2194, 371N2195, 371N2197, and 372A1257. Also see image No. 371N2186 of crowds touring the ship on which the president arrived in Portland.

Photograph showing a car parked outside the Royal Bakery building at East 21st Street North and Irving Street (now Northeast 21st Avenue and Northeast Irving Street) in Portland. On the side of the car is the word “Betsy.”

Photograph showing the Battle Axe Inn in Government Camp, Oregon, and cars parked on the snow-covered road outside. The inn is partially hidden behind drifts of snow reaching to the bottom edge of the building’s roof. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph showing cars parked outside The Dorchester House, a hotel, restaurant, and gas station off Highway 101 in Oceanlake, Oregon, now part of Lincoln City. The view is of the side of the hotel visible from the highway and shows a three-story building with a gabled roof, dormer windows, and two gasoline pumps outside. The Dorchester opened in July 1935. See related image Nos. 372A0878, 372A0880, 372A0883, 372A0884, 372A0885, and 372A0886. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph showing a car and buildings along the main street in Bandon, Oregon, in December 1936, three months after a forest fire destroyed the town. A sign on the building at center reads: “Temporary Medical Center / Fuhrman & Shindler Inc. / Rexall Drug Store.” To the left of that text are the words: “Dr. Arthur Gale / Dr. E. F. Lucas / Physicians & Surgeons.” To the right are the words: “Dr. F. W. Dodds / Dr. F. W. Gould / Dentists.” At far right is a sign for Carr’s Variety Store. See related image Nos. 372A1212, 372A1213, 372A1229, 372A1230, and 372A1231. Image note: The number 4 is written on the negative and is partially visible in the lower right corner of the image.

Photograph, taken from the street, showing a two-story building, probably a hotel or apartment building, with a courtyard and a tile roof. Steps lead from the sidewalk to the courtyard and the entrance of the building. A sign that reads “VACANCY” is hanging on a railing outside the doorway at left. A car is parked in the street outside the building.

Photograph showing the exterior of an unidentified two-story house. The house has a porch, a gable roof, a dormer, and two chimneys. The view of the house is partially obscured by a tree at left. A car is parked at right.

Photograph showing two unidentified men and a parked vehicle outside the Hickman Products Ltd. Company warehouse at at 1310 Southeast Union Avenue (now Southeast Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard) in Portland. This building is also shown in image No. 372A1200, when it was the Frank Fink Company warehouse.

Portrait of T. E. McGraw (left front), A. S. Butler (left rear), and Portland Mayor Joseph K. Carson with a 1937 Plymouth sedan in February 1937. Carson is handing the car keys to McGraw and a check to Butler. A sign on the car reads: “This car won by Mr. T. McGraw / Portland, Oregon / For submitting the best limerick in the Listerine cough drop limerick contest / Car delivered by W. W. Shipley Co.” Butler received $100 as the owner of Gloden's pharmacy in Portland, which sold the cough drops to McGraw.

Photograph showing part of the exterior of a brick building. A sign on the building reads “BOHEMIAN CLUB BEER DISTR. ‘WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER.’” Three cars are parked outside the building.

Photograph showing a line of cars parked next to the the Sea Wall Public Market building at Southwest Front Avenue and Southwest Yamhill Street in Portland. Also see image No. 372A1131, which may be related.

Photograph showing a two-story house with a fenced yard on a corner lot on Southeast Sixth Avenue, and Washington St. in Portland (today 610 SE 6TH AVE). Cars are parked along the cross street, which is SE Washington St.. Image note: Negative damage at bottom.

Portrait of a group of women posing with a car at Jantzen Beach in Portland on August 15, 1929. They are wearing sashes and swimming suits. The women, each representing a business or organization, participated in a beauty contest held as part of a picnic sponsored by the East Side Commercial Club. The woman at front center, sitting on the bumper of the car and wearing an “Oriental Theatre” sash, is Jerry Chenoweth, who won the contest. Standing next to her is Mary Benoit, representing Sears Roebuck Co., who took second place. A brief story about the contest and picnic was published on Page 10 of the Oregon Journal on August 16, 1929, under the headline “Bathing Girls Not Afraid to Get Hair Damp.”

Portrait of a group of women posing with a car at Jantzen Beach in Portland on August 15, 1929. They are wearing sashes and swimming suits. The women, each representing a business or organization, participated in a beauty contest held as part of a picnic sponsored by the East Side Commercial Club. The woman at front center, sitting on the bumper of the car and wearing an “Oriental Theatre” sash, is Jerry Chenoweth, who won the contest. Standing next to her is Mary Benoit, representing Sears Roebuck Co., who took second place. A brief story about the contest and picnic was published on Page 10 of the Oregon Journal on August 16, 1929, under the headline “Bathing Girls Not Afraid to Get Hair Damp.”

Photograph of several unidentified people in a car draped with flags for a parade. The car is in the street outside the Clatsop County Courthouse in Astoria, Oregon.

A photograph of Gerry Frank sitting in the driver's seat of an automobile. Six additional passengers are visible in the vehicle with Frank. The letters, "M&F" are painted on the door of the automobile in the style of the logo for the Meier & Frank Department Store.

A photograph of a crowd of people standing in and around two automobiles parked in the middle of a dirt street. The sign on the building to the left of the photograph reads, "Olympia Beer Saloon." A pennant attached to one of the automobiles reads, "Portland to Seattle, Portland Day."

Photograph of students as they photograph a female model posing in front of an automobile. Part of a class at the Northwest School of Photography. Handwritten note on back indicates this was taken by a student in the PM Advanced Portrait class at the Northwest School of Photography.

Tape 1, Side 1. This oral history interview with Charles H. Raney and Myrtle E. Raney was conducted by Richard E. Larrowe on January 22, 1970. In this interview, the Raneys discuss working at The Beaver State Motor Company in Gresham, Oregon, and the car they manufactured. They talk about wood saws that the company also manufactured, other people who worked at the company, and the factory building. They describe the design of the car, legal trouble the company faced, and the reasons the company went out of business. They close the interview by discussing cement mixers the company made.