Photograph of eight unidentified young men standing on the platform at the end of a Portland Limited train car at Union Station. The young man fourth from left is holding a bouquet of flowers. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the the negative.

Full-length portrait of four unidentified women posing with a crate at an airfield. They are facing front and smiling. Three of the women are sitting on the crate and wearing swimsuits; the fourth is standing next to them. Painted on the crate are the words “From:- / Mitchell Heinemann / Portland Ore. / To:- / Star Clothing Company / Yakima Wash. / Via:- Tex Rankin Air Service.” In the background is a Rankin Flying Service monoplane. The photograph may be related to the Jantzen Knitting Mills, of which Mitchell Heinemann was sales manager.

Full-length portrait of a large group of boys of various ages posing in rows on the steps outside the entrance to the Multnomah County Central Library in Portland. The group is unidentified. See related image Nos. 371N5693 and 371N5695. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Full-length portrait of a large group of boys of various ages posing in rows on the steps outside the entrance to the Multnomah County Central Library in Portland. The group is unidentified. See related image Nos. 371N5692 and 371N5695. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph of Captain Frank M. Hawks landing his Texaco airplane at Swan Island airport in Portland on Saturday, January 23, 1932. A cropped version of this photograph, along with image Nos. 371N1082 and 371N4992, was published on Page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, January 24, 1932. The photographs were published under the headline “Speed King Refuels Here on Flight.” This photograph had the following caption: “The low wing monoplane piloted by Captain Frank M. Hawks as it landed at Swan Island at 12:23 p.m. Saturday while the noted aviator was speeding southward to Augua [sic] Caliente in an effort to set a new record round trip from Mexico to Canada.” The photographs accompanied a story headlined “Hawks Sets Record for 2-Way Dash.” According to the story, Hawks set a new round-trip speed record of 13 hours, 43 minutes, 59 seconds.

Photograph of three unidentified men with a Varney Air Lines air mail plane near the terminal at Swan Island airport in Portland. Two of the men are standing on steps next to the plane, and the third man, possibly the pilot, is sitting in the cockpit.

Photograph of Kiutus Tecumseh (right) and his father, also Kiutus Tecumseh, standing next to a Hans Mirow Flying Service airplane at Swan Island airport in Portland on August 10, 1930. The younger Tecumseh is wearing a feather headdress and a beaded vest, gloves, and pants. He is holding a hatchet. The elder Tecumseh is wearing a cowboy hat, a collared shirt, a beaded vest and gloves, and breeches. On Monday, August 11, 1930, the Oregon Journal published a brief story about the two men on Page 11, under the headline “Two Indian Chiefs Tour Sky Lanes in Portland Airplane.” The Journal reported that the younger Kiutus Tecumseh, a singer, was on his fourth radio concert tour, and that he and his father had taken a flight with the Mirow service during a stop in Portland. The younger Tecumseh resided in Wenatchee, Washington, and the elder in Yakima, Washington, according to the story.

Aerial photograph of the United States Navy dirigible Akron in flight above Portland on May 24, 1932. On that day, the Oregon Journal published a front-page story about the Akron’s visit and published image No. 371N5036, a similar photograph to this one, on Page 4. The caption with that image included the following information about the dirigible: “The Akron is 785 feet long, weighs 403,000 pounds, and has 6,300,000 cubic feet gas volume. The ship has eight motors, totaling 4480 horsepower, and can make 83.8 miles an hour at top speed.” Image note: The number 2 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the photograph.

Aerial photograph of the United States Navy dirigible Akron in flight above Portland on May 24, 1932. On that day, the Oregon Journal published a front-page story about the Akron’s visit and published image No. 371N5036, a similar photograph to this one, on Page 4. The caption with that image included the following information about the dirigible: “The Akron is 785 feet long, weighs 403,000 pounds, and has 6,300,000 cubic feet gas volume. The ship has eight motors, totaling 4480 horsepower, and can make 83.8 miles an hour at top speed.” Image note: The number 7 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the photograph. Scratches on negative.

Photograph of unidentified people looking at the wreckage of a small Pargon Flying Service airplane after the plane crashed on the West Hills Golf Course in Portland on Tuesday, May 26, 1931. The pilot, Roy H. Scheffel of Portland, was killed. Scheffel ran a cafe called The Rendezvous. On Wednesday, May 27, 1931, the Oregon Journal published a similar photograph, image No. 371N3105, and a story about the crash, headlined “Cafe Man Killed in Air Crash.”

Photograph, taken on August 24, 1928, of pilot Tex Rankin holding a black cat he borrowed from a Portland girl, Carol Mangold, to take with him on a national air race from New York to Los Angeles. The cat was one of two “jinxes” that Rankin deliberately adopted for the race; the other was to enter his plane under the number 13. On August 24, the day Rankin departed, the Oregon Journal published a story on Page 2 about the pilot and the cat; the headline was “Rankin and His Jinxes Go East to Start Derby.”See related image Nos. 371N5919, 371N5920, 371N6220, and 371N6222. Also see the following images related to Rankin's return from the race: 371N5921, 371N5922, 371N5923, 371N6141, 371N6150, and 377N0032. Image note: The number 6 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper left corner of the image.

Portrait of three men standing next to an airplane, possibly a tri-motor Ford-Stout owned by the Standard Oil Company, at Swan Island airport. The plane arrived in Portland on Saturday, June 9, 1928, and was on display at the airport on Sunday, June 10, 1928, during Portland’s second annual air circus. A cropped version of this photograph, along with a picture of the Ford-Stout plane, was published in the Oregon Journal on June 10, 1928, under the headline “Huge Avion Greeted With Acclaim.” This photograph had the following caption: “Lieutenant Commander George Noville, who flew across pole and over Atlantic with [Richard E.] Byrd; F. V. Tompkins, pilot of the giant aircraft, and R. S. Allen, assistant pilot.” In a front-page story that day, the Journal reported that Noville had arrived in Portland on the Ford-Stout plane. See related image Nos. 371N1902, 371N2520, 371N5952. Image note: Double exposure. The text “Novill [sic] — Tompkins ?” is written on the negative and is visible on the left side of the image.

Photograph showing the terminal at the Swan Island airport in Portland. On the front of the building are the words “Portland Airport Administration Building.” Also see image No. 371N5563.

Photograph showing a crowd of people at the Swan Island airport terminal in Portland.

Aerial photograph showing the terminal, hangars, and part of a runway at Swan Island airport in Portland. The view is toward the southeast.

Photograph showing vehicles on Union Ave. in Portland. Streetcar tracks run down the center of the street. In the distance at center are a produce business and a General Gasoline station. In the background at right are signs that may read “Portland Auto Camp.” The number 6 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the photograph. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph of an unidentified person driving a motor boat on the Willamette River in Portland. The Broadway Bridge is in the background. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph of an unidentified person driving a motorboat on the Willamette River in Portland. The 1905 Morrison Bridge is in the background. The name “Laddie” is visible on the side of the boat.

Photograph of people driving speedboats on the Willamette River in Portland. The 1905 Morrison Bridge is in the background. The name “O MY” is visible on the boat at right; the boat is also pictured in image No. 371N5173.

Photograph of speedboats on the Willamette River in Portland. The Broadway Bridge is in the background.

Photograph of the Damsterdyk, a ship in the Holland-America Line fleet. In the background is part of the Portland skyline. The matching towers are the Public Market building, and the tower in between them is the Public Service Building.

Photograph of ships moored at a pier on the Willamette River in Portland. The ship at center left is the Eurana. Also see image No. 371N5239.

Photograph of a ship, the John Bakke, moored at the Mersey dock on the Willamette River in Portland. The Crown Flour mill is visible in the background at right.

Photograph of a ship, the Kota-Baroe, moored on the Portland waterfront. A building that may be the Portland Vegetable Oil Mills is partially visible at the left edge of the frame.

Photograph of a steamship, the Admiral Farragut, moored at the Admiral Line terminal on the Willamette River in Portland.

Photograph of three ships at a pier on the Willamette River in Portland. The front ship is a Calmar Line vessel. A bridge, possibly the Burnside Bridge, is visible in the background.

Photograph of a ship, the Edna Christenson, sailing on the Willamette River in Portland. The Broadway Bridge is partially visible in the background at left.

Photograph of a ship, the Ernest H. Meyer, at a pier on the Willamette River in Portland. The St. Johns Bridge is partially visible in the background at right.