Photograph of unidentified clergy, led by a cross bearer, walking in a procession toward the entrance of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph of unidentified clergy, led by a cross bearer, walking in a procession outside Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland. An “X” is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image.

Photograph of unidentified clergy walking out a door into the courtyard at St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. The number 3 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the photograph. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph of members of the Apostolic Faith Mission conducting baptisms in the Columbia River on August 13, 1926, as lines of people wait and a crowd watches from the bank. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 12 of the Oregon Journal on August 13, 1926, under the headline “Faithful Baptised in Columbia.” The photograph had the caption: “Apostolic Faith cult holding annual baptismal ceremony today at Columbia beach, where converts at protracted meeting in Woodstock district were given final rite of acceptance of faith.” The photograph accompanied a brief story, headlined “Converts Get Annual Dip at Beach Ritual.” The Apostolic Faith Mission is now known as the Apostolic Faith Church.

Photograph of baptisms being conducted in the Columbia River, possibly by the Apostolic Faith Mission, as two lines of people wait and a crowd watches from the bank. The Apostolic Faith Mission is now known as the Apostolic Faith Church. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Photograph of members of the Apostolic Faith Mission conducting baptisms in the Columbia River on August 13, 1926, as lines of people wait and a crowd watches from the bank. A similar photograph, image No. 371N4279, was published on Page 12 of the Oregon Journal on August 13, 1926. The photograph accompanied a brief story, headlined “Converts Get Annual Dip at Beach Ritual.” The Apostolic Faith Mission is now known as the Apostolic Faith Church. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Full-length portrait of an unidentified clergyman standing behind the stone fence in front of the cave at the National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother (The Grotto) in Portland. See related image No. 377N0142. Image note: Photograph quality is poor due to extensive deterioration of the negative.

Photograph showing the Beech Street Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church in Portland. Outside the church are two boys playing on a tricycle. The church was located at the corner of Beech and Borthwick streets, now North Beech Street and North Borthwick Avenue. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Photograph showing the front exterior of the Apostolic Faith tabernacle in Woodstock, Portland, on what is now Southeast Duke Street at Southeast 52nd Avenue. The tabernacle has a large dome with columns at the entrance. On the front of the building are a star and the words “JESUS / THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.” In the foreground of the photograph are bushes and plants on the grounds, and a path beneath an arched trellis. Also see image No. 371N5508.

Photograph showing the Apostolic Faith tabernacle and the grounds in front of the building, located in Woodstock, Portland, on what is now Southeast Duke Street at Southeast 52nd Avenue.The tabernacle has a large dome with columns at the entrance. On the front of the building are a star and the words “JESUS / THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.” Also see image No. 371N5507.

Photograph showing an outdoor service at the National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother (The Grotto) in Portland. The photograph was taken from the aisle near the back of the seating for the congregation. In the foreground are the congregants, seated on benches. In the distance at center is the grotto, a cave carved from the surrounding cliff face. Clergy are conducting the service at the altar at the base of the grotto. The number 35 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. This photograph is probably related to image No. 371N5610.

Photograph showing the exterior of Clinton Kelly Memorial Methodist Church at Southeast 40th Avenue and Southeast Powell Boulevard in Portland.

Photograph showing the exterior of the convent of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon near Beaverton. The building also housed the Sisters’ school, St. Mary of the Valley. The convent is four stories with a brick exterior and a dome at center.

Photograph showing the front exterior of St. Andrew Catholic Church at Northeast Ninth Avenue and Northeast Alberta Street in Portland. The photograph shows the steps leading to the entrance, the arched doors, and the stained glass windows above the doors.

Photograph showing one of the doors to the Temple Beth Israel synagogue, located in Portland at Northwest 19th Avenue between Northwest Glisan and Northwest Flanders streets.

Photograph showing a group of people walking on the sidewalk outside Union Station in Portland. In front are two men and two women. The people are unidentified, but the second woman from right is probably evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Also see related image Nos. 371N1712, 371N1714, and 371N1715.

Photograph showing a bronze statue, “Coming of the White Man,” depicting Chief Multnomah and a younger man looking toward the Columbia River gap. The figure of Chief Multnomah stands with his arms crossed, while the younger man holds a branch aloft, gesturing toward the river and approaching white men. The statue is located in Portland’s Washington Park. The family of former Portland Mayor David Thompson gave the money for the statue, which was sculpted by Hermon Atkins MacNeil and completed in 1904. A cropped version of this photograph was one of 13 that were published on Page 1, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 10, 1929. The photographs were part of a “motorlog” describing a car trip around Portland to view public art. The spread included photographs of the statues and the car driven on the trip; a map of the route; and a story, headlined “Memorials Grace City / Notable Works of Art Adorn Parks and Plazas of Portland, as Motorlog Shows.” The photographs were published under their own headline and subheading: “Portland’s Statues Viewed Via Motor / Delightful Drive in Reo Flying Cloud over Route that Includes Locations of Twelve of Portland’s Art Treasures.” The tour began and ended at the Journal Building at Southwest Broadway and Yamhill in downtown Portland. “Coming of the White Man” was stop number 6 on the trip. See related image Nos. 371N5421, 371N5422, 371N5461, 371N2899, 371N2900, and 371N2901, which were also part of the spread.

Photograph showing people performing a maypole dance in front of packed stands at Multnomah Civic Stadium (now Providence Park), possibly as part of the Portland Rose Festival.

Portrait of a Rose Festival queen seated on a throne and holding a bouquet of roses. The seven festival princesses are standing on either side of the throne and are wearing matching dresses. The queen and princesses are unidentified.

Photograph of Mary Benoit, representing Sears Roebuck Co., smiling and posing with one hand on her hip as others look on in the background. She is wearing heels, a swimming suit, and a sash with the words “Miss Sears Roebuck Co.” printed on it. Benoit took third place in a beauty contest held at Jantzen Beach in Portland on August 15, 1929, as part of a picnic sponsored by the East Side Commercial Club. The contest had 23 participants, each representing a business or organization. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 10 of the Oregon Journal on August 16, 1929, alongside pictures of Jerry Chenoweth (image No. 371N3050), who won the contest, and Lola Knutson (image No. 371N3047), who took second place. The photographs were published under the headline "East Side's Winning Maids," and accompanied a short article about the contest, titled "Bathing Girls Not Afraid to Get Hair Damp."

Photograph showing a group of unidentified women walking in a line during a beauty contest at Jantzen Beach in Portland on August 15, 1929. Twenty-three women participated in the beauty contest, which was part of a picnic sponsored by the East Side Commercial Club. 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 Tommy Luke, in the role of Rex Oregonus, sliding off a crouching elephant at Multnomah Civic Stadium during the 1929 Rose Festival. Rex Oregonus was co-regent with the Rose Festival queen. Portland Mayor George L. Baker is walking nearby on the right side of the image. The number 3 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. Also see image No. 371N2998.

Photograph showing the Shepperd’s Dell bridge, a concrete arch bridge, on the Columbia River Highway. Rock faces rise above the bridge at right.

Photograph showing a group of unidentified people with shovels clearing snow on the Columbia River Highway and the railroad tracks at left. The number 3 is written on the negative and is faintly visible at lower left. Image note: Negative damage at left.

Photograph showing the view of Mount Hood from a segment of the newly completed Cloud Cap Road on the north side of the mountain in October 1926. In the foreground, an Oregon Journal car is stopped on the road. The words “Staff Cameraman” are visible on the cover of the car’s spare tire. A cropped version of this photograph was one of three published on the front page of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, October 6, 1926, under the headline “Cloud Cap Road Is Way of Splendor.” The photographs had the following caption: “Scenes along newly-completed spur road leading from Mouth Hood Loop highway to Cloud Cap inn, giving suggestion of scenic wonders unfolded along trip.” This photograph had the additional caption information: “View of Mount Hood and especially Elliott [sic] glacier from the new road.” The photographs accompanied a story headlined “Cloud Cap Road Finished; Fine View Unfolded.” The story reported that the 10-mile-long road, ending at the Cloud Cap Inn, would officially be known as the Cooper spur of the Mount Hood Loop Highway. Construction of the road had begun in 1925. See image Nos. 374N0502 and 374N0521, which were published with this photograph, and additional related image Nos. 374N0470, 374N0472, 374N0519, 374N0522, 374N0523, 374N0524, 374N0526, and 374N0527.

Photograph, taken from the front, showing an Oregon Journal car on the newly completed gravel Cloud Cap Road on the north side of Mount Hood in October 1926. The road is surrounded by forest. On October 6, 1926, the Oregon Journal published three related photographs and a front-page story about the completion of the road, headlined “Cloud Cap Road Finished; Fine View Unfolded.” The story reported that the 10-mile-long road, ending at the Cloud Cap Inn, would officially be known as the Cooper spur of the Mount Hood Loop Highway. Construction of the road had begun in 1925. See related image Nos. 374N0470, 374N0471, 374N0472, 374N0502, 374N0521, 374N0522, 374N0523, 374N0524, 374N0526, and 374N0527.

Photograph showing an unidentified man sitting in the passenger seat of a Ford car in the street outside the Oregon Journal building (now the Jackson Tower) on Southwest Broadway in Portland. Standing to the left of the car are George L. Baker and two unidentified men. A crowd of people are watching in the background. A variety of text is painted on the car. On the side are the words: “Open challenge / Ford / Endurance & economy run / 10 days - 10 nights / without stopping motor.” To the right of those words is the text “A FOUR that Out-Performs the SIX.” Above the front wheel are the words; “Morris Tavlinsky & his driving ac [letter obscured] / Alternating at the wheel.”

Photograph, taken from the west side of the Willamette River, showing the Burnside Bridge decorated with flags for a dedication ceremony celebrating the bridge’s opening. A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal on Friday, May 28, 1926, the day of the ceremony. The photograph had the following caption: “Much Water Should Run Under This Great Bridge Before It Falls.” The photograph had the following caption: “City celebrates today in honor of opening of Burnside street structure, which, with its approaches, will cost $4,500,000. Regular traffic will be permitted after 7 o’clock tonight, and the afternoon in the meantime is given over to parades, speeches, and loud cheers for the grater elbow room permitted trans-Willamette traffic and the opportunity for commercial development produced by this facility for rapid connection between East and West Sides.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “County and State Unite With City in Bridge Dedication.” Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.