Negative of a photographic postcard showing an aerial view of the Portland-Columbia Airport, known today as the Portland International Airport. Two Northwest Airlines planes sit on the tarmac next to a building. Handwriting on negative reads, "N.W. Airlines - Columbia Airport - Portland, Oregon. Christian 11-856."
A teacher holds the hand of a little girl as they descend an escalator while on a field trip at the Portland International Airport. The teacher is Mrs. John Gardner and the girl is a student at Dayton Summer School in Dayton, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 27, 1965.
A group of children walk down the ramp of a West Coast Airlines airplane while on a field trip to the Portland International Airport. They are students at Dayton Summer School in Dayton, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 27, 1965.
Port of Portland hostess Jill McCleave shows a model of the Portland International Airport to a group of students on a field trip. The students attend Dayton Summer School in Dayton, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 27, 1965.
A line of students and teachers board a West Coast Airlines airplane while on a field trip to the Portland International Airport. The group is from the Dayton Summer School in Dayton, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 27, 1965.
A little girl walks down the ramp of a West Coast Airlines airplane while on a field trip to the Portland International Airport. She is a student at the Dayton Summer School in Dayton, Oregon. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 27, 1965.
A row of children look out the windows of the Portland International Airport while on a field trip. They wear paper pilot hats with their names handwritten on them. They are students at the Dayton Summer School in Dayton, Oregon. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 27, 1965.
An aerial view of terminal buildings at Portland International Airport, looking west. Three clusters of buildings can be seen along a tarmac and runway area, with one parked airplane. At the right side of the frame is the Columbia River (negative 2 of 3).
An aerial of Portland Airport, looking southwest. Several airplanes can be seen parked next to the terminal buildings. The Columbia River is at the right side of the frame (negative 5 of 13).
Senator Estes Kefauver and Nancy Kefauver Pigott, exiting an airplane after arriving in Portland. Kefauver, representing Tennessee, waves from the top of the stairs as his wife walks down the stairs (negative 8 of 22).
Nancy Kefauver Pigott, wife of Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, during a visit to Portland. She holds a bouquet of flowers while standing among people holding handmade signs. An airplane can be seen in the background (negative 5 of 22).
Harald A. Wagner, standing next to a twin meter light plane, most likely on a Portland airfield. He rests his left arm on the plane, holding the other in his pocket (negative 2 of 13).
A flooded United Airlines building in Portland, most likely at the Portland Airport near the Columbia River. Water surrounds the main building, with a smaller “West Coast Airlines” building visible to the right (negative 1 of 17).
Two people with model airplanes at the McMinnville airport. One man is kneeling on the ground next to a model, while another person, also holding an airplane, looks downward (negative 5 of 5).
People in a parking area at the McMinnville airport, with several model airplanes. Other people can be seen in the background, standing next to a field (negative 1 of 5).
An Oregon Journal helicopter, over a field at Grants Pass Air Service. People can be seen watching the helicopter from the far side of the field, with mountains in the distance (negative 4 of 5).
A crowd at Dwyer Airport, at S.E. 100th Avenue in Portland, watches as an Oregon Journal helicopter lands. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 8, 1947 (negative 1 of 2).
Aerial photograph showing the Rankin airfield in Portland, probably when it was located at Mocks Bottom on the Willamette River in Portland. Pilot Tex Rankin operated his aviation business at the field. Planes, vehicles, spectators, and the hangar are visible in the photograph. Image note: Light leak on negative.
Photograph of an airplane between two parked cars at Swan Island airport in Portland. Also see image No. 371N5007. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
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.