Photograph showing a monoplane in flight above a field in northwest Portland. The plane was the "Cloud Buster Jr." build by William Bidwell at Bidwell-Yale Air Service, Guild's Lake Airport. In the background is the Montgomery Ward building on Northwest Vaughn Street. A cropped version of this photograph was used in the May 24, 1931 issue of the Oregon Journal. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative. Light leak on negative at lower right. See related negatives 374N0272 and 374N0274.
A photograph showing the crash of a Jenny airplane near Silverton Lumber Co. The crashed plane is visible in the foreground and there are people gathered around it.
A photograph showing the crash of a Jenny airplane near Silverton Lumber Co. The crashed plane is visible in the foreground and there are people gathered around it.
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 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.
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.
Two boys sit in an airplane while on a field trip at the Portland International Airport. They are students at the Dayton Summer School in Dayton, Oregon. The boy on the left wears a name tag that reads, "John Roblez, Dayton School, Dayton Oregon." The boy on the right smiles at the camera. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on August 27, 1965.
Boy Scout Troop Leader Mario Rios (left) and Scoutmaster John Smith (right) stand in front of an airplane at the McMinnville Airport in McMinnville, Oregon. The Scout troop from Eola Village was visiting the airport when a pilot offered to take them for a ride in this airplane. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on July 29, 1966.
Photograph of a group of people on the beach in Seaside, Oregon. Their backs are to the camera, and they look up at an airplane flying in the sky. Three children on donkeys face the camera to the right of the photograph. Stamp on the back of the print for Arthur M. Prentiss, Commercial Photographer.
A photograph of two men shaking hands on the tarmac of Portland Airport. Behind them is a airplane with the words "GOP TRUTH SQUAD Special" printed on the side, a third man is exiting the airplane. This airplane followed Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson during the 1956 presidential campaign (negative 4 of 4).
Rita Moreno exits a car at Portland Airport. She is waving and holding a large key and a bouquet of roses. She is wearing a sash that reads "Miss KPOJ The Journal". A sign on the car reads "Miss KPOJ Rita Moreno Star of The King and I". The KPOJ broadcast truck is parked between the car and an airplane (negative 6 of 8).
An airplane releasing a supply drop for Explorer Scouts on the shore of Horse Lake, in the Deschutes National Forest. The plane can be seen at the center of the frame, with a small parachute falling behind it towards the ground. A ridge line with trees and a scree slope is in the background (negative 7 of 13).
Three men pushing supplies from the open door of an airplane, during an Explorer Scout supply drop at Horse Lake, in the Deschutes National Forest. They sit on the floor of the plane, appearing to use their legs to push the supplies out the door (negative 12 of 13).
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).
Two unidentified men sit inside an airplane used by Kendall B. Wood, Consulting Forest Engineers, in Portland. Taken from ground level and looking upward, one man sits at the front of a glass dome, while another can be seen further back (negative 1 of 5).
An unidentified man holds a photogrammetric camera next to an airplane for Kendall B. Wood, Consulting Forest Engineers, in Portland. He holds a large camera over one shoulder, with an open door in the airplane behind him (negative 3 of 5).
An unidentified man uses a photogrammetric camera in an airplane for Kendall B. Wood, Consulting Forest Engineers, in Portland. He wears a set of headphone while looking downward at the camera, with his left hand on a wall-mounted unit (negative 3 of 5).
Four unidentified men stand in front of an airplane, for Kendall B. Wood, Consulting Forest Engineers, in Portland. The airplane features twin propellers and a glass front (negative 4 of 5).
People loading Oregon Journal newspapers onto a small airplane, to be delivered to Vancouver and surrounding communities during a flood. Trucks with “The Journal” painted on the side are parked next to the airplane. Most likely taken in Portland (negative 2 of 2).
People loading Oregon Journal newspapers onto a small airplane, to be delivered to Vancouver and surrounding communities during a flood. A truck with “The Journal” painted on the side is parked next to the airplane. Most likely taken in Portland (negative 1 of 2).
Mrs. Jeanne Peek, of Astoria, standing on the steps of a West Coast Airlines plane, after doing her holiday shopping in Portland. She’s wearing a fur coat and holding several boxes. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, December 24, 1947 (negative 1 of 2).
A woman hands two Western Air employees a gift, celebrating the arrival of Western Air Lines in Portland. The two employees, wearing flight attendant uniforms, stand on a set of stairs next to a plane (negative 2 of 6).
Pilot Tex Rankin and Portland Mayor Earl Riley, flying in an Ercoupe airplane over Portland and the Columbia River. Taken from another airplane, Mount Adams can be seen in the distance. A cropped version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, April 28, 1946 (negative 2 of 6).