Multnomah County (Or.)

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University of Oregon Medical School, Marquam Hill, Portland

Photograph showing the exterior of the three-story University of Oregon Medical School building on Marquam Hill in Portland in October 1919. A group of people and cars are outside the building at left. A cropped version of this photograph was one of five published on Page 16, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, October 19, 1919. The photographs were published under the headline “Dream of Great Medical Center Near Realization.” The photographs had the following caption: “Combined University of Oregon medical school and Multnomah county hospital is making rapid strides.” This photograph had the additional caption: “Medical school building, first completed unit of proposed group.” The pictures accompanied a story, which had the headline “Dr. MacKenzie’s Dream Bids Fair to Become True” and the subheadings “Concrete Plans Are Shaping for Building of Medical Center Planned by Dean of U. of O. / Some Money Now Promised / New Structure of Medical School on Marquam Hill Above Terwilliger Boulevard, Is Nucleus.” See related image Nos. 376G0334 and 376G0335. Image note: The text “Medical school” is written on the negative sleeve.

University of Oregon medical students working in freshman study room

Photograph showing young men working at long tables in the freshman study room at the new University of Oregon Medical School building on Marquam Hill in Portland in October 1919. The second young man from left is holding up a rat by the tail; others are looking into microscopes. A cropped version of this photograph was one of five published on Page 16, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, October 19, 1919. The photographs were published under the headline “Dream of Great Medical Center Near Realization.” The photographs had the following caption: “Combined University of Oregon medical school and Multnomah county hospital is making rapid strides.” This photograph had the additional caption: “Scene in freshman study room, with a rat as exhibit ‘A.’ ” The pictures accompanied a story, which had the headline “Dr. MacKenzie’s Dream Bids Fair to Become True” and the subheadings “Concrete Plans Are Shaping for Building of Medical Center Planned by Dean of U. of O. / Some Money Now Promised / New Structure of Medical School on Marquam Hill Above Terwilliger Boulevard, Is Nucleus.” See related image Nos. 376G0333 and 376G0335. Image note: The text “Medical school” is written on the negative sleeve.

University of Oregon medical students working in laboratory

Photograph showing students working at long tables in a laboratory at the new University of Oregon Medical School building on Marquam Hill in Portland in October 1919. A cropped version of this photograph was one of five published on Page 16, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, October 19, 1919. The photographs were published under the headline “Dream of Great Medical Center Near Realization.” The photographs had the following caption: “Combined University of Oregon medical school and Multnomah county hospital is making rapid strides.” This photograph had the additional caption: “Sophomore medical students at work in bacteriological laboratory.” The pictures accompanied a story, which had the headline “Dr. MacKenzie’s Dream Bids Fair to Become True” and the subheadings “Concrete Plans Are Shaping for Building of Medical Center Planned by Dean of U. of O. / Some Money Now Promised / New Structure of Medical School on Marquam Hill Above Terwilliger Boulevard, Is Nucleus.” See related image Nos. 376G0333 and 376G0334. Image note: The text “Medical school” is written on the negative sleeve.

New annex to Richmond School, Portland

Photograph showing the exterior of the new annex to the Richmond School in Portland. A story and a cropped version of this photograph were published on Page 2, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 2, 1913, under the headline “Richmond Plans ‘Housewarming.’ “ The photograph had the following caption: “New Richmond school annex is shown at left wing in picture. Housewarming in honor of new structure interests citizens of that district.” The story reported that the celebration of the new structure and growth of the district was planned for March 7. The Journal gave the following description of the annex: “The new addition is of fireproof construction and includes class rooms, a lunch room, large assembly hall and a recreation court, where the children can play during stormy weather without exposure to the elements.”

Benson Polytechnic School

Photograph showing the exterior of a new Benson Polytechnic School building at what is now Northeast 12th Avenue and Northeast Irving Street in Portland. The school is now known as Benson Polytechnic High School. The Oregon Journal published one of two related photographs, 376G0354 or 376G0355, on Sunday, December 30, 1917. Image note: The text “Benson Polytechnic School” is written on the negative sleeve.

Benson Polytechnic School

Photograph, taken from a high angle, showing the exterior of a new Benson Polytechnic School building and the surrounding grounds at what is now Northeast 12th Avenue and Northeast Irving Street in Portland. The school is now known as Benson Polytechnic High School. A cropped version of either this photograph or a nearly identical image, No. 376G0355, was published on Page 10, Section Two, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, December 30, 1917. The photograph was published under the headline “New Plant of Benson Polytechnic School For Boys.” It had the following caption: “The Benson Polytechnic school, one of the finest institutions of its kind, now occupies its new plant at East Twelfth and East Couch streets, where excellent facilities are afforded for teaching the skilled trades.” A story on the same page, headlined “Portland’s Library And Public Schools Awake to Times / Public Schools Fully Meet Demands Imposed by War” included the following information about the school and new building: “The Benson Polytechnic school for boys, now housed in its new plant, is the finest institution of its kind on the Pacific coast. When fully completed the school will consist of 10 units. The subjects taught include many of the practical phases designed to fit the students to battle with the technical world. The enrollment is now 500 and the capacity of the school is 2000 when all units shall have been finished.” Also see related image No. 376G0353. Image note: The text “Benson Polytechnic School” is written on the negative sleeve.

Benson Polytechnic School

Photograph, taken from a high angle, showing the exterior of a new Benson Polytechnic School building and the surrounding grounds at what is now Northeast 12th Avenue and Northeast Irving Street in Portland. The school is now known as Benson Polytechnic High School. A cropped version of either this photograph or a nearly identical image, No. 376G0354, was published on Page 10, Section Two, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, December 30, 1917. The photograph was published under the headline “New Plant of Benson Polytechnic School For Boys.” It had the following caption: “The Benson Polytechnic school, one of the finest institutions of its kind, now occupies its new plant at East Twelfth and East Couch streets, where excellent facilities are afforded for teaching the skilled trades.” A story on the same page, headlined “Portland’s Library And Public Schools Awake to Times / Public Schools Fully Meet Demands Imposed by War” included the following information about the school and new building: “The Benson Polytechnic school for boys, now housed in its new plant, is the finest institution of its kind on the Pacific coast. When fully completed the school will consist of 10 units. The subjects taught include many of the practical phases designed to fit the students to battle with the technical world. The enrollment is now 500 and the capacity of the school is 2000 when all units shall have been finished.” Also see related image No. 376G0353. Image note: The text “Benson Polytechnic School” is written on the negative sleeve.

Sigel Grutze, deputy city auditor of Portland

Half-length portrait of a man sitting at a desk, facing front, and looking to the left. He is wearing glasses, a suit jacket and vest, a collared shirt, and a tie. The text “Grutze, Mr. Sigel / Deputy city auditor” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 376G0062 and 376G0063.

Sigel Grutze, deputy city auditor of Portland

Half-length portrait of a man sitting at a desk and looking down at a large book open on the desk in front of him. He is wearing glasses, a suit jacket and vest, a collared shirt, and a tie. The text “Grutze, Mr. Sigel / Deputy city auditor” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 376G0061 and 376G0063.

Sigel Grutze, deputy city auditor of Portland

Half-length portrait of a man sitting at a desk, facing toward the left, and looking down at a notepad. He is holding a pen as though about to write on the pad. He is wearing glasses, a suit jacket and vest, a collared shirt, and a tie. The text “Grutze, Mr. Sigel / Deputy city auditor” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image Nos. 376G0061 and 376G0062.

Vice President Calvin Coolidge and unidentified man shaking hands

Half-length portrait of Vice President Calvin Coolidge (left) shaking hands with an unidentified man. The photograph was taken in Portland on Saturday, August 12, 1922. A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, August 13, 1922, under the headline “Vice President Coolidge.” The photograph had the following caption: “Calvin Coolidge, vice president of the United States, photographed on his arrival in Portland for a three days’ visit. He was accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge and their two sons and Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston.” See related image Nos. 373G0031, 373G0032, 373G0034, 373G0035, 373G0036, and 373G0037, also taken during Coolidge’s visit to Portland. Image note: Smudges on negative.

Vice President Calvin Coolidge and Dr. Henry Waldo Coe at groundbreaking ceremony

Half-length portrait, taken Tuesday, August 15, 1922, of Vice President Calvin Coolidge (left) and Dr. Henry Waldo Coe at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt statue in Portland’s south park blocks. Coe donated the statue to the city, and Coolidge performed the groundbreaking. See related image Nos. 373G0032, 373G0034, 373G0035, 373G0036, 373G0037, and 379G0023.

Vice President Calvin Coolidge at groundbreaking for Roosevelt statue, Portland

Head and shoulders portrait of Vice President Calvin Coolidge, facing front, at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt statue in Portland’s south park blocks on August 15, 1922. Coolidge spoke at the ceremony and performed the groundbreaking. A cropped version of this photograph was one of four, including image Nos. 373G0037 and 379G0023, that were published on Page 7 of the Oregon Journal city edition on Wednesday, August 16, 1922. The photographs were published under the headline “When The First Earth Was Turned.” This photograph had the following caption: “Vice President Calvin Coolidge, who was Portland’s guest for three happy days.” See additional related image Nos. 373G0031, 373G0034, 373G0035, and 373G0036.

Vice President Calvin Coolidge speaking at groundbreaking ceremony, Portland

Photograph, taken on Tuesday, August 15, 1922, showing Vice President Calvin Coolidge speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt statue in Portland’s south park blocks. Coolidge is standing on a platform under a striped awning and is gesturing with his arms outstretched. He later performed the groundbreaking. See related image Nos. See related image Nos. 373G0031, 373G0032, 373G0035, 373G0036, 373G0037, and 379G0023.

Vice President Calvin Coolidge speaking at groundbreaking ceremony, Portland

Photograph, taken on Tuesday, August 15, 1922, showing Vice President Calvin Coolidge speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt statue in Portland’s south park blocks. Coolidge is standing on a platform under a striped awning and is gesturing with both hands. He later performed the groundbreaking. See related image Nos. 373G0031, 373G0032, 373G0035, 373G0036, 373G0037, and 379G0023.

Vice President Calvin Coolidge breaking ground for Roosevelt statue, Portland

Photograph, taken on Tuesday, August 15, 1922, showing Vice President Calvin Coolidge turning the first shovelful of earth during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt statue in Portland’s south park blocks. A crowd is watching in the background. A similar photograph, image No. 373G0037, was published on Page 7 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, August 13, 1922. See additional related image Nos. 373G0031, 373G0032, 373G0034, 373G0035, and 379G0023.

Vice President Calvin Coolidge breaking ground for Roosevelt statue, Portland

Photograph showing Vice President Calvin Coolidge turning the first shovelful of earth during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt statue in Portland’s south park blocks on Tuesday, August 15, 1922. A crowd is watching in the background. A cropped version of this photograph was one of four, including image Nos. 373G0032 and 379G0023, that was published on Page 7 of the Oregon Journal city edition on Wednesday, August 13, 1922. The photographs were published under the headline “When The First Earth Was Turned.” This photograph had the following caption: “The vice president caught in the act.” See additional related image Nos. 373G0031, 373G0034, 373G0035, and 373G0036.

Willam Gibbs McAdoo in Portland during presidential campaign trip

Head and shoulders photograph showing William Gibbs McAdoo looking to the left and smiling. The photograph was taken on Sunday, April 20, 1924, when McAdoo, who was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, stopped briefly in Portland on his way to speak in California. See related image No. 373G0126. Image note: The name “McAdoo” is written on the negative and is faintly visible on the right side of the photograph. Light leak on negative.

William Gibbs McAdoo speaking at cornerstone ceremony in Portland

Photograph, taken on Wednesday, October 10, 1917, showing United States treasury secretary William Gibbs McAdoo speaking on a flag-draped platform in Portland during a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for a new post office at Park and Glisan (now NW Park Avenue and NW Glisan Street). A cropped and reversed version of this image was one of two photographs of McAdoo’s address that were published on the front page of the Oregon Journal that day. The two photographs were published beneath the following caption: “William Gibbs McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, addressing throng in the North Park blocks this morning in celebration of laying cornerstone for new Portland postoffice. The event opened the busy day for the head of the nation’s financial affairs in urging renewed vigor for Liberty Loan. Picture at right [referring to this image] shows Secretary McAdoo “close up” in characteristic speaking pose.” The photographs accompanied three stories about McAdoo’s visit: One headlined “Says We’ll Make Kaiser Bill Look Like 30 Cents”; one headlined “Sec. M’Adoo Speaks to Crowd at Laying of the Cornerstone”; and one headlined “Secretary M’Adoo Comes Here to Urge Liberty Bond Sales.”

Willam Gibbs McAdoo in Portland during presidential campaign trip

Head and shoulders photograph showing William Gibbs McAdoo facing front and smiling. The photograph was taken on Sunday, April 20, 1924, when McAdoo, who was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, stopped briefly in Portland on his way to speak in California. See related image No. 373G0120. Image note: The name “McAdoo” is written on the negative and is faintly visible on the right side of the image.

William Howard Taft with group outside Multnomah Hotel, Portland

Full-length portrait of William Howard Taft (fifth from left) with a group of men outside the Multnomah Hotel in Portland on Sunday, August 22, 1915. Standing nearest to Taft are members of the reception committee that greeted him when he arrived in Portland. To the left of Taft, in a hat, is Charles H. Carey, president of the Oregon Bar Association. To the right of Taft are Judge George N. Davis and J. N. Teal (wearing glasses and holding coat and umbrella. The other men in the photograph are unidentified. According to two front-page stories in the Oregon Journal on Monday, August 23, 1915, Taft spoke at a Portland Press Club luncheon and the first joint convention of the Oregon and Washington bar associations. He departed on the afternoon of Monday, August 23. See related image Nos. 373G0202, and 373G0203. Image note: The numbers 538 and 16 are written on the negative and are visible at the top of the image.

William Howard Taft walking with reception committee after arriving in Portland

Photograph showing William Howard Taft (front right) walking with members of the reception committee that greeted him upon his arrival in Portland on Sunday, August 22, 1915. A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal on Monday, August 23, 1915. The photograph had the following caption: “Ex-President Taft, on his arrival in Portland yesterday, and reception committee representing Oregon Bar Association. From the depot the ex-president was conducted to the Multnomah hotel, where a committee from the Portland Press Club was waiting to bear him and the Bar Association committee off to a newspaper men’s luncheon. In the picture, from left to right, are: Charles H. Carey, president Oregon Bar Association; J. N. Teal, Judge George N. Davis, and Mr. Taft.” During his visit, Taft spoke at the press club luncheon and the first joint convention of the Oregon and Washington bar associations, according to two front-page stories that accompanied the photograph. Taft departed on the afternoon of Monday, August 23. See related image Nos. 373G0201 and 373G0203. Image note: The number 15 is written on the negative and circled; it is visible in the upper left corner of the photograph. The number 539 was written on the negative and crossed out. Light leak on negative.

William Howard Taft outside Multnomah Hotel, Portland

Head and shoulders portrait of William Howard Taft outside the Multnomah Hotel in Portland on Sunday, August 22, 1915. He is smiling and facing to the left. During his visit, Taft spoke at at a Portland Press Club luncheon and the first joint convention of the Oregon and Washington bar associations, according to two front-page stories in the Oregon Journal on Monday, August 23, 1915. Taft departed on the afternoon of August 23. See related image Nos. 373G0201 and 373G0202. Image note: The number 14 is written on the negative. The number 540 was written on the negative and crossed out. The writing is visible in the upper right corner of the image.

President Woodrow Wilson in car during procession through Portland

Photograph showing President Woodrow Wilson standing in the back of of his car during a procession through Portland on Monday, September 15, 1919. Seated next to him at right is Oregon Governor Ben W. Olcott. Wilson was in Portland as part of a national speaking tour to build support for the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. See related image Nos. 373G0224, 373G0225, 373G0226, 373G0227, 373G0228, and 373G0538. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

President Woodrow Wilson in car during procession through Portland

Photograph showing President Woodrow Wilson standing in the back of of his car and doffing his hat during a procession through Portland on Monday, September 15, 1919. The photograph was taken as the procession passed the U. S. National Bank Building at Sixth and Stark in downtown Portland. Wilson was in Portland as part of a national speaking tour to build support for the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. A cropped and reversed version of this photograph was one of three photographs, including image No. 373G0228, that were published on Page 5 of the Oregon Journal on September 15, 1919, under the headline “Triumphal Procession Brings President Into Close View.” This photograph had the following caption information: “President Wilson in the automobile that carried him through the city and to Crown Point for the official reception. Seated at the right of the president in the tonneau is C. S. Jackson; at the president’s left is Governor Ben W. Olcott and Mrs. Wilson.” See additional related image Nos. 373G0223, 373G0226, 373G0227, and 373G0538. Image note: Damaged negative. Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration.

President Woodrow Wilson in car during procession through Portland

Photograph showing President Woodrow Wilson standing in the back of his car and doffing his hat during a procession through Portland on Monday, September 15, 1919. Seated next to him at right is Oregon Governor Ben W. Olcott; seated next to him at left is C. S. Jackson, the owner, editor, and publisher of the Oregon Journal. Wilson was in Portland as part of a national speaking tour to build support for the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. See related image Nos. 373G0223, 373G0224, 373G0226, 373G0227, 373G0228, and 373G0538. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

President Woodrow Wilson in car during procession through Portland

Photograph showing President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady Edith Wilson riding in a car during a procession through Portland on Monday, September 15, 1919. The president and first lady were in Portland as part of Woodrow Wilson’s national speaking tour to build support for the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal that day under the headline “President and Mrs. Wilson in Portland.” See related image Nos. 373G0223, 373G0224, 373G0225, 373G0227, 373G0228, and 373G0538.

President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady Edith Wilson in car leaving Union Station

Photograph showing President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady Edith Wilson seated in a car as they leave Union Station in Portland on Monday, September 15, 1919. The president and first lady were in Portland as part of Woodrow Wilson’s national speaking tour to build support for the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative. See related image Nos. 373G0223, 373G0224, 373G0225, 373G0226, and 373G0228.

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