Multnomah County (Or.)

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45.54687, -122.41534 Map of Multnomah County (Or.)

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Clubhouse at Alderwood Country Club, Portland

Photograph, taken in June 1936, showing the exterior of the clubhouse at the Alderwood Country Club in Northeast Portland. In the foreground is a dirt road or driveway that borders a green in front of the clubhouse and leads to the entrance. On the green are numbered markers. Also see image No. 371N5758. Image note: A mark that may be the number 1 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image. Negative damage at top left.

Clubhouse, Columbia Country Club, Portland

Photograph, taken from a footbridge, showing the exterior of the clubhouse of the Columbia Country Club (now the Columbia Edgewater Country Club) in Portland. The clubhouse is bordered by trees on the left. The number 3 is written on the negative and is faintly visible in the lower right corner of the image.

Wildwood Golf Course, Portland

Photograph showing part of the Wildwood Golf Course. Visible in the image are a fairway, a tee-off area, a building, and cars. The text “Wildwood” is written on the negative and is faintly visible on the right side of the image.

Oscar Willing, golfer

Portrait of a smiling man. Dr. Oscar F. Willing, at the Portland Golf Club. He is wearing a collared shirt, tie, and sweater. Also see image Nos. 371N4592, 371N4595, 371N4596, 371N4597, 371N4598, 371N4599, 371N4600, 371N4601, and 3770140. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Unidentified man holding golf trophy?

Half-length portrait of an unidentified man looking down at a cup-shaped trophy he is holding. He is standing outside the Oregon Journal offices in Portland and is wearing glasses and a suit and tie. Inscribed on the trophy are words that may be “American Legion Golf Trophy.” See image No. 371N0397, in which the same trophy may be depicted. Image note: Light leak on negative.

Lillian Blackman and Sophia Wehrly posing with field-hockey equipment

Photograph of two women posing with field-hockey sticks and a ball. They are wearing matching blouses, skirts, neckerchiefs, and shin guards. They are standing on the roof of what is likely the Portland YWCA building at Southwest Taylor and Broadway, which was demolished in 1959. The building in the background is the Jackson Tower, where the Oregon Journal offices were located from 1912 to 1948. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 10 of the Oregon Journal on April 24, 1927, under the headline "Sports Activities Varied." The photograph was one of two that accompanied a story titled “Y. W. C. A. Sports Program Planned” about spring athletics classes at the Portland YWCA.

Crowd watching Ray Woods perform dive off Burnside Bridge

Photograph of a crowd watching diver Ray Moore in midair just below the Burnside Bridge on Thursday, September 6, 1934. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 21 of the Oregon Journal on Friday, September 7, 1934, under the headline “Try This One Before Breakfast.” The photograph had the following caption: “To Ray Woods of St. Louis, it’s just like eating corn flakes and cream. Here he is, just going into his back jacknife [sic] off the Burnside bridge Thursday afternoon as hundreds of curious Portlanders looked on. It was better than 80 feet down to the river’s oily surface.” The photograph accompanied a story about Moore’s successful dive, headlined “Diver Gives Thrill with Bridge Leap.” This photograph may be related to image No. 372A0629.

Steer at auction?

Photograph of a steer and an unidentified young man standing in front of a small platform. On the platform is an unidentified man in a suit, standing with one hand raised. The photograph may have been taken during an auction at the annual Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Men showing cattle

Photograph of men showing cattle in an indoor arena. Observers are standing in a row nearby. The photograph may have been taken at the annual Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland.

Tusko the elephant, chained outside building

Photograph of Tusko the elephant chained in the yard outside a Portland waterfront building where he was housed. An unidentified man is partially visible behind Tusko. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative. Black mark in image is from scratch on negative.

Rat in trap at Admiral terminal in Portland

Photograph of a rat in a trap on a wall. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 8, section 6, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, October 24, 1926. This photograph and two others were published under the headline "War Progresses on the Front." The photograph was captioned: "But the front is the waterfront. Top--Big black rat caught in an ingeniously placed trap along a water line at the Admiral terminal." The photograph accompanied a story with the headline: "Terminal Rats Easy Prey of Expert's Trap." The story described how a man named Daniel Lake had successfully reduced the rat population at the Pacific Steamship company’s Admiral terminal on the Portland waterfront. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Rat in trap at Admiral terminal in Portland

Photograph of a rat in a trap on a wall. A similar photograph was published on Page 8, section 6, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, October 24, 1926. The version printed in the Journal was published with two others under the headline "War Progresses on the Front,” and had the following caption: “But the front is the waterfront. Top--Big black rat caught in an ingeniously placed trap along a water line at the Admiral terminal." The published photograph accompanied a story with the headline: "Terminal Rats Easy Prey of Expert's Trap." The story described how a man named Daniel Lake had successfully reduced the rat population at the Pacific Steamship company’s Admiral terminal on the Portland waterfront. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

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