PC006 Crown Paper Mill and Willamette Falls Locks, locks opened 1873 and closed 2011. National Register of Historic Places 1974. Crown started operation 1889, merged with Willamette Pulp & Paper 1914, Zellerbach bought Crown-Willamette 1928.

PC003 1910 "Walk up the Bluff" Oregon City, Oregon Looking down the stairway at 7th Street, train depot at bottom of steps.

PC005 Postmarked 1909 - Steamboat Pomona at the 8th Street dock in Oregon City, Oregon 1884 courthouse with flag. Sternwheeler Pomona built 1898 in Portland, rebuilt 1926, out of service 1940, converted to a floating workshop 1940. 133.5' long, 28.4' wide, 15" draft. Part of Yellow Stack Line of the Oregon City Transportation Company with Grahamona and Oregona.

PC008 Postmarked 1911 - Downtown Oregon City. Train depot at bottom of steps. To the left is the 1888 suspension bridge that was replaced in 1922 by the existing Oregon City Bridge.

PC004 Boathouse unknown location Willamette River

PC007 Includes a 1909 stamp - Looking South from the Oregon City bluff with Willamette RIver in background.

PC002 1940's Main Street, Oregon City

PC059 Willamette Falls, postmarked Feb. 16, 1914, Aunt Etta to Frieda Welch WF 2nd largest by volume in U.S. after Niagara Falls. 42' high, 1,500' wide, 30,850 cu ft/s

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PC058 Timberline Lodge Mount Hood Oregon K-1873 Photograph by Morton Luman 1950s automobiles Lodge 1936-1938 WPA project dedicated by FDR Sept. 28, 1937. National Register of Historic Places Nov. 12, 1973, National Historic Landmark Dec. 22, 1977

PC060 Eastman School, Oregon CIty, Oregon, Portland Post Card Company, No. 1665. The historic Eastham School in Oregon City was constructed in 1891, with its completion in 1893, named for Edward Lawson Eastham who promoted its building, though it later housed the high school temporarily before new facilities were built, notes the Oregon City School District 62.

PC052 "Lacey Lady" at Milwaukee, OR. Gas station and restaurant, Art Lacey former owner. Plane is currently at McNary Field, Salem, OR and under restoration by B-17 Alliance Foundation, go to https://b17alliance.com/history

PC049 Main Street, looking East, Oregon City, Ore. Postmarked July 21, 1910 Portland Post Card Co. No. 1672 1884 courthouse at left 8th and Main replaced 1936-37

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PC051 Suspension Bridge, Oregon City, ORE. Huntley Bros. Co. Postmarked Dec. 20, 1920 Bridge constructed 1888. 1884 courthouse just to right of large tree. Photo taken from Willamette.

Back of PC051 Lydia Catherine Moser Oct. 10, 1898 Stafford, OR-July 5, 1988 Portland, OR Find a Grave Memorial 5534723 Bertha Moser Oldenstadt her sister 1900-1985, she a nurse on 1920 U.S. census, married Otto Oldenstadt 1927.

PC050 Section of Oregon City from the Bridge, Mt. Hood in distance. Dated April 21, 1921. 1888 suspension bridge.

PC099 Willamette Falls Huntley Bros. Co., Oregon City, Oregon C. G. Huntley and his brother William operated a pharmacy and bookstore on Main Street where they apparently offered a series of postcards. The C.G. Huntley house of the Queen Anne Victorian style still stands at 916 Washington St. in Oregon CIty

PC086 Cornerstone laid June 26, 1884 for this courthouse at 8th and Main, Oregon CIty, Oregon. Finished 1885. Replaced in 1937 by current courthouse building which is no longer in use due to new courthouse opened 2025 elsewhere. Plans for future include residential and commercial spaces.

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PC089 Finished 1885, landscaping in place. Huntley Bros. Co. postcard, hand colored.

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PC087 South end of Main Street Oregon City at its intersection with McLoughlin Blvd. (99E). To the right is the 1922 Oregon City Bridge designed by engineer Conde B. McCullough and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (2005). Replaced an 1888 suspension bridge and cost $300,000 which would be about 5.8 million dollars today.

PC090 Includes views of Willamette Falls, the Oregon City Elevator, and End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.

PC091 Lobby, Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood. Constructed 1936-1938 by WPA during the Great Depression. Hand-built by over 400 workers it is an example of "Cascadian" architecture and used locally sourced timber and stone. Dedicated by FDR on Spetember 28, 1937 and officially opened to the public on February 4, 1938. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

PC088 Main and 8th Streets Oregon CIty Courthouse constructed 1936-1937 to replace 1884 courthouse. Designed in Art Deco style, 3 stories with stone surrounds, metal decorative panels, and figures with winged helmets. No longer used for court after completion of new facilities elsewhere in 2025. Planned uses for the future include a mix of residental and retail space.

PC092 Oregon City, Ore., Looking Up the Willamette Huntley Bros. & Co. Hand-colored At left is Main Street, at right is the 1888 suspension bridge over the Willamette at 7th Street. Huntley Bros. Drug Store marked by "Drugs" at upper left.

Back of PC092 Addressed to Miss Nellie M. Hall, Tampa, Florida Nellie was Nellie M. Puchalski (11 NOV 1910 • Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA-6 APR 2006 • Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida) married to Edward David Hall. She had a twin sister Aniela.

PC094 Oregon CIty and Mount Hood-153 Eddy photograph. 1922 bridge to left, first public elevator at back right built 1915, replaced 1955. The Oregon City Municipal Elevator is a unique, free public transit landmark that connects the city’s lower downtown district with the residential area atop a 130-foot cliff. Known as the only "vertical street" in North America, it is officially a continuation of 7th Street and is one of only four municipal elevators in the world.

The Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge, completed in 1910 by the Beaverton and Willsburg Railroad (a Southern Pacific subsidiary), spans the Willamette River connecting Lake Oswego with Oak Grove. Built to bypass downtown Portland rail traffic, this historic structure features truss spans and timber trestles, still used today by Portland & Western Railroad (Wikipedia 2026)

PC096 Fishing at Oregon CIty, Ore. Willamette Falls.

PC097 Christmas Greets from Oregon City Postmarked Dec. 22, 1909 United Art Publishing Co., New York City Printed in Saxony

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PC098 Willamette Falls at Oregon City, Oregon Postmarked Aug. 3, 1946 Angelus Commerical Studio, Portland, Oregon 75494 Tichnor Quality Views Tichnor Bors. Inc, Boston, Mass.

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PC101 Chautaugua Lake, Gladstone Park Postmarked July 26, 1906

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PC 100 920-Willamette River Falls, Oregon, on the Road of a Thousand Wonders Edward H. Mitchell, Publisher, San Francisco

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PC091 C763-Lobby, Timberline Lodge, Oregon Color Card Kodachrome Reproduction by Mike Roberts Studios, Berkeley 2, California Color transparency by Ray Foster

PC087 Oregon City K-1820 Western COlor Sales, Imc. 4723 S.E. Hawthorne, Portland, Oregon Color by Greg Nilsen Intersection of Main Street and Highway 99

PC099 Willamette Falls, Oregon City, Ore. Huntley Bros. Co. Oegon CIty, Ore.

PC088 Clackamas County Court House Ofre. City Ore. P138PVA Smith's Scenic Views Tacoma, Washington 1936 Courthouse is slated for demolition in 2026.

PC093 Greetings from Historic Oregon CIty P214 JQ Graphics

PC020 Unknown person, photograph taken by Preston Mitchell Hart (1868-1959) who operated a studio at 10th and Main in Oregon City during the early 20th century. His logo is at the bottom left of the image.

PC022 Public Library, Oregon CIty, Oregon 606 John Adams St. located in Carnegie Park. Completed 1913, renovated 2015, on the National Register of Historic Places (2014). Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) led the expansion of the American steel industry and amassed a fortune of almost 400 million dollars, about 7 billion in 2025. He gave away around 350 million to charities, foundations, and universities and funded the construction of 2,509 libraries between 1883 and 1929.

PC021 Chicken in the Rough McGloughlin Blvd. at Gladstone "The World's Most Famous Chicken Dish" chicken fried to a golden brown-served unjointed-without silverware R.L. Wyrick, Mgr. Typically accompanied by shoestring potatoes, honey, and a bun. Part of a national franchise founded by Beverly and Ruby Osborne in 1936 and popular during 1he 1940s and post-WWII era.

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Rafting through the Oregon City Locks. Built between 1868 and 1873 opened New Year's Day 1873. Four lift-chambers, each provides a 10-12 foot elevation change, can accommodate vessels up to 175 feet long and 39 feet wide. Oldest continuously used multi-fit bypass canal in the U.S. Added to National Register of Historic Places 1974.

PC011 Oregon City, Ore. from Willamette (now part of West Linn). At left is Clackamas County Courthouse, cornerstone laid June 26, 1884. At right is suspension bridge built in 1888, the first true suspension bridge west of the Mississippi. Huntley Bros. Co. card.

PC012 Sister Agnes Baby Hone, Oregon CIty, Ore. No. 1307 Pacific Novelty Co. of San Francisco, Cal. Glosso Series

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PC043 reverse from John A Steinmetz

PC016 An Oregon City Home

PC045 Mount Hood, Ore. from Oregon City. View is from Willamette across Willamette River.

PC045 back. Postmarked April 13, 1909, Portland. E. W. Lamb is probably Eldin Woodville Lamb (1856-1942) Mrs. Lamb would be Minnie (Shaffer) Lamb (1869-1942). Residing in Forest Grove on the 1910, 1920, 1930 U.S. censuses.

PC046 Main Street, looking south from Seventh Street, Oregon City, Ore.

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