Postcard Collection
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
Back of PC059
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
Back of PC049
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.
Back of PC086
PC089 Finished 1885, landscaping in place. Huntley Bros. Co. postcard, hand colored.
Back of PC089
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.
Schools
PH-005: Oregon City High School (1923)
PH-006: Advance School "Skunk Hollow", Wilsonville (undated)
PH-007: Barclay School, Oregon City (1900's)
PH-022(2): Evergreen School, Redland (Class 1907-1908)
PH-010: Teachers Institute of Barclay, Oregon City (about 1895)
PH-011: Canemah School District, Oregon City (undated)
PH-022: Evergreen School, Redland (Class 1907-1908)
PH-014: Barclay School, Oregon City (1923)
PH-015: Brown School, New Era (1915)
PH-021: Eastham School, Oregon City (Sixth and Seventh Grades 1921)
PH-023: Evergreen School, Redland (Class 1908-1910)
PH-024: Evergreen School, Redland (Class 1907-1908)
PH-053: Hillsview School, Damascus (undated)
PH-055: Kelso School, Sandy (undated)
PH-030: Hazelia Butte, Oswego (Third Schoolhouse Under Construction 1916)
PH-057(2): Mt Pleasant School, Oregon City (Fourth and Fifth Grades, 1938)
PH-057(3): Mt Pleasant School, Oregon City (Second Grade, 1945)
PH-057: Mt Pleasant School, Oregon City (Fourth and Fifth Grades, 1945)
PH-150(B): Whiskey Hill School, Aurora (1929)
PH-151(E): Willamette Grade School, Willamette (undated)
PH-152: New Era School, New Era (undated)
PH-153(A): Lower Logan School, Carver (1936)
PH-153B: Lower Logan School, Carver (1940)
PH-173: Hood View School on Tooze Road, Wilsonville (undated)
PH-182(D): Clackamas Grade School (First and Second Grade, 1930)
PH-182(E): Clackamas Grade School (Third and Fourth Grades, 1930)
PH-182(F): Clackamas Grade School (Third and Fourth Grades, 1927)
PH-182(H): Clackamas Grade School (Fourth Grade, 1932)
PH-182(L): Clackamas Grade School (Eighth Grade, 1934)
EC: Estacada School (undated)