Oregon Electric Railway Company photograph album [graphic], 1912-1913.

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Oregon Electric Railway Company photograph album [graphic], 1912-1913.

1912-1913

https://librarycatalog.ohs.org/O90000/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?BibCode=11558064

Photograph album documenting the locations in the Willamette Valley through which the Oregon Electric Railway Company's railroad lines passed, 1912-1913. Includes photographs of Albany, Beaverton, Corvallis (including views of the Oregon Agircultural College), Eugene (including views of the University of Oregon campus), Forest Grove, Hillsboro, McMinnville, Newberg, Salem (including views of the Chemawa Indian School), Sherwood, Tualatin, Tigard, Wilsonville, and Woodburn, among other locations. Also includes photographs of the first Spokane, Portland, and Seattle freight shipment to Eugene. Photographers include Angelus Studio, Benjamin A. Gifford, and Kiser Photo Co., all of Portland, Or.

0.55 cubic feet (303 photographs in 1 volume).

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6962783

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