Mary Nettleton photographs collection [graphic], circa 1917-1939

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Mary Nettleton photographs collection [graphic], circa 1917-1939

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71278918

Photographs, postcards, and other photomechanical prints collected by Mary Nettleton of Portland, Or., dating from circa 1917-1939. Subjects include the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco; the Columbia River Highway; the Nettleton family home in Portland; Crater Lake; portraits and snapshots of John H. Nettleton, his military service during World War I, and his work for the Pacific Railway and Navigation Company. Includes photographic postcards and a film negative.

Unprocessed collection: Approx. 0.08 cubic feet (1 folder)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8080918

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Nettleton, Mary J.

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Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...

Nettleton familty

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Nettleton, John H.

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