Portland saw unprecedented growth and change during the 20th century, change that sometimes swept away parts of its vibrant history. These images illustrate the people, the events, and the everyday sc
For this volume, Bottenberg, an engineer and historian, collects photographs of the Grand Coulee Dam in central Washington, drawing from the National Archives, Washington State Archives, and private c
Portland is an inland port city that rose to importance in the mid-19th century as a major shipping point for the Pacific Northwest's wheat, lumber, and other commodities. The Columbia and Willamette
In the 1920s and 1930s, Oregon's legendary bridge engineer Conde B. McCullough designed a first-rate collection of aesthetic bridges on the Oregon Coast Highway to enhance an already dramatic and beau
Portland at the end of World War II was an international port and a powerhouse of the timber and shipbuilding industries. Oregon's largest city grew and changed in the decades that followed, adding ne
