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Transportation Collection, circa 1845-2012
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Transportation Collection
- Dates
- circa
1845-2012 (bulk)18452012
- Quantity
- 7 cubic feet (17 document cases, 1 flat box, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection Number
- Mss 1506
- Summary
- Collection of papers related to transportation in all forms, focusing primarily on Oregon and the northwestern United States. Inlcudes manuscripts, ephemera, clippings, and other materials relating to ships, railroads, automobiles, highways, aeronautics, bicycles, and other modes of transport. The collection was created by the Oregon Historical Society with materials drawn from a variety of sources.
- Repository
-
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
-
Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Collection of papers related to transportation in all forms, focusing primarily on Oregon and the northwestern United States. Includes advertisements, publicity materials, tickets, schedules, timetables, stock certificates, log books, financial materials, and company histories. Materials relate to ships and shipping, aeronautics, automobile transport, bicycles, stages, busses, roads, highways, wagons, canals, railroads, and other modes of transport. The collection was created by the Oregon Historical Society with materials drawn from a variety of sources.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Transportation collection, Mss 1506, Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Series A: Ships.
Series B: Aviation.
Series C: Automobiles, bicycles, express, stages, busses, roads, highways, streetcars, and wagons.
Series D: Railroads.
Series E: Miscellaneous transportation, oversize.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series A: Ships, circa 1850-1988Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
A1/1 |
Active (steamship)—cabin laundry
chit |
undated |
A1/2 | Alaska Steamship Company—menus from the S.S. Alaska
(6) |
Aug. 5-7, 1950 |
A1/3 | American Bureau of Shipping
Blank forms used by the ABS for reports on casting or forging,
anchors, chains and gearing (9); envelopes of Proof Test Loads for stud link
chains, close link chains and anchors (2)
|
undated |
A1/4 | Arper Transportation Co.
Handbill advertising freight between San Francisco, Oakland,
Berkeley and Alameda
|
undated |
A1/5 | Astoria-North Beach Ferry Co.
Stock certificates on the Astoria-North Beach Ferry Co. (2);
summer schedule for 14th St. Ferry between Astoria and Pt. Ellice (2)
|
1922; 1933 |
A1/6 |
Belle (steamer)—cargo
bill |
undated |
A1/7 |
Berlin (ship)—receipts for Bending
Sails ship Berlin (4) |
March 20, 1911 |
A1/8 | Blackball Transport Inc.—ferry schedules between Port
Angeles and Victoria (3) nos. 2, 7, & 46 |
1960; 1986-87 |
A1/9 | Blair Shipping Company
Lumber charter party,
S.S. Golden Gate from the North
Pacific to Japan ports"
|
1923 |
A1/10 | Bonneville Navigation Co.
handbills (2); ticket for Albany College River Day
|
undated |
A1/11 | Brady Hamilton Stevedore Company
Booklet commemorating the history and growth of the
organization
|
undated |
A1/12 | "British Columbia Ferries promotional pamphlet: "B.C.
Ferries and You;" promotional pamphlet: "Welcome Aboard!;" bus service schedule
between Vancouver & Nanaimo on the "Royal Islander;" ferry schedule card
for Comox-Powell Route; British Columbia Ferries - ferry schedules
(4) |
1966; 1971; 1976; undated |
A1/13 | Canadian Pacific
Promotional pamphlet for Princess Routes w/ ferry schedules;
promotional booklet for Duchess Steamers "The Mighty Water Boulevard to
Canada;" schedule for Princess Lines; schedule & fare cards for B.C. Coast
steamship service; menu.
|
ca. 1929; 1956; Sept. 1957; 1957; n.d. |
A1/13A | Canadian Pacific—ferry schedules
(4) |
April 1961; May 1966; March 1969; March 1972 |
Oversize 2 | Cascade Locks (Or.)—Newspaper supplement on the opening
of the locks from the
Morning Oregonian
|
1896 Dec. |
Oversize 1 |
Chrysopolis —Handbills
Handbills for a steamer operating between Sacramento and
Benecia, California, mid 19th century.
|
undated |
Oversize 1 |
City of Rio de Janeiro
—Certificate of classification, Record of American Foreign Shipping
Screw steamer, surveyed at San Francisco
|
1898 April |
A1/14 | Coast Ferries Ltd.—Mill Bay-Brentwood Route ferry
schedule |
undated |
A1/15 |
Columbia (steamship)—cargo
receipts (3) |
1852 & 1858 |
A1/16 |
Columbia Gorge
(sternwheeler)
Itineraries and brochures between Portland & Astoria; meal
tickets for the Port of Cascade Locks Sternwheeler (2); boarding pass for the
Senate Republican Caucus Cruise
|
summer 1988; April 1988; May 24, 1988 |
A1/17 | Columbia River Shipbuilding Corp.—souvenir booklet, ca.
1920 (1 volume).
Contains a synopsis of the corporation's history and production,
and photographs of the plant, personnel, ships, and ships' sponsors.
Corporation was formed by A. F. Smith in 1916 to build warships;
constructed S.S. Eureka in 37 days; discontinued shipbuilding after World War
I.
|
ca. 1920 |
A1/18 | Columbia River Transportation Co.
Passengers' list from Portland to Cascade; abstract of cash
returns of
Sea Otter
|
Jan. 1, 1875; Oct. 1874 |
A1/19 | Commercial Iron Works Co.
Commemorative pamphlets: Builder's Trial,
H.M.S. Searcher ACV-22; Aircraft
Carrier Escort,
U.S.S. Badoeny Strait CVE 116;
Preliminary Acceptance Trial,
U.S.S. Salerno Bay CVE 110;
Builder's Trial,
H.M.S. Trumpeter ACV 37.
|
1943-1948 |
A1/19A | Commercial Iron Works Co.
Commemoration of delivery to the U.S. Navy of the 100th Vessel;
trial trip pass; invitation to the commissioning ceremonies; pass to the
aircraft carrier trials; handbook.
|
Aug. 1944; 1943; May 1945; May 1945; undated |
A1/20 |
Conquest (ship)—shipping receipt
for goods shipped from New York to San Francisco |
1857 |
A1/21 |
U.S. Constitution
(frigate)—duplicate official programs of the U.S. Frigate Constitution
(2) |
1933 |
A1/22 |
Cortes
(steamer)—receipt |
1858 |
Oversize 1 |
S.S. Cuba—Poster for passenger
steamer service between Portland and San Francisco |
undated |
A1/23 | Cunard Steamship Co.—passage from Gothenburg to
Portland |
1908 |
A1/24 |
Enterprise (steamer)—receipt for freight on the
steamer
EnterpriseAlbany |
Jan. 7, 1864 |
A1/25 |
Eva (steamer)
Handwritten letter from George Perkins about the steamer, its
schedule and route between Gardiner and Scottsburg and from Gardiner and Smith
Beach. Brief history from construction in 1895 to condemnation in 1917.
|
undated |
A1/26 |
Express (steamer)—freight lists
between Portland & and Oregon City (2) |
March 1862; Sept.-Dec. 1859 |
A1/27 |
Evening Star—stock certificate for
1 share in the missionary vessel |
undated |
A1/28 | F.M.C. Corporation
Announcement of the christening of the
G.T. Chevron Oregon; list of guests
by seating arrangement for the luncheon of the
G.T. Chevron Oregon; promotional
booklet for F.M.C.
|
1974; 1974; undated |
A1/29 |
Garibaldi —ticket from Portland to
Hong Kong |
1870 |
A1/30 |
George S. Wright
(S.S.)—receipt |
1870 |
Oversize 1 |
George S. Wright —Agreements
between masters and crew (4), Astoria Custom House |
1869 |
A1/31 |
Golden River—receipt for shipment bound for San
Francisco from Baltimore |
1854 |
A1/32 | Great Northern Pacific Steamship Co.
Souvenir booklet from the maiden voyage of the S.S.
Great Northern; menus of the Palaces
of the Pacific (2); 4x5 color transparency of front cover of Great Northern
Steamship Co.
|
March 1915; Aug. 1915 & Sep. 1915; undated |
A1/33 |
Great Republic--timetable
card |
undated |
A2/34 | Harkins Transportation Co.
Information for tourists; advertisment for the Steamer
Georgiana; brochure: "Down the
Columbia;" handbill for the new passenger steamer
Georgiana
|
undated |
A2/35 |
Henderson (steamer)—description of
the steamer |
undated |
A2/36 |
Idaho (steamship)—waybills
(3) |
1871, 1873 & 1876 |
A2/37 |
Imperial—receipt of shipment from
New York to San Francisco |
1869 |
A2/38 |
J.L. Stephens (steamship)—receipts
(2) |
Dec. 1858 & Oct. 1866 |
A2/40 | Kitsap County Transportation Co.
Invitation to attend the launching of the steamer
Suquamish in Seattle; timecard
schedule for Harper, Colby, Manchester route
|
1914; May 1914 |
A2/41 | Knappton Corp.
Invitation to Open House at the new terminal; invitation to
christening ceremony of the towboat "P.J. Brix"
|
Dec. 14, 1979; 1982 |
A2/42 | LaConner Trading and Transportation Co.
Special note to passengers—Rules and Regulations while on
board
|
undated |
A2/43 | Lewis & Lake Rivers Transportation Co.—blank stock
certificate |
undated |
A2/44 |
Levi G. Burgess (ship)—receipt for
$10 from Crowley Launch & Tugboat Co. |
Dec. 21, 1910 |
A2/45 |
Manzanillo (steamboat)
Ticket stubs running between Mission Landing, Newberg, Champoeg,
New Era and Oregon City and Portland (3)
|
1892 |
A2/46 | Maryhill Ferry Co.—Illustrated brief histories of
Maryhill Stonehenge and Museuem of Fine Arts (2) |
undated |
A2/47 | Memorabilia
Brochure: "Cruises of Oregon's Centennial Queen" between
Portland and the Centennial Expo. on the Willamette River; program of the
launching of the steamship
Lonoke; program for opening of the
Navigation Lock of The Dalles Dam
|
undated; 1918; March 17, 1957 |
A2/47A | Memorabilia
Advertisement for San Francisco McNevin's Navigation School;
schedule and passengers' list of the S.S.
Mataram of the Burns Philip Line,
from Sydney to Java and Singapore; passengers' list of the P.S.
Ramses III; Cook's Nile Services
|
undated; Dec. 1911-Jan. 1912; Feb. 1908 |
A2/47B | Memorabilia
Pass for Fleet Week; pass for launching of Auxiliary Schooner
Alpha; news clipping on the sloop
Jane Scott to and from Astoria; fare
card for the steamer
Wasp; announcement of the steamer
Lurline leaving Portland for
Vancouver
|
Aug. 2-9, 1936; Dec. 7, 1916; Aug. 1864; undated |
A2/47C | Memorabilia
Fare for Pop's Coffee House near Morrison Street Bridge; notice
of discontinuance of complimentary meals and berths to pass holders on the
River and Puget Sound Steamboats; program from the U.S.S.
Monterey evening entertainment and dance
|
undated; July 19, 1897 |
A2/47D | Memorablila
Flyer: "The Purpose" advertising light-draft, stern-wheel
steamboats to navigate the Yukon River; sailing schedule for Express Sea
Service between North Atlantic and Gulf ports and the Pacific Coast ports for
Luckenbach Lines of San Francisco
|
1898; 1931 |
A1/47E | Memorablilia
Menu from the officers banquet of the U.S. ships
Baltimore and
Charleston hosted by the Columbia
Club of Astoria; menus from the French Line Steamers' new twin-screw motor ship
Oregon on her first trip to Portland
(3)
|
1892; Feb. 6, 1930 |
A2/47F | Memorabilia
Souvenir of the U.S. Cruiser
Baltimore, incl. Specifications and
crew list; menus from the United Fruit Company's steamship S.S.
Heredia dinner honoring U.S. Spanish
American War veterans at sea (2--one autographed)
|
1892; 1928 |
A2/47G | Memorabilia
24 page pamphlet on the history of "The Famous British Convict
Ship
Success," program for the J.G.T.S.
Taisei-Maru; stickers for the
American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. of the Panama Canal Line (6)
|
after 1912; Aug. 2, 1930; undated |
A2/47H | Memorabilia
Invitation to the launching of the S.S.
Marine Shark at Vancouver Yard w/ sponsor's luncheon
following and 2 lunch passes; news clipping about Capt. Flavel returning by
steamer
Brother Jonathan from San Francisco
|
April 4, 1945; undated |
A2/47I | Memorabilia
News clipping announcing the departure of the
John H. Couch carrying mail for Astoria; business
card for The Gray Line Co. of Portland
|
undated |
A2/47J | Memorabilia
Poem: "The Saga of the Squire" about the maiden voyage of the
Watson C. Squire; pamphlet: "Lasco Shipping Co."
commemorating the fleet of 16 bulk carriers and tankers of Lasco Shipping
Co.
|
undated; 1976 |
A2/48 | Alfred McCully--engineer certificates (12) |
1873-1885 |
Oversize 1 |
Missourian (American-Hawaiian
Steamship Co.)—First bill of lading through the Panama Canal
Pasted on the back of a General Land Office certificate for
Nathan W. Allen of Douglas County, Or., 1865
|
1919, Nov. 13 |
A2/49 |
Modeste (ship)--announcement of
the evening's entertainment |
Jan. 5, 1867 |
A2/50 | Nootka Sound Service Ltd.--passenger schedule w/
map |
undated |
A2/51 |
Norma(steamer)
History "Does Anyone Remember?" of the career of the
Norma; 2 page unsigned letter on
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company letterhead about the
Norma and some of its crew, and
Teddy Roosevelt
|
1891-1912; undated |
A2/51A |
Norma (steamer)
Sheet from the
Journal's files of news clippings
"In Earlier Days;" 3 page excerpt from "In Earlier Days;" letters (6);
Oregonian editorials "The Norma Did
it in '95" (2); letters from
Oregonian re: lost editorial "Grand
Old Lady" (2)
|
undated; 1902-1913; 1954; 1948; undated |
A2/52 | North Pacific Transportation Co.--bill of lading
(blank) |
undated |
A2/53 |
Olympia (ship)—booklet: "The
Bounding Bellow" |
June 1898 |
A2/54 | Open River Transportation Co.
Copies of superintendent's report on the opening of the
Columbia River through the construction of the Portage Railway and the
operation of steamers on the river (3); rates; stock certificates (4)
|
Nov. 1, 1905; 1906 |
A2/55 |
Oregon (steamship)
Waybills (3); market status report on merchandise shipped on
the
Oregon
|
1878-79; Aug. 30, 1850 |
A2/56 | Oregon and China Packet Line--receipt for the Oregon and
China Packet Line (blank) |
undated |
A2/57 | Oregon State Highway Commission--Astoria-Megler ferry
schedules |
undated |
A2/58 | Oregon Steam Navigation Co.
Pass from Portland to Umatilla, Jan. 21, 1879; stock
certificate, May 15, 1874; advertisement, n.d.; telegram blanks (2)
|
1874-1879 |
A2/59 | Oregon Steamship Co.
Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws (2); handbill announcing
schedules for the OSC on 1 side and the Kansas Pacific Railway on the other;
waybills for coal (3); waybills for steamship
City of Chester (3)
|
undated; Nov. 1878; 1877 |
A2/59A | Oregon Steamship Co.
Waybills for steamship
Ajax (2); bills of lading (2); advertisment for
emigration from New England to Oregon, Boston
|
1877; 1878-79; Nov. 7, 1877 |
A2/60 | Pacific Clipper Line
Bill of lading for shipment on board the S.S.
Nome City from Seattle to Nome via
Anchorage
|
April 29, 1901 |
A2/61 | Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
Pamphlet of reduced rates on Alaskan excursions with
description and time schedules; bills of lading to steamship
Ancon (2); bill of lading for
steamship
Orizaba
|
1895; 1877 |
A2/62 | Pacific Motorboat Handbook--1930 issue |
1930 |
A2/63 | Pacific Steamship Company
Ticket for the steamship
Admiral Benson Portland to Astoria;
dining saloon check for early dinner, table 12; menu from the S.S.
Admiral Farragut with a note from
mother to daughter
|
1927; undated; Feb. 18, 1932 |
A2/64 | Pacific Steamship Lines, Ltd.
Legal document: "Amended Plan of Reorganization of Pacific
Steamship Lines, Ltd." Proposed by Debtor
|
Jan. 23, 1939 |
A2/65 |
Panama (ship)—Coasting Manifest
from the Columbia River bound for San Francisco via Puget Sound |
April 5, 1860 |
Oversize 1 | Pearson, A. R., Captain—Poster for "Citizen of the
Week," by Portland Traction Company
Pearson had been a Columbia River pilot since 1911.
|
circa 1941 |
A2/66 | People's Transportation Co.
Freight receipts (8); certificate for free passage on the first
route of both the People's Transportation Co.'s boats and the Davis &
Coggins Stage Line
|
March 1865-Nov. 1867; Oct. 19-22, 1869 |
A2/67 | The People's Independent Line—steamer
City of Eugene—card for passage
between Boones Ferry and Eugene |
undated |
A2/68 | Port of Portland
Brochure of Swan Island Ship Repair Yard, Dredge Clackamas and
the steamer
Portland including photograph with
legend of the Portland Harbor; brochure of sailings from Portland
|
undated; April 1923 |
A2/69 |
Portland (steamer)—receipt for
freight, Oregon City |
Jan. 30, 1855 |
A2/70 | Portland Ferry--ferry tickets (4)
Ferry tickets (4); advertising blotter, undated (but prior to
1859)
|
1869; undated |
A2/71 | Portland Steamship Co.—stock certificate |
1914 |
A2/72 | Portland Tug Boat Co.—list of stockholders and their
shares |
undated |
A2/73 | Puget Sound Navigation Co.
Map of Puget Sound country with attention to routes of the
Black Ball Line; complimentary passes (4); automobile schedule; various ferry
schedules
|
undated; June 1867; June 1925; June 1925-Fall 1944 |
A2/74 | Puget Sound Steam Navigation Co.—prospectus of the PSSN,
Olympia
|
June 12, 1867 |
Oversize 1 |
S.S. Rose City—Poster for service
on U.S. west coast |
undated |
A3/75 |
Sailing Ships Pacific
Invitation to a reception aboard the
Pride of Baltimore; issue
Sailing Ships Pacificfeaturing the
Portland Maritime Festival; agreement proposed by the American Sail Training
Assoc. (blank) with cover letter
|
June 30, 1983; 1983; Jan. 22, 1985 |
A3/75A |
Sailing Ships Pacific
Outline for tall ships; list of event chairs for the Oregon Expo
'86 tall ships; photocopy of brochure "
The American Sailing Associationwith
race schedules; packet of results of work done by Tall Ships Transit and
Logistics Comm.
|
1985-1986 |
A3/75B |
Sailing Ships Pacific
Application for the Pioneers of Oregon Sail; "Sail Expo '86"
port visit and race program; Executive Order No. EO-84-07 of the Oregon Expo
'86 Committee
|
undated; 1986 |
A3/76 | Salem Navigation Co.--letterhead stationery
(blank) |
undated |
A3/77 | San Francisco and Portland S.S. Co.
Postcard with picture of steamer
Columbia; empty envelope with
advertisement for the Big 3 and sail times; schedule of sailings for the Big 3
(2)
|
March 28, 1906; undated; March 1915 & Oct. 1914 |
A3/78 | Ship Chandlers--advertisement card for Foard &
Stokes Co., Astoria |
undated |
A3/79 | Shipwrights
Card for Robert K. Loller, Shipwright, Portland; handbill for
Roberts & Co., Salvage & Wrecking Co.
|
undated; 1904 |
A3/80 |
Sho-Sho-Nee (steamer)
Handwritten report (6 pages) to the Corps of Engineers,
description of the river above Lewiston, Idaho, and 1870 descent of steamer
Sho-Sho-Nee
|
July 31, 1881 |
A3/81 | Snake River Transportation Co.--stock
certificate |
1891 |
A3/82 | Society Expeditions Cruises--Project Unusual Alaska and
the Aleutian Islands aboard the Aleutians |
undated |
A3/83 | Southern Pacific Steamship Lines
Morgan Line passenger list S.S.
Dixie sailing from New York to New
Orleans; letter from H.E. Lounsbury of the Southern Pacific Company;
promotional card: "All Day for a Dollar"
|
1940; 1910; undated |
A3/84 | Spencer Line
Schedule for the steamer
Chas. R. Spencer; schedule for the
Portland-Astoria route with fare information; schedule "Columbia River
Scenery"
|
undated; 1908; 1904 |
A3/85 | Stark Street Ferry--coupon tickets (7) |
undated |
A3/86 |
Starr King--certificate of General
Average, State of California |
1861 |
A3/87 | States Steamship Co.
Announcements of sailings: The S.S.
Grays Harbor for Hong Kong, Manila
& Cuba, and the S.S.
Texas, same destinations (2)
|
1930 |
A3/88 | Straits Steamship Co.—complimentary passes
(3) |
1906-1907 |
A3/89 |
T.J. Potter(steamer)
Adult round trip ticket on board the steamer
Lurline; menu for the farewell
dinner to the stewards of the steamer; notecard with drawing of the
T.J. Potter with brief history; 2
page description and story of the steamer; postcard; certificate of gift of
booklet containing pictures and explanation of the steamer to the State Capitol
Historical Assoc., Olympia; color postcard of the Willamette River at Portland;
2-page personal letter from Emma Gene Miller; postcard to Donald Bates;
description of gift from Library of Congress; envelope from Library of
Congress; photo postcard of Marine Display in Kalama, Wash., drugstore;
envelope of letters to Donald Bates from various sources; envelope of carbon
copies of letters sent from Donald Bates; envelope of correspondence; letters
to Louis R. Centro from various sources; clipping to the Oregonian; photo model
of steamer; bill from Photo-Art Commercial Studios
|
1883-1959 |
A3/90 |
Tarquina—form announcing receipt
of goods in San Francisco on board the brig
Tarquinabound for
Portland |
Aug. 4, 1850 |
A3/91 |
Telegraph (steamer)
Week-day time cards for Portland (2); announcement of the
departure of the
Great Republic
|
1906; July 1878 |
A3/92 |
Tenino (steamer) —notarized
statement of loyalty |
Nov. 1, 1866 |
A3/93 |
Tonquin (ship)
Booklet containing 2 histories of the ship, one regarding
permanent settlers in Astoria and the other regarding the massacre of the crew
and destruction of the
Tonquin
|
undated |
A3/93A |
Tonquin (ship)
Letter to Mr. Bates from J. Neilson Barry; carbon copy to reply
letter from Mr. Bates; report of validity of witnesses by Rev. J. Neilson
Barry
|
Oct. 9, 1959; Oct. 12, 1959; undated |
A3/94 | Tualatin River Navigation & Manufacturing Co.—stock
certificate |
1871 |
A3/95 |
Umatilla (steamer)--handwritten
history |
undated |
A3/96 |
Undine (steamer)—bills and
receipts for the steamer |
May 25, 1892-Nov. 1, 1896 |
A3/97 |
Unio (steamer)—receipt for freight
of wheat on the steamer |
Feb. 7, 1862 |
A3/98 | Union Pacific—summer schedule for the
North Beach route from Astoria,
Or., to Megler, Wash. |
1927 |
A3/99 | Union Transportation Co.—balance sheet listing income,
expenses and resources |
March 31, 1861 |
A3/100 | Vancouver Transportation Co.
Complimentary pass between Portland and Vancouver; booklet: The
United States Circuit Court of Appeals brief of a river accident
|
1891; after 1906 |
A3/101 | Wallemus Lines
Commemorative booklets: "Dynamic Development," "Ocean Transport
of Cars and Vehicles Worldwide," and "Carried with Care by Wallemus"
|
after 1968, after 1970, after 1982 |
A3/102 | Washington State Ferries
Promotional booklets: "Washington State Ferries: From Small
Beginnings to the Finest Ferry Fleet in the Nation" and "Ferry Guide: How Best
to Use America's Largest Ferry Fleet for Work and Recreation"
|
undated |
A3/102A | Washington State Ferries
Promotional pamphlet: "Puget Sound Cruises, Parties & Other
Events;" ferry schedules for various routes (9)
|
undated; 1957-1983 |
A3/103 | White Collar Line
Booklet:
Up the Columbia, Portland, Cascades,
Hood River, White Salmon, The Dalles: compliments of Columbia River and Puget
Sound Navigation Co., regarding historic and scenic sights
|
undated |
A3/104 | Willamette Steamboat Co.--receipt |
June 30, 1868 |
Oversize 1 |
Wilson G. Hunt
(steamship)—Documents (7)
Agreements between masters and crew, including lists of crew
members; registration at port of San Francisco; and lists of crew members. The
ship was built in New York in 1849.
|
1858-1859 |
Oversize 1 |
Winema (steamboat)—Cloth broadside
for "Business Men's Excursion," Klamath Falls to Wood River Country |
1905 July 23 |
A3/105 |
Yakima (steamer)--list of
crew |
May 16, 1865 |
A3/106 |
Zephyr (steamer)—complimentary
pass |
1882 |
A3/107 | Miscellaneous
Promissory note (blank) for Graham's Ferry; receipt from J.W.
Graham for payment of wheat; Inspector's Certificate of Official Number,
Tonnage, etc. (blank); circular: fog-signals for towing boats
|
1877; 1883; undated; 1884 |
A3/107A | Miscellaneous
Circular: Sections of Revised Statutes of the United States
relating to licensed officers of steam-vessels (3); circular: cautionary
notices to pilots of steam-vessels regarding the use of signal whistles
|
1884, 1888, 1892 |
A3/107B | Miscellaneous
Book of War Revenue Tax Transportation Exemption Certificates,
State of Oregon; booklet: Dept of Commerce, Steamboat Inspection Service Pilot
Rules for Certain Inland Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and of the
Gulf of Mexico
|
undated; 1924 |
A3/107C | Miscellaneous
House of Representatives Doc. 21: An Appropration for the
Removal of Obstructions to the Navigation of the Umpqua River; booklet: The
Significance of Aids to Marine Navigation;
|
undated; 1947 |
A3/107D | Miscellaneous
Legal document: The Documentary Committee of the Japan Shipping
Exchange, Inc. Beizai; Legal Agreement between Skibs A/S Aino Arendal of the
Norwegian M/V
Ancora and Sumitomo Shoji New York,
Inc. to ship wheat to Japan
|
Jan. 27, 1968; undated |
Oversize 1 | Miscellaneous
Chart, "Martime Record of Oregon," produced by Frank J. Smith,
listing all sidewheeler and sternwheeler steam ships that were built on and/or
which operated on the Columbia River between 1850 and 1917.
|
1917 |
A4/108 | American Mail Line
13 page booklet of General Plans for the American Mail Line,
Ltd. By the National Steel & Shipuilding Co. pertaining to Hulls #335 and
#336; cargo load diagram of the S.S.
Oregon Mail sailing to Yokohama
|
undated; 1965 |
A4/109 |
Belle of Oregon (bark)
Agreement of charter by M.S. Burrell to ship a cargo of wheat
between Havre and Hamburg; original & duplicate charter (2); index of
registers & memo from Ladd & Tilton to Mr. Burrell
|
1881 |
A4/110 | Columbia Pacific Shipping Company—bill of lading for
steamer
Oakridge from Portland to Hong
Kong |
undated |
A4/111 | The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation
Co.
Pass from Portland to the Dalles and return; poster for the
Columbia River Regulator Line Steamers; itinerary for the steamer,
Bailey Gatzert; U.S. bill of sale of
enrolled vessel
State of Washington; 2 fare tickets
|
1898; undated; July 1916; Dec. 17, 1915 |
A4/111A | The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Co.—set of
construction specifications for steamer
Bailey Gatzert; flyer |
undated; 1903 |
A4/112 | Farmers Transportation Co.
Bill of sale of Lewis and Lake Rivers Transportation Co., of
the
Latona; bill of sale of The Farmers
Transportation Co. of the
Latona
|
1882; 1883 |
A4/113 | Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co.—booklets: "Going
Home" |
July 1918; Feb. 1919 |
A4/114 |
Hough—construction specifications
index for the woooden hull of the steamship |
undated |
A4/115 |
Industry (bark)
Cargo manifest from San Francisco to Astoria; cargo manifest
from San Francisco to Portland
|
1860; 1861 |
A4/116 | Marine Insurance Record—Herman C. Leonard
Instructions to agent; instructions circular for Atlantic
Mutual Insurance Co.; letters from the New York Office of the Board of
Underwriters (2); appointment of attorney and agent for New York Insurance
Co.
|
undated; Aug. 1851; Oct. 1852; July 1859 |
A4/117 |
Oneatha (ship)
Abstract of cash returns of steamer
Oneatha; wood taken by steamer
Oneatha; way bill from The Dalles
office (2)
|
Sept.; Sept.; Sept.-Oct. 1874 |
A4/118 |
Pacific (steamship)—coasting
manifest S.S.
Pacific(7); receipt |
1860-61; Dec. 16, 1858 |
A4/119 |
Samuel Merritt (bark)—coasting
manifests between San Francisco and Portland (2) |
April 1861; Nov. 1861 |
A4/120 |
Sylvia de Grasse —historical
description and report of shipwreck |
Dec. 15, 1857 |
A4/121 | Veteran Steamboatmen of the West
Round trip tickets between Portland and Champoeg (2); 2 page
Constitution and By-Laws of Veteran Steamboatmen of the West; roll call;
Officers of the Veteran Steamboatmen's Assoc.
|
undated; 1936; 1943-44; 1947 |
A4/122 | Willamette Harbor Club No. 23
Ledger with minutes of the Willamette Harbor Club No. 23 and
finances
|
1874-1934, 1901-11 & 1929-34 |
A4/123 |
Wenatchee
(steamer)—edger |
March-Nov. 1868 |
A4/124 | Whitby Ships
Copy of the Master Rolls of Whitby Ships in which James Cook
sailed 1747-55, history
|
undated |
A4/125 | U.S.S.
Willamette
Stickers: U.S.S.
Willamette fuel for Freedom AO-180
(2); bumper stickers: "Dammit it's Pronounced WI-LAM-IT!" (2); invitations to
receptions for the commissioning (2); information card for guests; offical
guest pass
|
undated; 1982; undated; undated; undated |
A4/125A | U.S.S.
Willamette
Invitation to the commissioning at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; napkin
w/ ship's insignia; portfolio containing 8x10 photo of ship's insignia,
shoulder patch, Welcome Aboard flyer with history of the Willamette River and
letter of rules on board
|
1982; undated; undated |
A4/126 | Willamette Iron & Steel Corp.
Authorization to take property from the plant; invitation to
the launching of the steamer
H.B. Kennedy in Seattle; booklet:
"Builders' Trial CVE-114, U.S.S.
Rendova" company history
|
undated; 1908; 1945 |
A4/126A | Willamette Iron & Steel Corp.
U.S.S.
Sicily CVE-118 introduction to ship
and commissioning program; Willamette Handbook for employees; booklet:
"Willamette Iron & Steel Corporation in War & Peace"
|
undated; 1942; undated |
A4/127 |
Wilson G. Hunt
(steamer)
Port Victoria, Vancouver Island, certificates of delivery of
sufferance (4); billings (2); receipt; Bill of Health for all aboard at Port of
San Francisco; Clearance for departure: to Fraser's River and to San Francisco
(2)
|
Aug.-Sept. 1858; 1859; 1858; undated; 1858; 1860 |
A4/127A |
Wilson G.
Hunt(steamer)
Certificate of Shipment from Victoria to Fraser's River;
promissory note; Inspection Certificate, San Francisco; cargo manifest at Port
Townsend; Special Permit to go to Mare Island and back to San Francisco
|
1858-1859 |
A4/128 | Miscellaneous
Rules and regulations, "Office Supervising Inspector of
Steamboats, First District," San Francisco; rates for Salem Steam Ferry;
promotional flyer: "
Virginia V: Last of the Old
Steamers;" unidentified shipping ledger
|
1862; 1871; 1988; 1900-1909 |
A4/128A | Miscellaneous
Legislative bill (HB No. 32) for the prevention of and
punishment for enticing and harboring seamen from ships, steamers, and other
vessels at the ports of Portland and Astoria; original/duplicate receipt form
(blank) from Geo. L. Story
|
1889; undated |
A4/129 | Canals
The Dalles-Celilo Canal—address of Joseph N. Teal, The
Dalles-Celilo Canal Celebration; souvenir ribbon, opening of Celilo Canal;
program, The Dalles-Celilo Canal Opening
|
1915; 1915; 1915 |
A4/130 | Canals
Published letter from Gen. A.A. Humphreys to Hon. J.H. Mitchell
re: survey at mouth of Coquille River, Or. ; invitation to dedication of
Bonneville Ship Lock;
The Panama Canal; reproduction
exhibit program
|
June 5, 1874; July 9, 1938; 1914 |
A5/1 | Wayne F. Aldrich, "History of steamships in Oregon and
Washington," typescript (carbon) |
undated |
A5/2 |
The marine digest / Pacific northwest
cross-indexed / 1953 directory and world wide shipping guide.
|
1953 |
A5/3 | Wayne F. Aldrich--documents and certificates from the
U.S. Coast Guard |
1950-1960 |
A5/4 | Article from
Engineering News titled "The
proposed boat railway around the The Dalles rapids of the Columbia River."
Includes diagrams. |
Sept. 12, 1891 |
A5/5 | National Labor Relations Board transcript, "In the
matter of Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, et. al., and Kaiser Company, Inc.,
et. al."; scale drawing of a ship. |
1943; 1942 |
A5/6 | Kaiser Company materials
"Your Swan Island Handbook," 1943; "Instructions to loftsmen,"
undated; "Launching of the
U.S.S. Alazon Bay," 1943 Apr. 5;
"Ships for victory," ca. 1943; "The ships we build," ca. 1944; "Tanker
champions of the world," ca. 1944; "Launching
S.S.Bent's Fort," 1945 Oct. 27;
"Procedure for trial run,
S.S. Black Hills, K.C.I. Portland,"
1944 Oct. 21; misc. data sheets, ca. 1941-1944.
|
1941-1945 |
Oversize 1 | Kaiser Company—Picture of tanker, with related
materials |
1944 |
A5/7 | General Steamship Corporation, Ltd., "Pacific coast
shipping handbook" (2) |
1935; 1938 |
A5/8 | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation: materials relating to
ship launchings
Includes programs, reports, and ephemera, ca. 1941-1944;
Record breakers magazine, ca.
1944.
|
ca. 1941-1944 |
A5/9 | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation—clippings (photocopy)
relating to the launching of the
Ephraim Baughman
|
1943 |
A5/10 | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation
"Launching S.S.
Star of Oregon, September 27, 1941"
(report, mimeographed); "Margery E. Moore" (record of launchings, sponsors,
progress reports, history of yard, etc.), ca. 1944
|
1941-1944 |
Series B: Aviation, 1919-1976Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
B1/1 | Air France—breakfast menus for Los Angeles to Paris
direct flight (2) |
1971 |
B1/2 | American Airlines—baggage stickers (2) |
undated |
Oversize 3 | American Airlines—Menus and safety brochure for
trans-Atlantic service |
circa 1972 |
B1/3 | Braniff International—timetable |
1972 |
B1/4 | Cascade Airways—timetable |
1975 |
B1/6 | Continental Airlines
Entertainment pamphlet: "Golden Marquee Theatre;" quick
reference schedule; route map packet
|
undated; 1967; 1972 |
B1/7 | Earl Aircraft Corporation—stock certificate for Newt
Langerman |
May 21, 1919 |
B1/8 | Eastern Air Lines—baggage sticker |
undated |
B1/9 | Gorst Air Transport—promotional pamphlet w/
timetable |
undated |
B1/10 | Harbor Airlines—quick reference schedule |
1975 |
B1/11 | Hughes Airwest—travel planner; timetables
(6) |
1973; 1970-1976 |
B1/12 | Intermountain West—timetable |
undated |
B1/13 | Northwest Airlines—baggage stickers (2); timetables
(9) |
undated; 1934-1969 |
B1/14 | Pacific Air Lines—timetable |
1967 |
B1/15 | Sun Valley Air—summer schedule |
1970 |
B1/16 | Trans World Airlines—timetable |
1967 |
B1/17 | United Airlines
Promotional flyer: "Untied Airlines Announce A Second Daily
Coast-to-Coast Passenger Service De Luxe!;" In-flight menus (8); promotional
pamphlet: "Celebrate the West! A Unique Place to Live, An Exciting Place to
Visit;" timetables (12)
|
undated; various dates; undated; 1931-1979 |
B1/18 | Varney Air Lines—informational pamphlet w/ timetable and
maps |
undated |
B1/19 | West Coast Airlines
Promotional pamphlets: "West Coast Airlines' New Services" and
Jetbus w/ flight schedule; timetables (10); supplemental quick reference
schedule
|
undated & undated; 1957-1967; 1966 |
B1/20 | Western Air Lines—timetables (3) |
1941; 1963; 1975 |
B1/21 | Airports
Souvenir ticket from Portland Annual Air Derby at Swan Island
Airport; promotional pamphlet: "Port of Portland: Aviation;" Summary Report in
favor of proposed airport at Arlington, Or.
|
1927; undated; undated |
B1/21A | Airports
Programs: First Annual Air Circus at Hillsboro Airport,
Dedication of Pearson Field and Spokane-Columbia Gorge-Portland Air Races
|
1928; Sept. 16, 1925; 1927 |
B1/22 | Miscellaneous
Business card, P.B. Smith w/ Rankin School of Flying; Tuck's
post card collection with envelope,
Aviation series; pamphlet: promoting
Skyways Aviation Facility;
Tale Spins publication; account
sheet, S&M Flying Service, N. Langerman
|
undated |
B1/22A | Miscellaneous
Program: Admiral Byron's flight to North Pole; telegram and
letters Dept. of Commerce to N. Langerman (4); letters from Hearst Newspapers
to N. Langerman (2); Air Traffic Rules, Dept. of Commerce, Aeronautics
Branch
|
undated |
B1/22B | Miscellaneous
Promotional publication:
Aero-Quad; prefabricated plane
hangers
|
undated |
Series C: Automobiles, bicycles, express, stages, buses, roads, highways, streetcars, and wagons, 1854-2012Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
C1/1 | Portland Automobile Club--programs: 1st and 2nd Annual
Automobile Show (2) |
1909-1910 |
C1/2 | Miscellaneous
Oregon State Highway Dept. cover envelope; guide, United Motor
Courts; motor vehicle operator's licenses, Clarence E. Talman and Leslie Leo
Cunningham; prospectus for Bridge of the Gods; motor vehicle inspection card;
registration card for Edward T. Price;
The Oregon motorist's manual for
1931.
|
1920-1960; undated |
C1/2A | Miscellaneous
Ride sharing agreement; blank application for supplemental and
occupational mileage ration
|
undated |
C1/3 | Miscellaneous
Pamphlet: "Cool Bicycle Safety Rules;" bicycle drivers manual;
pamphlet: "Oregon Bikeways;" Report Bureau of Municipal Research &
Service—Bicycle Control in Metropolitan Cities
|
1977; 1978; undated; 1941 |
C1/3A | Miscellaneous
Flyer: "The Launching of the Great Blue Fleet," Portland;
souvenir program: First Annual Meet of the League of American Wheelmen
|
1972; July 3-5, 1897 |
C1/4 | American Express Company—envelope |
undated |
C1/5 | Barker Motor Bus Co.—timetable no. 1 |
undated |
C1/6 | Bartlett Springs Stage Line—promotional card |
undated |
Oversize 4 | California and Oregon United States Mail Line—Way bills
(7, original and copies) |
1867; undated |
C1/7 | California Transit Company—timetable for Pioneer
Stages |
May 1928 |
Oversize 4 | Coast Overland Mail Company—Time tables, California and
Oregon (2) |
1875; 1877 |
C1/8 | Continental Trailways—timetables (5) |
1949-1971 |
C1/9 | Cram, Rogers & Co.
Company letter to patrons informing of name change; blank
special deposit pages (21); promissory note; bill for collection
|
undated; undated; March 1861; Nov. 1854 |
Oversize 4 | Daily Auto Stage, Mt. Hood and way points—Poster
|
1911 June 21 |
Oversize 4 | "Daily overland mail route to Oregon, Washington
Territory and British Columbia"—Broadside
Broadside for stage service between Sacramento and the Pacific
Northwest, Henry W. Corbett & Co., proprietor.
|
1867 June 1 |
C1/10 | The Gray Line
Promotional pamphlets: "Portland, Oregon," "Really See
Portland, Oregon: Mt. Hood Loop and Columbia River Highway," "Seeing Portland,
Oregon" (2 versions) and "Seeing San Francisco"
|
1981, 1959-60, circa 1939; undated, undated |
C1/11 | Greyhound
Promotional calender card; booklet: "America's Famous Festivals
Best Reached By Greyhound;" timetables for various routes (32)
|
1973; undated; 1930-1974 |
Oversize 4 | Heppner-Canyon City Stage Line—Way bills (3)
|
1899-1900 |
C1/12 | Hoffman's Express—blank pages of promissory notes
(3) |
185? |
C1/13 | McLeran Bros. Stage Line—fare tickets (3) |
undated |
C1/14 | Mt. Hood Stages, Inc.—annual pass |
1941 |
C1/15 | North Coast Transportation Co.
Business pass; timetables (2)
|
1941; 1937, 1944 |
C1/16 | Oregon Auto-Despatch—blank business card |
undated |
Oversize 4 | Oregon Land, Mining and Transportation Company—Articles
of incorporation, Illinois |
1880 |
C1/17 | Oregon Motor Stages
Pamphlet: "To Oregon's Playground via the Beach Route;"
timetables for various routes (4)
|
undated; 1935, 1937, 1940, 1944 |
C1/18 | Oregon Stages System—timetables (3) |
1927, 1929, 1930 |
C1/19 | Overland Freight Transfer Company—way bill |
Dec. 28, 1878 |
C1/20 | Pacific Express Company—letter to company from A.
McKinley |
June 3, 1887 |
C1/21 | Portland-Banks Stage Line
Timetable card; 30-trip commutation tickets
|
undated |
C1/22 | Portland-Gresham Stage Line—bus schedule |
1927 |
C1/23 | Reliance Mt. Hood Stages—promotional booklets: "Mt. Hood
by Auto" (2) |
undated |
C1/24 | Rose City Tours, Inc.—promotional pamphlet: "Oregon
Sightseeing Tours" |
undated |
C1/25 | Rose City Transit Co.
Transfers from various routes (55); employee's pass book;
timetables (3)
|
undated; 1965, 1967, 1984 |
C3/12 | Rose City Transit Company bus line schedules |
1965-1969; 1965-1966 |
C3/13 | Rose City Transit Company notices |
1965-1966 |
C3/14 | Rose City Transit Company - Petition for service to
Lewis & Clark College |
1965 October |
Oversize 4 |
Tracks of History—Poster for
Historic Preservation Week, Portland |
1987 May |
C1/26 | Suburban Transportation System—timetable |
1956 |
C1/27 | T. Cunningham & Co.—advertisment for the Schuttler
Wagon |
Jan. 1874 |
C1/28 | Tracy & Co.'s Express
Receipt of delivery; blank receiving book
|
Nov. 9, 1860; undated |
C2/1 | Tri-Met
Rider Alerts (2); promotional pamphlets: "The Portland Mall"
(3); Tri-Met Ride Atlas (3); Tri-Met Route Map; pamphlet: "Routes from Downtown
to Beaver Service Area"; timetable No. 51 Council Crest
|
1977-2005 |
C2/1A | Tri-Met
Booklets explaining Tri-Met finances, public image, bus
companies and the importance of mass transit (4); promotional booklet: "Moving
onto the Mall;" pamphlet: new cards for senior and disabled citizens; schedule
for 3 day MAX celebration
|
undated; 1976 |
C2/1B | Tri-Met
Pamphlets: "Test Your Gasoline-Saving Knowledge," "Bus into
Summer," "Portland/Vancouver Interstate Bus Service;" invitation to innagural
ceremonies for Light Rail System; souvenir envelope, first day operation Light
Rail Transit; Rose Festival Service, 2005;
Rider Insider, Summer 2005; Bike
Rider's Guide, circa 2004; Blue Lake Suttle schedule, 2005 May.
|
1996-2005; undated |
C2/1C | Tri-Met
Pamphlet: "Tri-Met Funfare: Portland Flowers & Parks;"
booklet: "Mess Kit: How to Get Through, Over or Around that Temporary Obstacle
Course on the Banfield Freeway"
|
undated |
C2/2 | Tri-Met
Envelope with miscellaneous tickets, passes & transfers;
photocopies of route maps No. 66 and 63 (3); pamphlet: "Tri-Met's New Improved
Westside Service;" promotional flyer: "Tri-Met Light Rail. Mass Transit at its
Best;" "Tri-Met" publications (2); "RiderInsider," 2005-
|
1970-2005; undated |
C2/2A | Tri-Met
Flyers: "There are 7 ways to Have Good Day…," "Tracks of
History: Historic Preservation Week May 9-16, 1987;" revised service plan;
pre-inaugural ride certificate, light rail; history of Banfield Light Rail
Project; speed riding manual
|
1980-1987; undated |
C2/2B | Tri-Met
Fact sheets, Banfield Light Rail Project, No.1 and No.2 (2);
rider update: "Hot Trains"
|
1982; undated |
C2/3 | Tri-Met
Informational packets: "Presenting Two Ways to Turn Your Daily
Commute into A Rewarding Experience" (3); timetable book, all routes; "How to
ride" (guide in multiple languages); "How to ride : MAX Yellow Line"
|
undated; 1994; 2003-2004 |
C2/4 | Tri-Met--transportation guide and map (3) |
1985; 1986; 1989-90 |
C3/15 | Tualatin Valley Buses, Inc. |
1963-1966 |
C3/1 | Union Pacific Stages
Employee passes (2); timetables (7); timetable cards (3)
|
1939 and 1941; 1927-1943; undated |
C3/1A | Westside Light Rail |
1992; undated |
C3/2 | Wilson River and Tillamook Stage--fare tickets
(3) |
undated |
C3/3 | W.D. & F. Co.--dray tickets (3) |
undated |
C3/4 | Passenger Tickets & Schedules
Shuttlebug schedule; Albany City Bus Schedule; Intercity
Busses, Inc., one fare; purser's check, Oregon City to Portland; steamer
traveler, one fare; B. Gakin dray ticket; J.E. Walsh dray ticket
|
1976; undated |
C3/5 | Miscellaneous Trolleys and Buses
Business Directory & Trolley Guide; Portland Traction Co.
weekly pass; Seattle Electric Co. transfer tickets (2); hack license; flyer:
Trolley Bus;
Watts Watt, vol. IX, no. 25;
pamphlet: Free Bus, Old Town Bus Co, with route map
|
1926-27; 1939; undated; 1898; undated; undated; undated |
C3/6 | Street Car Efficiency Club, Rose City Park, Portland,
Constitution and By-Laws; "An analysis of the porposed freight truck and bus
bill," Allied Truck Owners, Inc. |
undated; 1932 Aug. |
C3/7 | Wagons, miscellaneous—Fish Bros. & Co's.
advertisment; plans for buckboard wagon |
1986; undated |
C3/8 | Roads and highways
Program for ceremony at opening of the Columbia River Highway,
1920 Sept. 6; newspaper ad in opposition to construction of I-205, 1964;
meeting notifications, Citizens Advisory Committee, Oregon Highway Division
(2); public meeting notification and information release regarding Columbia
River Highway; conference registration form, "Moving Oregon into the 21st
century"
|
1920; 1964; March 28, 1988 and May 12, 1988; 1987; 1988 |
C3/9 | Roads and highways
U.S. Dept. of Transportation release; Pacific Highway postcard
series; program: dedication ceremony celebrating completion of I-82 and the
Oregon Interstate System; pamphlet: "Oregon Roadside Council: SOS-Save Oregon
Scenery"
|
1987-1988; undated |
Oversize 4 | St. Johns Bridge—Commemorative picture, Bushong &
Co. |
circa 1931 |
C3/10 | Stages, Miscellaneous
Receipt from Oregon Stage Company, 1867 June 1; receipt from T.
Mcf. Patton, People's Transportation Company, Salem, 1872 July 15
|
1867; 1872 |
C3/11 | Portland Street Car |
circa 2007-2012 |
Oversize 4 | Wells, Fargo & Co.—Placards (2)
Placards from a Wells, Fargo office of the mid-19th century,
printed by Bacon & Co., San Francisco: "Drafts on London, Dublin and Paris
for Sale Here," and "Important! The value of letters containing mondy, etc.,
must be stated..."
|
undated |
Oversize 4 | "Gold dust shipped to the Atlantic states and
insured"—Poster, San Francisco
Poster printed by Towne & Bacon, San Francisco, probably
from mid-19th century
|
undated |
Series D: Railroads, circa 1845-2000Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
D1/1 | Albina Transportation Co.—fare coupons (4) |
undated |
D1/2 | Amtrak--Tours "Pacific Northwest" |
1998 |
D1/2A | Amtrak--promotional pamphlet |
undated |
D2/2B | Amtrak—timetables |
1971-1991 |
D1/3 | Association of American Railroads: lubrication manual
and shop maintenance leaflet |
1950 |
D1/4 | Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co.—promotional
booklet for departures from Portland to the sea; pass for 1909 |
undated; 1909 |
D1/5 | Astoria and South Coast Railway Co.—specifications for
construction of railroad |
undated |
D1/6 | Astoria, North Shore & Willapa Harbor
Railroad—application to purchase 10 shares |
1924 |
D1/7 | Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
Committee Report on the proposed railroad to Oregon in the U. S.
House of Representatives; J. Whitney's reply to the Hon. S. A. Douglass
|
1845; 1945 |
D1/8 | Burlington Northern—timetables |
1970 |
D1/9 | California Western Railroad—promotional
pamphlets |
undated |
D1/10 | Canadian Pacific Railroad
Article with map of proposed line construction at Vancouver;
souvenir menus for
The Mountaineer; Canadian Engineer's
permanent pass
|
1912-1919 |
D1/11 | Cascades Railroad Company—blank stock certificates
(2) |
undated |
D8/108 | Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad—Time table and
safety regulations (photocopy) |
April 2, 2000 |
D1/12 | Central Pacific Railroad Co.
Booklet: "Relations between the Central Pacific Railroad Company
and the United States Government"; 3-map combo showing the results if the Union
Pacific is allowed to monopolize Western America
|
1889; 1920 |
D1/12A | Central Pacific Railroad Co.
Booklet "Legal Features of the Central Pacific Case as
Affecting Intermountain Development Union Pacific System," Salt Lake City,
including map
|
after 1922 |
D1/12B | Central Pacific Railway Co.
Application of the Southern Pacific Co. to acquire control of
Central Pacific Railway Co.; keepsake reproductions
|
1922; 1969 |
D1/13 | Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad
Co.—timetable, Burlington route |
April 1967 |
D1/14 | City and Suburban Railway Co.
Transfers (6); fares for observation car (3); street-car fares
(2); fare tickets (5)
|
undated |
D1/15 | Clackamas Southern Railway Co.—booklet: Oregon City
Press promoting railroad in Clackamas County |
1911 |
D8/92 | Columbia and Nehalem River Railroad—description of
railroad, map and inspection report |
Sept. 1918 |
D1/16 | Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Co.—articles of
incorporation and by-laws |
1880 |
D1/17 | Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Co.
Receipt for reduced priced passenger ticket to the Pioneer
Reunion; round trip pass bewteen Detroit and Portland
|
1910; 1899 |
D1/18 | Dayton & Sheridan Narrow Gauge Railroad—history of
the road |
1884 |
D8/93 | Dayton, Sheridan & Grande Ronde Railroad Co.—list of
contributors to secure a railroad up the South Yamhill (12 pages) |
1879 |
D1/19 | Lohman & Co., Engineers, Eugene & Pacific
Electric Railway —hard bound preliminary report on the physical and financial
features of the proposed Eugene & Pacific Electric Railway, including
Blueprints
Proposal for a steam or electric railroad from Eugune to
Florence, Oregon, along the Long Tom River, Lake Creek, and the Siuslaw River.
The railroad was never built.
Describes economic and geographic characteristics of western
Lane County; discusses comparative advantages of steam and electric railroads
in the area; estimates construction costs and potential income for both steam
and electric railroads on the proposed route. Includes tables, photographs, and
map.
|
1909 |
D2/20 | Great Northern Railroad
Oriental Limited Train Dictionary; Great Northern Railway
emblem; ink blotters (2); brochure on dining car service; promotional pamphlets
for
Empire Builder(3); flyer promoting
railway progress, including itinerary
|
undated |
D2/20A | Great Northern Railway
Pass from Spokane to Seattle; passenger's check from Portland to
Bellingham; booklet: dedication and opening of the New Cascade Tunnel; menu of
"Columbia River Historical Expedition, 1929"
|
1899; 1913; 1929 |
D2/20B | Great Northern Railway
Autographed menu during National Apple Week; booklet: Program
of events, Upper Missouri Historical Expedition, itinerary of Upper Missouri
Special via Great Northern Railway; brochure: "The Great Northern Goat"
|
Oct. 31-Nov. 6 1934; July 16-21 1925; Sept. 1926 |
D2/20C | Great Northern Railway
History of the Great Northern Railway System; poster w/
timetable; program of events Columbia River Historical Expedition Itinerary of
Columbia River Special; pamphet "Eastern Trips for Western People"
|
1857-1905; July 1862; July 15-27 1926; 1912 |
D2/21 | Great Northern Railroad—timetables |
1898-1969 |
D2/22 | Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad—timetable No.
15 |
Oct. 6, 1912 |
Box/Folder | ||
D2/23 | Lake Whatcom Railway—promotional brochure and passenger
schedule for steam train excursion |
undated |
D2/24 | Lima Shay Locomotives—catalogues of locomotives
(2) |
1919; 1925 |
D2/25 | Metropolitan Railway Co.—rulebook |
1889 |
D2/26 | The Milwaukee Road—brochure of recipes from George
Rector, Director of Cuisine; timetable |
April 1931; 1939 |
D2/27 | Mt. Hood Railroad
Pamphlet on Hood River Valley; paper engineer's cap; pamphlet on
history of Mt. Hood Railroad with excursion schedule; company checks
|
undated; |
D2/28 | Mt. Hood Railway
Copies of the proposal for building railroad (2); perspective of
map showing approx. route of the Mt. Hood Railway Co.; set of blank
specifications for grading
|
undated |
D2/29 | North Bank Railway
Invitation to the driving of the spike; ticket to the Drive
Golden Spike Ceremony; brocure commemorating the fifth anniversary of Driving
the Golden Spike
|
March 11, 1908; 1913 |
D2/30 | Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Sticker; flyer advertising railroad; advertisment; ticket stubs
from Seattle to Portland (2); ink blotter; tray service menu; invitation to be
Grand Marshal; printed letter from Grand Marshal on completion of railroad
|
undated |
D2/30A | Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Price list of fares, handwritten; return tickets from San
Francisco to Sausalito (2); promotional pamphlet for
Vista-Dome North Coast Limited (2);
business reply postcard; special coach fares flyers (2)
|
undated |
D2/30B | Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Dining car service menu, Yellowstone Park Line; Apple Day Menu;
hardbound books of pictures from the Lakes and Mississippi River to the Pacific
(2); summer excursion fares to Yellowstone National Park
|
undated |
D2/30C | Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Admission ticket to entertainment honoring opening of Northern
Pacific Railroad; list of guests; employees handbook of safety rules; luncheon
menu, Yellowstone Park; booklet: "Train Service Guide"
|
Sept. 11, 1883; Sept. 1883; 1946; 1910; 1966 |
D2/30D | Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Pamphet: "Guide to Points of Interest on the Scenic Route Across
America; 13th Annual Report; 14th Annual Report
|
1965; 1909; 1910 |
D2/31 | Northern Pacific Railway Co.—timetables |
1909-1969 |
D3/32 | Northwest Transportation Co.—brochure on class and
commodity rates between Portland and The Dalles |
undated |
D3/33 | Northwest United Development Railway Co.—"menu" given to
members of Portland's Transportation Family |
Dec. 16, 1911 |
D3/34 | Oregon & California Railroad Co.
Passenger check; menu; ticket for $100 of 5% bonds; Common
Shares Reorganization Scrip & Ticket account; capital stock certificate for
2 shares; booklet in German and 7% Oregon and California R.R.I. Mortgage
Bonds
|
undated |
D3/34A | Oregon &d California Railroad Co.
Tickets for fractions of Common Stock (5); sepia map of western
Oregon; form letter; special regulations for exchange of scrip; regulations of
issue of definitive shares; stockholder's reconstruction certificate
|
undated |
D3/34B | Oregon & California Railroad Co.
6% Mortgage Gold Bonds (in German); invitation to a banquet at
the completion of the railroad; blank receipt form; blank envelope; railroad
letter from Jesse Applegate
|
undated |
D3/34C | Oregon & California Railroad Co.
Menu for Farwell Dinner; excursion ticket from Portland to
McMinnville and return; program for Last Spike Ceremonies (2); letters from
London; check for $2,900
|
1883; 1889; 1887; 1887 & 1922; 1871 |
D3/34D | Oregon & California Railroad Co.
Waybills from Salem to Oregon & California Railroad Co.
(3); statement of New Earnings; Traffic Statistics of Business (2); booklet in
German; copy of letter re: stock sale
|
1872-1884 |
D3/34E | Oregon & California Railroad Co.
Report on the preliminary survey of the Oregon & California
Railroad; petition for instructions to the U.S. Circuit Court on Long and Short
Hall Competition; appeal address made by A.W. Lafferty
|
1865; 1887; 1959 |
D8/94 | Oregon & California Railroad Co.
Instructions to agents and baggagemen relating to baggage;
table of earinings 1873-1884; blank indenture form; map of Oregon &
Calififornia Railroad and its connections; essay on railroad history (10
pages)
|
1873-1884; undated |
D8/94A | Oregon & California Railroad Co.
Copy of Statement of Expenditures for maintenance of property
in 1881 and 5 years previous; sheet of tickets; Ordinance No. 94 granting the
right to lay and maintain railroad track in La Fayette, Or.
|
1881; undated |
D3/35 | Oregon & California Transportation Co.—stock
certificate |
1908 |
D3/36 | Oregon & Transcontinental Co.—stock
certificate |
1887 |
D3/37 | Oregon Branch Pacific Railroad—stock certificates
(4) |
1868; 1871; undated |
D8/95 | Oregon Branch Pacific Railroad Co.—blank stock
certificate |
undated |
D3/38 | Oregon Central Railroad
Articles of incorporation and by-laws; blank series A bond
certificate
|
undated |
D3/39 | Oregon, California & Eastern Railway Co.—timetable
No. 5 |
1929 |
D3/40 | Oregon Electric Railway Co.
Circular no.1: issue and use of passes; circular no. 2:
instructions to Motormen and Trainmen; circular no. 13: farewell address of
Syndicate Managers; circular no. 14: appointment of Acting General Manager
|
undated |
D3/40A | Oregon Electric Railway Co.
Acknowledgements of fare paid on the Certificate Plan (3);
yearly pass
|
1910; 1933 |
D8/100 | Oregon Electric Railway Co.—time tables (photocopy) and
related information. |
1908-1909 |
D3/41 | Oregon Pacific & Eastern Railway Co.
Timecard; postcard of locomotive No. 19
|
1926 |
D3/42 | Oregon Pacific Railroad
Employee's trip pass; caution to investors re: "Oregon
Pacific"; publication: "Facts Relating to the So-Called Oregon Pacific
Railroad"
|
1894; |
D3/43 | Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.
Business card of G.A. Emery; promotional booklet for North
Beach, Wash.; booklet on Outings in Oregon; Second Annual Report; rules and
regulations; menu of dining car service; pamphlet: "Ocean, River and Rail" by
P. Donan
|
undated |
D3/43A | Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.
Booklet: "Scenes in the New Empire;" passes of C.V. McKelvey,
ticket agent (17); single trip employee passes (4); pamphlet on Restful
Recreation Resorts (2)
|
1889-1906 |
D3/43B | Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.
Official list of Officers, Agents, Stations, etc.; letter from
General Passenger Agent; souvenir Freight Accounting Bureau; first annual
excursion and picnic program; freight bills
|
undated |
D8/96 | Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.
Blueprint; legal document
|
undated; June 21, 1901 |
D3/43C | Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.
Commodity rates; colonist rate brochure to Columbia County
|
1908; 1909 |
D3/44 | Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
Photocopy of Articles of Incorporation and by-laws; booklet:
"First Mortgage;" booklet: "Mortgage of Further Assurance;" booklet: "Second
Annual Report;" booklet: "Third Annual Report"
|
1879-1882 |
D3/44A | Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
Booklet: "Circuit Court of the United States: Wells Fargo &
Co. vs. Oregon Railway & Navigation Co;" booklet: "Fifth Annual Report;"
booklet: "Sixth Annual Report"
|
1883; 1884; 1885 |
D3/44B | Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
Booklet: "No. 1035 United States Circuit Court—The Oregonian
Railway Co., Ltd. Vs. The Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.;" Articles of
Incorporation: The Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
|
1885; 1896 |
D3/45 | Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
Ticket envelope; passes (3); articles of incorporation and
by-laws; O.R.and No. Co. various properties; stockholder subscription form
(blank)
|
undated; 1870-1895; 1879; 1884; 1881 |
D3/45A | Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
Stockholder subscription forms (4); annual metting of
stockholders (2); miscellaneous messages to the stockholders
|
1881; 1882; 1880-1882 |
D3/46 | Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
Supplementary articles of incorporation, photocopies (2); copy
of resolutions stockholders meeting, photocopies (2); annual report to
Secretary of State, photocopy
|
1882 & 1887; 1880 & 1882; 1906 |
D8/97 | Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.
Legal document: M. Fisk and R.H. McMillen vs. Oregon Railway
& Navigation for running over 2 mares and 2 colts; message to the
stockholders
|
Aug. 27, 1884; 1882 |
D8/101 | Oregon Railway and Navigation Company—Schedule No.
29 |
1886 |
D8/98 | Oregonian Railway Co.
Handwritten lease; lease agreement
|
1881 |
D4/47 | Oregon Short Line Railroad Co.
Local timetable; booklet: "First Annual Report of the Board of
Directors of the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company to the Stockholders for the
Period from March 16, 1897 to June 30, 1898"
|
1911; 1897-1898 |
D4/47A | Oregon Short Line Railroad Co.
Ticket for the Railroad Department YMCA, Pocatello, Idaho;
notice of rate increase
|
1904; 1885 |
D4/48 | Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation
Co.
O.W.R & N. announcement of completion and opening of new
freight house and terminal; political pamphlet opposing HB 207; 2000 mile
ticket; roster of accounting department
|
undated; 1935; 1914; 1916-1917 |
D4/48A | Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation
Co.
Pamphlet: "Astoria 1811-1911 Centennial Pageant and Sepctacular
Historical Jubilee, Aug. 10-Sept. 9"; map of proposed cross state railroad
linkup; pocket calendar
|
1911; 1929; 1913 |
D4/48B | Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation
Co.—timetables |
1895-1919 |
D4/49 | Oregon Water Power & Railway Co.
Passes (3); transfers (2); booklets: "Delightful Jaunts by Rail
and River to Oregon City and Return in Three Hours" (2); special ticket from
Estacada to Hogan and Portland; photo album
|
1904-1906; undated;1903; 1905; undated |
D8/103 | P.R.L. & P. Co., traffic study chart, Portland,
Williams Avenue line |
April 16, 1919 |
D8/109 | Pacific Northwest Electric Railway
Association |
1964-1966 |
D4/50 | Pacific Northwest Public Service Company—speeder
schedule for Oak Grove Project Railway |
1930 |
D4/51 | Pacific Railroad
Booklet: Oregon branch of the Pacific Railroad petitioning
Congress to pass a bill; subscription list; letter from the Secretary of the
Interior; Senate Report No. 906
|
1868; undated; 1880; 1883 |
D4/51A | Pacific Railroad
U.S. Congress Senate Report regarding national railroad from the
Mississippi to the Columbia River; booklet: "Extracts from the Report of the
U.S. Pacific Railway Commission;" speech of William H. Seward to the U.S.
Senate
|
1846; 1888; 1858 |
D4/51B | Pacific Railroad
Speech of Hon. D.C. Bradrick, U.S. Senate, re: Pacific Railroad
Bill; policy of extending government aid to additional railroads to the
Pacific; Senate Reports #219
|
1859; 1869; 1869 |
D4/51C | Pacific Railroad
Booklet: "The Pacific Railroads & Relations Exisiting
Between them and the Government of the U.S.;" petition to secure the passage of
the North Pacific Railroad through Washington Territory with Terrines on the
Columbia at Vancouver
|
1879; 1870 |
D4/52 | Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad
Pamphlet promoting special excursion train through the Coast
Range and Salmonberry River Canyon, the
Coast Range Explorer
|
1992 |
D4/53 | Portland & West Coast Railroad & Navigation
Co.—excerpt from
Oregon Statesman
|
1911 |
D4/54 | Portland Cable Railway Co.
Trustees certificate for 126 shares
|
1892 |
D4/55 | Portland Consolidated Railway Co.
Promotional pamphlet "Seeing Portland;" official ground plan of
the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition; transfer between South Portland
and Mt. Tabor; map and information describing street car rides in Portland; 4 fare tickets
|
undated; 1905; 1914; 1905 |
D4/56 | Portland, Dalles, and Salt Lake Railroad
HB 28 memorial of the legislature of Idaho asking for aid in
the construction of the Portland, Dalles and Salt Lake Railroad
|
1873 |
D4/57 | Portland, East Portland and Albina Transportation
Co.—ticket for one fare |
undated |
D4/58 | Portland Electric Power Company
Special police ticket, 50 coupons; PEPCO employee pass and ID
card belonging to P. Williamson; trolley guides (2); tickets (3)
|
undated; 1927 |
D4/59 | Portland Railway Company
Promotional pamphlet of various routes; transfer; souvenir
excursion tickets (2); pamphlet: "Tourists Souvenir Guide for Portland,
Oregon"; fare tickets (6)
|
1904; undated |
D4/60 | Portland Railway Light & Power Company
Timecard; promotional investment publication: "Four Extra Pay
Days Every Year: Over 7% Interest on Your Savings;" information and order form
for PRLPC's "8 Per Cent Five-Year Gold Notes"
|
July 14, 1908; 1922; 1921 |
D4/60A | Portland Railway Light & Power Company
Notification of Burnside Bridge closure and re-routes of
affected lines; information card for Five Year 8% Gold Notes; cash and transfer
checks (8); student certification for school season; trolley guide; schedule
card
|
1913; 1921; undated; 1910-1911; after 1913; 1907 |
D4/60B | Portland Railway Light & Power Company
Employee tickets (15); book of free passage passes; promotional
pamphlet: "Seeing Portland;" receipt for cash fare paid; vol. 1 no. 2 "Trolley
News;" pamphlet: "Trolley Trips In and Around Portland"
|
1927; 1918; 1909; undated |
D4/61 | Portland Street Railway Company—one fare
ticket |
undated |
D4/62 | Portland Traction Company
Envelope with ticket and 2 receipts, handwritten information on
ticket; Williams Ave. route and schedule changes; informational pamphlet; "West
Side Routes;" souvenir pamphlet of Portland Heights; weekly pass
|
1931; 1940; 1951; 1897; Dec. 4-10, 1938 |
D4/62A | Portland Traction Company
Student tickets (2); tickets (2); transfer receipt
|
undated |
Oversize 1 | Portland Traction Company--Poster for "Citizen of the
week" Frederick Boehme, Portland postman.
See also "Ships" series above, "Pearson, A.R." for another
poster in this series.
|
1958 |
D4/63 | The Pullman Company
Issues of
Pullman Facts , nos. 1,2,6,7,10,11;
ticket envelope; Pullman service menu; promotional booklet: "Go Pullman By
Day…By Night;" trip pass
|
Sept. 30, 1946; undated |
D4/64 | Rogue River Valley Railway Co.—straight bill of
lading |
June 14, 1913 |
D4/65 | Seattle and International Railway Co.—trip
pass |
July 15, 1899 |
D5/66 | Southern Pacific
Guides to Shasta Daylight trip w/ timetable and place
descriptions (4); sample dinner select menu; ticket order envelope (empty);
copy & original of tray and dinner service flyer; souvenir folder of the
Shasta Route
|
undated |
D5/66A | Southern Pacific
"The Shasta Route: In All of it’s Grandeur: A Scenic Guide
Book;" assorted business cards for Southern Pacific Company (2); souvenir
booklet: An Excursion to Tillamook, OR by Train: Scenes Along the Pacific
Railway & Navigation Line
|
undated |
D5/66B | Southern Pacific
Handbook of safety rules and regulations; San Francisco to
Portland ticket w/ envelope; invitation to Golden Spike Celebration;
advertisments: "Southern Pacific Adds New Priveleges to Lower Fares East"
(2)
|
1923; April 25, 1943; Sept. 14, 1929; 1932 |
D5/66C | Southern Pacific
Program for "Oregon First" Excursion to San Francisco;
"Railroad Efficiency and Dismemberment" statement by Mr. J. Kruttsschmitt to
Interstate Commerce Commission; All-Day Lunch Service Menu
|
March 12, 1912; 1922; 1926 |
D5/66D | Southern Pacific
Ticket, Oregon Lines, from Canby to Portland (2); Southern
Pacific menu; Supreme Court of the United States ruling in the Case of the
United States of America vs. Southern Pacific Co., et. al.
|
1905; 1942; 1921 |
D5/66E | Southern Pacific
Union Pacific-Central Pacific-Southern Pacific opening
statement by R.S. Lovett before the Interstate Commerce Commission; Southern
Pacific menu; "The Case of Business Men and Farmers Against Dismemberment of
Southern Pacific Lines"
|
1922; 1946 |
D5/66F | Southern Pacific
Ticket from Woodburn to Portland; dinner menu from Ogden Route;
employee's trip pass
|
1905; Aug. 3, 1895; 1897 |
D5/67 | Southern Pacific--timetables, various routes |
1901-1970 |
D5/68 | Southern Pacific Locomotive No. 4449-City of
Portland
Commemorative postcards (4); No. 4449 album
|
1984; undated |
D8/102 | Southern Pacific Company—timetable, Portland
Divisioin |
1916 |
D5/69 | Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad—program for 75
year celebration; timetables |
1983; 1919-1967 |
D5/70 | Sumpter Valley Railroad
Time book and distribution of labor; promotional pamphlet: "All
Aboard' Sumpter Valley Railroad Restorations Narrow Gauge Steam Train"
|
Sept. 1917; undated |
D5/71 | Tacoma Eastern Railroad—timetable for Paradise Valley
Route |
1905 |
D5/72 | T.P.A Pocket Guides—various volumes |
March 1901-Sept. 1908 |
D5/73 | T.P.A. Pocket Guides—various volumes |
Nov. 1908-March 1921 |
D6/74 | Union Pacific
Vacation haunts pamphlets: "The Columbia River Gorge From an
Open Observation Car" (2); pamphlet: "New and Faster Union Pacific Bus and Rail
Service To and From the East"
|
1925 and 1927; 1929 |
D6/74A | Union Pacific
Collection of remnants from Boston westward: includes UP
envelope, sleeping car coupons, transfer, ticket and travel suggestions
pamphlet; business cards from Miss Clare Percefull (2)
|
1947; undated |
D6/74B | Union Pacific
Booklet: "Salient Features of the Union Pacific's side of the
Central Pacific Controversy;" pamphlet: "Tomorrow's Train…Today"
|
Oct. 1922; undated |
D6/74C | Union Pacific
Trip pass; dining car service menu; breakfast menu; advertising
ink blotter; tickets (2)
|
Nov. 1885; 1903; Oct. 1916; undated; undated |
D6/74D | Union Pacific
Fold out pamphlet: "Locomotives of Union Pacific Railroad;"
booklet: "The Union Pacific Story;"
|
undated; March 1969 |
D6/74E | Union Pacific
Booklet: "Roster of Union Pacific Locomotives 1867-1964"
revised edition; handbook: "The Portland Limited: Only Thru Train Between
Chicago and Portland;" dinner menu "City of Portland"
|
May 1968; undated; April 8, 1937 |
D6/74F | Union Pacific
Promotional booklets: "The Streamliner City of Portland" (2);
"The Streamliner" coach service menus (3);
|
undated; 1940 |
D6/74G | Union Pacific
Menus from "The Portland Rose" (6), including 4 from 1934;
"Portland Rose" stationery; "Portland Rose" booklet titled "Train
conveniences"; "The Portland Rose" contract bridge scoring table; promotional
booklet: "The Portland Rose"; "Agreement between the Union Pacific
Company...and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and Oregon Railway and
Navigation Company," 1883; booklet "Who owns the Union Pacific?", 1923; train
orders and clearance forms, 1966; invitation to centennial of last spike
ceremony, Amon Carter Museum, 1969 May 8.
|
1883-1969 |
D6/75 | Union Pacific
Nelson's Pictorial Guide-Books: "The Union Pacific Railroad: A
Trip Across the North American Continent From Omaha to Ogden" (2); view album
of resorts along the UP Railroad; rules and instructions manual
|
circa 1871; circa 1884; undated |
D6/76 | Union Pacific—timetables |
1914-1946 |
D7/76A | Union Pacific—timetables |
1949-1970 |
D7/77 | United Railways Company—schedule of trains |
March 20, 1911 |
D7/78 | Valley and Siletz Railroad Company
Timetable card; news release; "Local and Proportional Freight
Tariff No. 11;" tariff index No. 41 and No. 42
|
Oct. 1927; March 2, 1978; Aug. 1956; 1963 and 1965 |
D7/79 | Vernonia, South Park, & Sunset Steam
Railroad—promotional pamphlet: "All Aboard for 42 Mile Sunday Excursion Behind
a Historic Steam Locomotive;" promotional pamphlet: "Sunday Steam Trips: Banks
to Vernonia, Oregon" |
circa 1970; undated |
D7/80 | Walla Walla Railway Company—certificate for shares of
the Capital Stock of the WWRC issued to J.M. McCaw |
1905 |
D8/99 | West Coast Railroad & Coos Bay Coal Co.—prospectus
(2) |
undated |
D7/81 | Western Oregon Railroad Company—articles of
incorporation and by-laws |
1879 |
D7/82 | Western Pacific--timetable; promotional pamphlet: "The
Cariboo Country Special" |
Nov. 1939; 1960 |
D8/105 |
Western railway and logging railway
directory |
1907 |
D8/106 | Willamette and Pacific Railroad—timetables |
1993-1994 |
D8/107 | Willamette Valley Southern Railway Company—timetable
(photocopy) |
1921 |
D7/83 | Willamette Shore Railway—pamphlet promoting Jefferson
Street branch |
1987 |
D7/84 | Willamina & Grande Ronde Railroad Company—"Local
Freight Tariff No. 1" |
Dec. 15, 1921 |
D7/85 | Yaquina Bay and Northern Railway—general report of
YBNR |
undated |
D7/86 | Yaquina Bay & Willamette Valley Railroad
Articles of Incorporation; death certificate of T.E. Hogg;
official records of the Union & Confederate Navies in the War of the
Rebellion (regarding T.E. Hogg)
|
Oct. 1870; 1898; undated |
D7/87 | Railroads, Miscellaneous
Editorial booklet: "The Rate Advance: Decisions and Eighteen
Months After" reprinted from "Railway Age Gazette"; political handout:
"Railroad Commissions of Two Kinds" F.W. Gaines; business card George F.
Heusner, Passenger Agent
|
Aug. 1912; undated |
D7/87A | Railroads, Miscellaneous
Souvenir brochure commemorating the Journey of the Oregon
Pioneer Excursionists over the Hebert Lea Route (Mid West); advertisments for
the Railroad Automatic Track Inspector Company, Chehalis, Wash. (2); articles
of incorporation of the Alaska and Yukon River Railway and Navigation Company,
1889 (typescript copy).
|
Oct. 1883; 1889; undated |
D7/87B | Railroads, Miscellaneous
Advertisement of Railway Express Agency 5-35; timecard for
3-1-41 day shift running; weekly timecard Car Shop (blank); advertisement for
street car trip in Portland
|
undated |
D7/87C | Railroads, Miscellaneous
Booklet: "Cheap Railway Transportation of Narrow Gauge
Railroads, Their Success in Oregon and Washington Territory, Since 1876;"
blueprint invitation to party celebrating placing Madras on the railroad
|
undated; Feb. 13, 1911 |
D7/87D | Railroads, Miscellaneous
Notice pertaining to prohibition infractions while on railroad;
proposal to Whitney Co. for the construction of 2 railroads in Tillamook
County
|
June 1917; 1919 |
D7/87E | Railroads, Miscellaneous
Business card of Richard A. Carlson, president, Pacific
Northwest Chapter of National Railway Historical Society; flyer for National
Railway Historical Society excursion to Goldendale, Washington, 1966; program:
1964 Annual Banquet of the Pacific Northwest Electric Railway Association
|
undated |
D7/88 | Railroad Excursions, Miscellaneous
Oregon Electric Railway "Souvenir of Excursion over
Portland-Salem Lines of Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, The United
Railways, & Oregon Electric Railway;" special excursion ticket, Sumpter
Valley Railroad Resoration, Inc.
|
Oct. 23, 1955; undated |
D7/88A | Railroad Excursions, Miscellaneous
Southern Pacific, "An Excursion to Tillamook, Oregon by Train:
Scenes Along the Pacific Railway & Navigation Line;" Amtrak, "The Great
Northwest Rail Excursion;" "1985 Deschutes River Rail Excursion"
|
undated; Oct. 8-9, 1983: 1985 |
D7/88B | Railroad Excursions, Miscellaneous
Union Pacific
Expo '74 Director's Special: Salt
Lake City, Utah to Seattle Washington (in own folders)
|
May 3-7, 1974 |
D7/88C | Union Pacific, "Points of Interest Along the Way," Omaha
to Spokane, Portland and Salt Lake City (ring binder) |
May 27, 1979 |
D8/88D | Union Pacific, "Points of Interest Along the Way," Salt
Lake City, Utah to Seattle, Washington (ring binder) |
July 4-5, 1980 |
D8/89 | Transportation Guides, Miscellaneous
West Coast Hotel & Railway
Guide, vol. 1, no. 5;
The Headlight, vol. 1, no. 5;
The U.C.T. Transportation Guide\,
vols. 1, 7, 13, and 23
|
July 1906; Dec. 1890; 1908, 1914, 1921 and 1930 |
D8/90 | Public Relations—promotional flyer: "Union Station
Project Kickoff: Get on Board!" |
undated |
D8/91 | Railroads, Miscellaneous
Train Equipment—article: "Car Building: Advancing the State of
the Art" from
Railway Age; promotional pamphlet:
"FMC: The Company We Keep;" booklet: "How FMC Freight Cars are Built Better;"
booklet: "GRS Range Lanterns"
|
Nov. 8, 1982; undated; undated; undated |
D8/104 | Railroads, miscellaneous
Letter from a railroad telegrapher to his wife, ca. 1923;
Pacific Northwest Advisory Board, Association of American Railways, proceedings
of the thirtieth annual meeting at Portland, March 22, 1935.
|
1923; 1935 |
Series E: Miscellaneous transportation oversize, circa 1867-1900Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
E1/1 | Aviation
Pan American: emergency instructions; in-flight menus (3)
|
undated; undated |
Express, Stage and Bus |
||
Box/Folder | ||
E1/2 | California & Oregon Coast Overland Mail
Company—timetables (2) |
1875 & 1877 |
E1/3 | California & Oregon United States Mail
Line
Blank way bills (3); way bills (3)
|
1867; undated |
E1/4 | Hepner-Canyon City Stage Line—way bills
(3) |
1899-1900 |
E1/5 | Overland Mining & Transportation Co.—Articles of
Incorporation |
1880 |