Collection is open for research.
Gift of Dale Skovgaard via OHS Press, March 2007 (Lib. Acc. 26203).
Photographs of Vanport, Oregon, Org. Lot 1364, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Collection consists of 17 black and white photographs of Vanport, Oregon, before and after the flood of 1948. The photographs belonged to Dale Skovgaard and include images of Skovgaard and his family, who lived in Vanport at the time of the flood. Scenes from before the flood include apartment buildings, a gas station, and the Number 1 Shopping Center. Scenes from during and after the flood include damaged buildings, a rescue effort, fleeing cars and pedestrians, and members of the Skovgaard family looking through their belongings for salvageable items. People identified include Dale Skovgaard; his parents, Herman Skovgaard and Agnes Skovgaard; his sister, Delores Skovgaard; and Donnie Dill.
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.
The photographs were published in Oregon Historical Quarterly, Volume 108, No. 1 (Spring 2007), pages 88-106, as part of an account by Dale Skovgaard about his memories of living in Vanport and of the Vanport flood.