ohy_orglot1423 Guide to the 1890 Portland flood and street scene photographs 1890 Portland flood and street scene photographs Laura Cray Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2022
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-10-03. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Oregon Historical Society Research Library 1890 Portland flood and street scene photographs Org. Lot 1423 0.10 cubic feet 1 folder in shared box circa 1890 Collection consists of 18 photographs of Portland, Oregon, taken circa 1890. The primary subject of the photographs is flooded streets in downtown and inner East Portland during the 1890 flood. Other subjects depicted in the photographs include cable cars, the bark Coloma, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, the Riverside Hotel, the Morrison Bridge, and other unflooded street scenes from Portland. English

Collection is open for research.

Gift of Burton Hendrickson, October 1978 (Lib. Acc. 14605 and Photo Acc. 978D085).

The photographs are viewable online in OHS Digital Collections.

Excessive rainfall and snowmelt from unusually warm weather in February 1890 caused the Columbia and Willamette rivers to rise rapidly, resulting in flooding throughout the Willamette Valley. The water level in Portland crested at 22.3 feet on February 5, 1890. The resulting inundation area from this flood was used to establish the base floodplain for sections of the Willamette River used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for land management and flood insurance.

Sources: Gregory, S., L. Ashkenas, S. Jett, and R. Wildman. "Flood Inundations/FEMA Floodplains." In Willamette River Basin Atlas, 2nd ed., 28–29. Corvallis, OR: PNW Ecosystem Research Consortium, 2002.

Taylor, George H. The Oregon Weather Book: A State of Extremes. 1st ed. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 1999.

1890 Portland flood and street scene photographs, Org. Lot 1423, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Collection consists of 18 photographs of Portland, Oregon, taken circa 1890. The photographs are primarily scenes of flooded streets in downtown and inner East Portland during the 1890 flood. Other subjects depicted in the photographs include cable cars, the bark Coloma, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, the Riverside Hotel, the Morrison Bridge, and other unflooded street scenes from Portland. The photographs are mounted on 9 loose album pages and include handwritten image captions. The photographer or photographers for these items is unknown.

Materials in this collection are in the public domain.

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