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| Date: | 04 20 1963 |
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| Description: | Interior of Bush's Cafe, with artificial greenery, a clock, and two water pots above the lunch counter. |
| Date: | 05 1981 |
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| Description: | Monument on grassy area. Behind are storefronts. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Three young men playing basketball on an outdoor court. In the background behind a fence and tree are a group of girls, and in the center background younge... |
| Date: | 10 07 1953 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the remodeled living room in the apartment of John & Marilyn Knutson. |
| Date: | 10 07 1953 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the dining room in the apartment of John and Marilyn Knutson. |
| Date: | 10 07 1953 |
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| Description: | A dining set standing inside the dining room in the apartment of John and Marilyn Knutson. |
| Date: | 02 20 1956 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Oregon Basketball Team in uniform. They pose with their coach, seated in bleachers. |
| Date: | 02 27 1957 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of ten uniformed men who are the Oregon Business Men's basketball team and the champions in the Suburban Home Talent League. Front row, eft ... |
| Date: | 12 19 1957 |
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| Description: | Marian Engelke looks forward to a new career as a professional social worker. As part of the course work for her master's degree, she spends 20 hours a wee... |
| Date: | 03 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the principal participants in Oregon High School's annual athletic banquet. Shown seated left to right: Rev. Robert Conner toastmaster; J... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View across road of the central business section. The commerical buildings along the sidewalk include a printer, butcher, barber and jeweler. Above the sho... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the wooden Presbyterian Church with steeple. The round, stained glass windows on the steeple and the front of the church have a ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from drive of the High School and grounds. The building has a gable roof and iron fence detailing around the edge. On the right side of the building i... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Catholic Church, including parsonage and grounds. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View looking down unpaved Main Street, with wagons and carts parked near the curb on the left near a building with a sign for a "Garage." Pedestrians are a... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved Main Street. There is a T-intersection on the right. On the left are a row of storefronts with a dog and pedestrians on the sidewalk. Bus... |
| Date: | 07 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Waterfall Motel and Restaurant, a one-story building with seven large picture windows. A free-standing sign that reads "Waterfall Rest... |
| Date: | 07 21 1958 |
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| Description: | The Waterfall, an 18 unit motel and restaurant, was opened in 1958 and owned and operated by Oregon's village president, F.E. Madsen, and John Struck. A wa... |
| This collection contains photographs taken by Kalleen Mortensen, a Madison, WI resident and long-time member of the Deer Park Buddhist community. |
| Read about the Milwaukee Industrial School reform school, later the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls and Oakhill Correctional Institution in Oregon |
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