Collection Timeline

1890 to 1963

1890
Silver Thaw along Willamette River in Corvallis, circa 1890
Woman in Canoe on Flooded Street, Portland, Oregon
Horse-Drawn Carriage at the Intersection of First Street and Stark Street During 1890 Flood, Portland, Oregon

1894
1894 Flood
The Dalles, Oregon, as seen from Umatilla House, probably during the Columbia River flood of 1894
Lewis and Dryden’s High Water Map of Portland : 1894 Flood
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1900
Silver thaw, Sellwood water tower

1902
The Oregon daily journal., September 15, 1902, Page 1, Image 1

1903
Heppner flood 1902

1905
Oregon's Famous "Silver Thaw"
Fire patrol airplane circling Mt. Jefferson in the Cascade Range, Willamette National Forest
Burned timber near La Pine, Oregon
View of the Upper Willamette
1934. Fire-killed Douglas-fir 32 years after the 1902 Yacolt Burn.

1906
Lee Moorhouse, Umatilla River Flood

1912
Morning Oregonian Newspaper: Ruin Follows in the Path of Ice Storm

1916
Silver thaw, East Glisan near East 39th Avenue

1920
Flooding on lower campus, circa 1920

1933
Boys from Illinois fight Tillamook (Oregon) fire
View of Tillamook Fire, Oregon from airplane

1936
Bandon Fire, 1936

1945
Eugene Flood, Alfred Monner
Eugene Flood

1948
President Truman In Oregon Inspecting Flood Damage
Tillamook Burn, Tillamook County, Oregon, November 1948

1955
Amazon Creek Flood, Lane County, Oregon

1963
Floods of December 1955-January 1956 in the far western states.
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