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ohs.org. The Oregon Historical Society Museum is a history museum housed at the Oregon Historical Society in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The museum was created in 1898 and receives about 44,000 visitors annually. It houses the Portland Penny that decided the city’s name. [1] This 1835 copper penny was flipped to decide between ...
The society has one of the largest collections of historic photographs in the United States. [24] OHS has published the Oregon Historical Quarterly continuously since 1900. Since 1929, the Oregon Historical Society Press has published over 150 books on Oregon history, politics, culture, and biographies, including Oregon Geographic Names.
According to an itemized list published by the Oregon Historical Society, the building itself eventually cost approximately $70,000, with an additional $9,000 for the accompanying rock wall; $8,000 for paving and gradation; $6,000 to the architect; and $3,000 for other miscellaneous costs.
The Oregon Historical Society visited the MHIC this fall to help Trice and her staff develop a formal cataloging system for the museum's hundreds of artifacts. Trice also was able to raise money ...
Oregon Historical Society is transferring Thomas Dove Keizur’s wedding socks to the Keizer Heritage Museum!!! ... The RAM Project will cost $30,000 to $50,000 and involve interpretative and ...
November 28, 1980. The Captain George Flavel House Museum ( / flʌvɛl /) [ 2] known also as Capt. George Flavel House and Carriage House[ 3] or the Flavel Mansion, [ 4][ 5] is now a house museum in Astoria, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1885 in the Queen Anne architectural style, by George Flavel, a Columbia River bar pilot who was ...
Tickets to the fair cost 50 cents for adults, a quarter for children. ... Records, 1903-1905 collection, Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society; Abbott, Carl (1981).
The encyclopedia is a project of Portland State University 's History Department, the Oregon Council of Teachers of English, and the Oregon Historical Society. It has drawn support from Oregon Cultural Trust partners Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Council for the Humanities, Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, and the Oregon State Historic ...