Historic black and white photos and contemporary color photographs at the downtown Portland photography gallery that features photos of the Portland Oregon area history through the decades from the 1870's, 1890's, 1900's, 1910's, 1920's, 1930's, 1940's, 1950's and 1960's by historic photographers Al Monner, Allan deLay, Hugh Ackroyd, Ray Atkeson, Photo Art Studio, Robinson Oregon History Collection, Angelus Oregon Historical Black and White Photography Collection and contemporary color photographers Craig Tuttle, Dennis Frates, Marquis Stoudamire, Barry Peril, Francisco Rangel, Larry Geddis, Paul Tweten, and Tim Jewett that reflect Oregon's urban, rural and natural heritage.

Search thousands of historical and contemporary photos for downtown, SW, SE, and NW Portland as well as the Willamette River and it's bridges, downtown streets (Washington, Stark, Burnside, Morrison, Yamhill, Alder, and others), photographs citywide of avenues, (Broadway, Sixth, Fifth, Fourth and Third), trolleys, cars, trains, architecture, crowded with people through the decades. And actually see views of Mt Hood.

Portland bridge photos: click to see black and white historic and contemporary color photos of the St. Johns Bridge, the Fremont Bridge, the Broadway Bridge, the Steel Bridge, the Burnside Bridge, the Morrison Bridge, the Hawthorne Bridge, the Ross Island Bridge,the BN railroad bridge, and the Interstate Bridge over the Columbia River.

Portland's waterfront flooded in 1894 and the Vanport flood on May 30, 1948 left 18,000 people homeless. Subsequent flood control programs created a system of regional dams. The success of the effort is still measured against the loss in 1957 when The Dalles dam backwaters flooded the Columbia River Native American fishery of Celilo Falls.

Portland's Washington Park is noted for it's breadth, the Rose Test Garden, viewpoints of the city and Mt. Hood, and the Pittock Mansion. Embracing a hillside above the Rose Garden, Portland's Japanese Garden, has inspired photos by Larry Geddis, Allan Bruce Zee, Craig Tuttle and Dennis Frates that seek a visual balance of energy and serenity. Eastside Portland parks include bucolic Crystal Springs Rhododendron Test Garden next to Reed College and the popular Laurelhurst Park's broad lawns and large trees.

On Broadway represents a century of photographic images of the main drag through downtown Portland. Historic black and white and Kodachrome color prints depict a stroll through ten decades from Ankeny to Main.

Posh hotels, glitzy theaters, smart shops, and prosperous fashions come and go as Broadway's profile swells with cars, crowds and buildings.

With so much change, it's startling to recognize a corner you have recently turned has been the passage of so many others before, fusing our experiences over time.

Visit the William Joseph Gallery at the new address in the same building, on the same street, 520 SW Yamhill Street, Suite 401, in downtown Portland Oregon.

Call Monday-Saturday, 503 274-0598, 10AM to 5PM

Visit Monday-Friday, 12 to 2PM, or call for an

appointment: 503 274-0598

A Darker Portland featured historic black and white nighttime photographs of Oregonian news photographer Allan deLay in an exhibition curated by Thomas Robinson.

Darker Portland Exhibit description by curator Thomas Robinson

Allan deLay biographical notes.

Portland developed as the valley prospered. Here are historic images of the Willamette Valley by Al Monner and others, and contemporary photography of the Willamette Valley AVA and the Columbia AVA wine country by Dennis Frates and others.

Oregon Labor historic photos depict Oregonian's at work in primary natural resources such as logging, fishing, and farming to manufacturing and services. This collection of images available by date, location and occupations will expand quarterly, so stay tuned.

Review Oregon Labor historic black and white photos by year: 1900's, 1910's, 1920's, 1930's, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940's, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950's, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's and 1990-2012.

Review Oregon Labor and Industry historic photos by segment: Agriculture, Commercial Property, Construction, Education, Entertainment, Fashion, Financial, Fisheries, Food Processing, Government, Health Care / Medical, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Media, Professional Services, Public Safety, Retail, Salvage, Sports, Timber and Wood Products, Tourism and Recreation, Transportation, and Utilities.

Historic logging photos of Oregon's agricultural heritage include black and white photography of log trucks, loggers and logging equipment in saw mills and in the forests of the Hood River Valley, Willamette Valley, Southern and Central Oregon, circa the 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.

See also other West Coast cities: Seattle Washington, Eugene Oregon, Salem Oregon,and San Francisco California.

Photos wildflowers, trees, waterfalls, and lakes of Oregon and Washington Cascade mountains by Dennis Frates, Dave Jensen , Craig Tuttle, and Paul Tweten in contemporary color, as well as Ray Atkeson, Al Monner's and other's black and white historic photos and includes skiers, climbers, and backpacker's views of forests ski runs, and climbing routes of Mt Hood, Mt Rainier, Mt St. Helens, Mt Adams, Mt Bachelor, The Three Sisters Mountains, Mt Jefferson, Mt Baker, Mt Shuksan, and Crater Lake National Park.

Mt Hood photos includes skiers, Timberline Lodge, snow scenes, climbers, and Government Camp by Ray Atkeson and others in historic black and white and color.

Mt Hood photography by Al Monner includes historical pictures of skiing and vintage climbing parties at the summit, Crater Rock, The Chute, Pulpit Rock, Coe Glacier, South Portal, Sandy Glacier, seracs, crevasses, cirques, Elk Cove, Newton Clark Glacier, Cloud Cap Inn, Ski Bowl, Multipor, Steels Cliff, Zig Zag, Timberline Lodge, Mazamas Lodge, Wyeast Cabin, Ski Jumpers, Tilly Jane Guard Station, and Cooper Spur. 360' aerial views from the mid century abound with snow and ice.

Ray Atkeson's historic, black and white skiing photographs from the ski resort at Sun Valley in Idaho inspired generations of skiers.

Historic black and white photos and color landscape photography of Oregon and Washington's rivers images by Ray Atkeson, Larry Olson, David Jensen, Dennis Frates, Dan Callaghan, and others includes the Columbia, Willamette, Deschutes, John Day, Crooked, Snake, Imnaha, Owyhee, Metolius, Sycan, Rogue, Illinois, Grande Rhonde, McKenzie, Salmon, Wallowa, Powder, Malheur, Lostine, Donner und Blitzen, Elk, Sandy, Zig Zag, Coquille, Alsea, Santiam, Clackamas, Breitenbush, White, Hood, Tualatin, Warm Springs, Siuslaw, Applegate, Minam, Pistol, Roaring, Quartzville Creek, Chewaucan, and the Umpqua.

Dan Callaghan's North Umpqua River photography book and photographic prints celebrate the grace and power of that fly fishing paradise. The North Umpqua River fly fishermen will recognize favorite fishing holes and refresh memories of mists and morning light.

See also historic black and white and color Kodachrome Columbia River Gorge photographs of Native Indian fishermen netting salmon at the wild beauty that was Celilo Falls. Historic photographs of Native Americans in traditional dress and 1940s era fashions at Celilo Falls village salmon feast ceremonies, posed photographic portraits, and advertisements depict Native culture before the The Dalles dam changed the course of the river and their lives.

Columbia River Gorge waterfalls photos in color and historic black and white including Latourell Falls, Sheppards Dell Falls, Wahkeena Falls, Fairy Falls, Multnomah Falls, Oneonta Falls, Horsetail Falls, Triple Falls, Elowah Falls, Upper McCord Falls, Punch Bowl Falls on Eagle Creek, Tanner Creek Wahclella Falls, and Cabin Creek Falls on Starvation Creek dramatise the tumultuous geological transformation of eons of volcanic flows shaped by the rivers' once relentless surge.

Crown Point and the Vista House photos represent these icons of the Scenic Columbia River Gorge Highway. The profile of the Vista House echos the shape of the monolith of nearby Beacon Rock linking the Gorge's wild beauty to aspirations of a unity of natural and human creation.

Color and black and white landscape photos of the deserts, dry lands, and serene vistas of Eastern, Southern, and Central Oregon and Washington by Larry N. Olson, David Jensen, Dennis Frates, others includes the Wallowas Mountains, the Palouse farm country, rock climbing near Bend Oregon at Smith Rock State Park, Steens Mountain, and Leslie Gulch.

Central Oregon area photos in color and black and white historic photography of Central Oregon's Cascade mountains features the Three Sisters Mountains, with photo views from Scott Lake, Sparks Lake, Black Butte Ranch, historic aerial photos by historic Oregon Journal photographer Al Monner, and panoramic photo views by photographers David Jensen, Erskine Wood, Paul Tweten, Dennis Frates, and others . See also a Central Oregon photo of nearby Brokentop crater. Paul Tweten photos of Central Oregon's Smith Rock State Park and the Three Sister Mountains are panoramic triptychs can be framed to 48" in height by 102" in width.

Color landscape photos of Central Oregon rivers by photographers Larry Olson, David Jensen, Dennis Frates, and others includes photos of the Deschutes River, John Day River, Crooked River, and the Metolius River. Black and white historic landscape photography of the deserts, rivers, farms, lakes, and ranches of Central Oregon by Al Monner around the 1930s and 1940s includes photos of farms, photos of ranches, photos of barns, photos of logging outfits, photos of farmers with horsedrawn plows, and photos of wagons, threshing machines, combines, and more photographs from the ranches in Central Oregon. In abundance are harvest photos of oats, wheat, and photos of animals such as sheep and horses from ranches and farms in Central Oregon.

See also Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Bend Oregon , Burns Oregon, and Oregon Rodeos.

Color photos and historic black and white photography of the Pacifc Coast by Erskine Wood, Larry Geddis, Dennis Frates, and others includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii.

See photos of Oregon Coast photos in color and historic photography in black and white includes Cannon Beach area Haystack Rock, Indian Beach, Tolovana, Hug Point, Crescent Beach, Bird Rocks, Ecola Park, Chapman Point, Tillamook Head by contemporary color photographers Craig Tuttle, Erskine Wood, Larry Geddis, Dennis Frates, Dave Jensen and historic black and white photographers Allan deLay, Hugh Ackroyd, Ray Atkeson, Photo Art Studio, and others. See also photos also of nearby Neahkahnie, Manzanita, Cape Meares, Fort Stevens, Cape Lookout, Cape Kiwanda, Oceanside, Pacific City, Seaside, Astoria, Oswald West State Park, and surfers at Short Sands.

In addition are photographs of Oregon Coast Lighthouses, and photos of the central and southern Oregon beaches at Lincoln City, Cascade Head, Bandon, Newport, Camp Westwind, Oregon Dunes, Shore Acres, Blacklock Point, Cape Sebation, Boiler Bay, Depoe Bay, Proposal Rock, Neskowin, Devil's Punchbowl, Harris Beach, Cape Blanco, Cape Arago, Charleston Harbor, Cape Foulweather, Heceta Head, Yaquina Head, Coquille, Boardman State Park, Brookings, Cape Perpetua, Florence, Siletz Bay, Whale's Head State Park, Pistol Rock, Otter Crest, Devil's Elbow, and Agate Beach.

Included are historic aerial photographs, Panoramic photo views, and photos of the historic shipwrecks of the Glenesslin and Peter Iredale.

Click to review an ideal photo of Oregon coast sunsets, sunrises, seagulls, waves, with children playing in the sand, sunbathers frolicking, people strolling, and pictures of cars, dory boats, bicycles, and horses on the beach.

Contemporary color photos and historical black and white photography by photographers Ray Atkeson historic photos, Larry N.Olson, Allan deLay historic photo collection, David Jensen, Larry Geddis, Dennis Frates, Rick Schafer, Dan Callaghan, Doreen Wynja, Erskine Wood, Craig Tuttle, Cindy Kassab, Paul Tweten, Ken Burkhart, Charles Blakeslee, Bob Groshart, Marquis Stoudamire's Portland, Connie Kent, Al Monner historic photos, Angelus Oregon Historical Black and White Photography Collection, Hugh Ackroyd Historic Mid Century Commericial Photos , Historic Photo Archive, Steven Nehl historic Hale-Bopp photo, Photo Art Studio historic photos, and the Hartness Collection of old Oregon photos.