Black and white image of broken trees and debris scattered across the lawn of the Washington County Courthouse. Fresh cut wood stacked at the left of the picture indicates that cleanup is in progress. The Columbus Day Windstorm was an extra-tropical cyclone, essentially a rainless hurricane. The storm cut a swath of destruction through northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia on October 12, 1963, with the bulk of the damage occurring along the Oregon coast and in the Willamette Valley. The highest winds recorded in the Portland area reached 116 mph, but many local anemometers (wind gauges) were destroyed by the storm after reaching their measurement capacity. Damage estimates in current (2012) dollars were between $3 and $5 billion dollars, including 11 to 15 billion board feet of timber in the Coast Range.
Black and white image of broken trees and debris scattered across the lawn of the Washington County Courthouse. Fresh cut wood stacked at the right of the pictures indicates that cleanup is in progress. The Columbus Day Windstorm was an extra-tropical cyclone, essentially a rainless hurricane. The storm cut a swath of destruction through northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia on October 12, 1963, with the bulk of the damage occurring along the Oregon coast and in the Willamette Valley. The highest winds recorded in the Portland area reached 116 mph, but many local anemometers (wind gauges) were destroyed by the storm after reaching their measurement capacity. Damage estimates in current (2012) dollars were between $3 and $5 billion dollars, including 11 to 15 billion board feet of timber in the Coast Range.
Black and white image of broken trees and tree limbs scattered across the lawn of the Washington County Courthouse. The Columbus Day Windstorm was an extra-tropical cyclone, essentially a rainless hurricane. The storm cut a swath of destruction through northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia on October 12, 1963, with the bulk of the damage occurring along the Oregon coast and in the Willamette Valley. The highest winds recorded in the Portland area reached 116 mph, but many local anemometers (wind gauges) were destroyed by the storm after reaching their measurement capacity. Damage estimates in current (2012) dollars were between $3 and $5 billion dollars, including 11 to 15 billion board feet of timber in the Coast Range.
Black and white image of broken trees and tree limbs scattered across the southern lawn of the Washington County Courthouse. The Columbus Day Windstorm was an extra-tropical cyclone, essentially a rainless hurricane. The storm cut a swath of destruction through northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia on October 12, 1963, with the bulk of the damage occurring along the Oregon coast and in the Willamette Valley. The highest winds recorded in the Portland area reached 116 mph, but many local anemometers (wind gauges) were destroyed by the storm after reaching their measurement capacity. Damage estimates in current (2012) dollars were between $3 and $5 billion dollars, including 11 to 15 billion board feet of timber in the Coast Range.
Black and white image of damaged trees and broken tree limbs scattered across the eastern lawn of the Washington County Courthouse. The Columbus Day Windstorm was an extra-tropical cyclone, essentially a rainless hurricane. The storm cut a swath of destruction through northern California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia on October 12, 1963, with the bulk of the damage occurring along the Oregon coast and in the Willamette Valley. The highest winds recorded in the Portland area reached 116 mph, but many local anemometers (wind gauges) were destroyed by the storm after reaching their measurement capacity. Damage estimates in current (2012) dollars were between $3 and $5 billion dollars, including 11 to 15 billion board feet of timber in the Coast Range.
Black and white image of four men and two women standing beside a truck, loading household goods into the back. The signs on the truck read 'Volunteers of America. Industrial and Relief Department.' Museum records indicate that these goods were being gathered to assist the victims of the Vanport flood in 1950. Volunteers of America is a faith-based organization and was formed by one of the sons of General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. Booth's son left the Salvation Army organization over disagreements with his brother.
Black and white image of two women standing beside an open refrigerator in an airport field. The refrigerator is filled with shoes, and museum records indicate that they and the refrigerator are donations intended for victims of the Vanport flood.
Black and white image of four men and two women standing beside a truck, loading household goods into the back. The signs on the truck read 'Volunteers of America. Industrial and Relief Department.' Museum records indicate that these goods were being gathered to assist the victims of the Vanport flood in 1950. Volunteers of America is a faith-based organization and was formed by one of the sons of General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. Booth's son left the Salvation Army organization over disagreements with his brother.
Black and white image of a young woman in a one piece swimsuit, reclining beside a pond. Museum records indicate that she is Gloria Bates, winner of the Miss Hillsboro contest in 1949.
Black and white image of a young woman who stands with her back to the camera, looking over her shoulder. She wears a one piece swimsuit. Museum records identify her as Gloria Bates, winner of the Miss Hillsboro contest in 1949.
Black and white image of a young woman in a one piece swimsuit. Museum records identify her as Gloria Bates, winner of the Miss Hillsboro contest in 1949.
Black and white image of a young woman in regalia with a sparkly crown, holding a scepter decorated with fake strawberries. Museum records confirm that she is the Strawberry Queen, but give no other information. Washington County held its first Strawberry Festival in 1957, and the first strawberry queen was chosen the following year from a field of six candidates, judged for their 'talent, beauty, and poise.'
Black and white image of Patricia Nixon, most likely campaigning in Oregon for her husband's presidential bid. Note the 'portable' movie camera filming the event in the upper left of the image.
Black and white image of candidate Stassens taking advantage of the opportunity for a photo op. Harold Stassens was in Oregon to participate in a debate before the state's Republican primary . Stassens eventually lost his bid for the nomination to New York governor Thomas E. Dewey.
Black and white image of Thomas E. Dewey speaking to a group of people at the Washington County Courthouse. Dewey sought the Republican nomination three times, in 1940, 1944, and successfully in 1948. Incumbent president Harry Truman defeated Dewey in the general election that year.
Black and white image of a crowd filling the lawn in front of Pacific University's Marsh Hall to listen to then-governor of New York, Thomas Dewey, speak. Dewey was running for the Republican nomination for President against a field of five other candidates.
Black and white image of Thomas E. Dewey, speaking to a crowed at Pacific University. Dewey won the Republican nomination, but lost in the general election that following November to incumbent president Harry Truman.
Black and white image of Thomas E. Dewey, campaigning for the Republican nomination for President in Hillsboro in 1948. Dewey speaks from the front entrance of the Washington County Courthouse. Eventually winning the Republican nomination against a field of 5 other candidates and highly favored to win, Dewey lost in the general election that fall, leading to the famous picture of President Harry Truman holding up the newspaper with the headline 'Dewey Defeats Truman' on the morning after the election.
Black and white image of Thomas E. Dewey, campaigning for the Republican nomination for President at Pacific University in 1948. Dewey defeated, among others, Harold Stassens for the nomination that year, only to lose to Truman in the general election in November. Though perhaps most familiar to most as the loser of the 1948 election to Truman, Dewey came to prominence in his home state of New York in the mid 1930s, where as Special Prosecutor he mounted an ambitious campaign to bring down mob bosses and corrupt politicians.
Black and white image of a bus with a sign reading 'Tualatin Basin Project'. A number of men in suits squat or stand before the bus, while others wave from inside the vehicle. Burned out hillsides with standing tree trunks provide a backdrop for the image. The Tualatin Basin Project was an effort by local businessmen and farmers to control seasonal flooding, increase arable acreage with more water for irrigation, and advance the area economically by providing a stable water source for increased population in the valley. While the idea for the project began in the 1930s, it was not until the 1950s that funds were allocated from Congress and the planning began in earnest, as evidenced by this group, most likely touring the headwaters of the Tualatin river drainage in the Coast Range.
Black and white image of Paul Patterson, giving a speech, standing at a podium with a 'Keep Oregon Green' sign. The 'Keep Oregon Green' program was begun in 1940, part of an effort by Oregon's State Forester and others to combat forest fire danger in the state and remains an integral part of the State Forestry office's outreach to the public regarding wildfire prevention.
