Gerald W. Williams Collection
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Flooded area of Portland with Mt. St. Helens? in the background

Date
  • 1948-05
Description
  • Vanport City was located between the Portland city boundary and the Columbia River. Vanport was destroyed on May 30, 1948 when a section of the dike collapsed during a flood on the Columbia River.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Rights Holder
  • OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Identifier
  • WilliamsG:POC Vanport flood 11
Local Collection Name
Relations
Is Part Of
  • Oregon Explorer: Willamette Basin Explorer
  • Album 10- Portland/ Oregon City- Oregon
  • Oregon Explorer: Hazards Explorer
  • Columbia River album
  • Portland/Oregon City album
Institution
Conversion
  • Master scanned with Epson 1640XL scanner at 800 dpi., 8 bit gray scale. Image manipulated with Adobe Photoshop Elements ver. 7.0.
Submission Date
  • 02/18/2015
Modified
  • 10/31/2022
Collections

APA

Gerald W. Williams Collection, Oregon State University. (18 Apr 2024). Flooded area of Portland with Mt. St. Helens? in the background Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df66v340n

MLA

Gerald W. Williams Collection, Oregon State University. "Flooded area of Portland with Mt. St. Helens? in the background" Oregon Digital. 18 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df66v340n

Chicago

Gerald W. Williams Collection, Oregon State University. "Flooded area of Portland with Mt. St. Helens? in the background" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df66v340n

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df66v340n | title= Flooded area of Portland with Mt. St. Helens? in the background |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-18 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Rivers--Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85114375
2 Mountains--Washington (State) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087958
3 Cities and towns http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026130
4 Floods http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049168
5 photographic prints http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300127104
6 Columbia River >> Clatsop County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5720196/
7 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
8 Vanport City (historical) >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5758509/
9 Gerald W. Williams Regional Albums (P 303) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/GeraldWilliamsRegionalAlbums
10 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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