Every once in a while I come across an image, factoid, booklet or yeah, postcard, that reminds me why I produce Lost Oregon [other than the gazillions of adoring fans or occasional crackpot emailer]. Last week I nabbed a stack of old issues of the Portland Scribe, Portland’s own early 1970s underground/counterculture newspaper from 1972 [...]
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The Scribe – Portland’s 70s Underground Newspaper
Posted in Oregon History, Portland History on June 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Milwaukie High, 1972
Posted in Oregon History, Portland History on May 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Picked up a curious booklet a couple month’s ago – a handbook of sorts for students of Milwaukie High School in Milwaukie, Ore., for the class of 1971-1972.
In it are various rules and regulations, facts, photos, and a calendar of sporting and other events. I’m sure there’s a wiki page now or at least a [...]
Memorial Coliseum, 1960
Posted in Oregon History, Portland History on May 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It ain’t lost. Yet.
Luke from the Save the Portland Memorial Coliseum blog http://www.savethecoliseum.blogspot.com/ graciously loaned me a copy of a booklet that was used to promote the newly built Memorial Coliseum. In it are amazing photos of the construction and every day scenes from Portland, Oregon, 1958-1960.
I have to admit I’ve been on the fence [...]
Lane County Roadside Dog Mystery
Posted in Oregon History, Oregon Roadside on May 6, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Larry and Jennifer from Travel Lane County passed on an email to Lost Oregon that they received from someone looking for more information about a wonderful dog stand photo they recently found. Here’s what we know:
It’s called “The Dog.”
It’s [or was] on US 99 in Lane County, Oregon.
The photo was taken in 1935.
Anyone have any [...]
Have a bitchin’ summer
Posted in Oregon History, Oregon Roadside, tagged oregon 101, oregon tourism, travel oregon on April 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Long before Twitter, the web and [really kick-ass!] online campaigns from Travel Oregon, we had brochures, postcards and word of mouth [now called "viral" by the marketing crowd] to get folks to visit our fine state.
Frankly, if I got any of these postcards from friends I’m not sure my first thought would be, “Honey, look [...]
Oregon Coast – 20 Miracle Miles
Posted in Oregon History, Oregon Roadside on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Now that Oregon’s summer is slowly [very, very slowly] starting to make its entrance in a few months [anywhere from early June to mid-July if we're lucky], it’s time to start thinking about trips to the coast – where it’ll undoubtedly be raining the weekend the plans are booked.
That’s OK though. I find places like [...]
Oregon City swimming pool
Posted in Design and Architecture, Oregon History on March 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Scribbled on the back of the photo in pencil is: New swimming pool at Oregon City.
File this baby under, “creepy.”
Have some time for some low-level navel gazing? Pull up a chair.
Lost Oregon was never intended to be a history blog. It was more of a way for me to explore Portland through the eyes of [...]
Oregon Centennial Expo, 1959
Posted in Design and Architecture, Oregon History, Oregon Roadside, Portland History, Portland kitsch on February 15, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Man, sesquicentennial fever has gripped Oregon. Officially launched on Saturday with a kick-off party in Salem and lots of museums and organizations offering free admission, the party is just getting started – year-round events are planned all year to get people of all ages involved in the history of their state. And if the economy [...]
