Historic issues of the Portland Morning Oregonian and The Sunday Oregonian, from the late 19th century through the end of January 1922, are available for keyword-searching and browsing through Historic Oregon Newspapers online! Learn about the early history of the Oregonian newspaper and other titles online by clicking on the History tab at the top of the Historic Oregon Newspapers website. Browsing through the historic pages of the Oregonian alone can turn up countless interesting clips, advertisements, and images, like these for example:
1) What kind of music would be considered “toe-tickling dance music” today?
Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) June 06, 1919, Page 11, Image 11. http://tinyurl.com/d67xcbe
2) Medical masks may not be very fashionable, but they have survived over the years for their usefulness in preventing the spread of illness as well as showing off “civic patriotism!”
The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 12, 1919, Section One, Page 23, Image 23. http://tinyurl.com/czbtf73
3) The changes we have made with cars in less than 100 years will always be fascinating…
The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 04, 1920, SECTION SIX, Page 9, Image 65. http://tinyurl.com/cujffkg
4) Women’s fashion: will 1920s style (especially these hats) make a comeback in the 21st century?
The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 18, 1921, SECTION FIVE, Page 5, Image 71. http://tinyurl.com/bnlnypn
5) Although some ailments had different names back then (for example, “catarrh” was used to refer to nasal congestion, and “rheumatism” refers to arthritis symptoms), it appears that alternative medicine might have been just as popular back then as it is today:
The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, October 24, 1920, Section One, Page 9, Image 9. http://tinyurl.com/butt3xp
6) Men’s fashion: the clothes may not have changed much, but the prices sure have! (Note the use of the 1920s Candlestick Telephone!)
The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 12, 1920, Section One, Page 9, Image 9. http://tinyurl.com/cdowko2
7) In politics, government, and economics, many of the same issues still plague our society today, judging from this political cartoon:
Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, May 10, 1919, Image 1. http://tinyurl.com/cn4d5eo
8) There are just some things that will probably never change:
The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, May 09, 1920, SECTION THREE, Page 6, Image 54. http://tinyurl.com/borb3sn
What kinds of interesting clips will you find? Happy Searching!
Looking for any information about my grandparents who supposedly ran a store in Portland Or from I guess 1890 till around 1929 ?
Last Name of Hickey
Thank you for any information if possible
Looking for information about a man from Portland, Oregon in the 1920’s whose last name was Edwards and is related to a prominent Portland, Oregon family who owned a newspaper there.
Hi Janelle,
Have you tried searching on the Historic Oregon Newspapers website to see what newspapers from that time period might mention about this man? It might be a bit a hard to find something based solely on the information you’ve provided, but that would be a place to start. These are some of the titles we have digitized from Portland: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/titles/places/oregon/multnomah/portland/