Amazing Photos Of Oregon From 100 Years Ago

Have you ever wondered what Oregon looked like 100 years ago? Needless to say, back then it was a very different place. Luckily, the advent of cameras made it so that we are able to look back in time at what our world was like all those years ago. How people dressed, the cars they drove, city streets, and everyday life. For today’s article, I found some incredible old photographs – most of them taken exactly 100 years ago, in 1915 – for those of you interested in great artifacts from Oregon’s past.

It really makes you wonder, what will Oregon look like in another 100 years?

A man examining potatoes at the Redmond Potato Show in Deschutes County in 1915.

Wikipedia/ OSU Special Collections & Archives

A bus stop in 1916. The men are so dapper!

Wikipedia/ Unknown - PDXHistory.com

Union Station, Portland, 1915. Besides the cars, it almost looks the same as it does today!

Flickr/ Alan

Here’s an absolutely incredible - and odd - photograph of the Sagebrush Symphony, taken in Burns. Wow!

Wikipedia/ R.W. Heck - Harney County Library

Columbia River from Crown Point, 1916. The view is still beautiful.

Flickr/ Rob Ketcherside

Farming in Eastern Oregon. Look at all those horses!

Flickr/ Ceridwen

Here’s a photo of the lavish T & D Theater in Portland. It once held over 2,000 audience members!

Flickr/ CharmaineZoe’s Marvelous Melange

This photo, titled ‘Annual Flower Fete’, was taken in Portland between 1910 and 1915. It looks like this car must’ve been part of the Rose Festival.

Wikipedia/ United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division

Beaverton High School. Wow! It looks so different now.

Wikipedia/ Unknown photographer - Beaverton Oregon Historical Photo Gallery

The Shiogi family picking berries in Montavilla.

Flickr/ Oregon Nikkei Endowment

The Kennedy School in Portland, 1915. Now, this awesome building is owned by McMenamins and the rooms have been remodeled into hotel rooms, a movie theater, multiple bars, a restaurant, a pool, and a brewery.

Flickr/ jericl cat

An awesome image of Bear Camp Lookout Tower.

Flickr/ Forest Service

Southeast 35th and Belmont in Portland. Have you ever stood in the spot where this photo was taken?

Wikipedia/ Unknown - City of Portland Archives

Imperial Hotel in Portland, circa 1915.

Wikipedia/ Oregon State University Archives

Wow. Here’s an astounding image of two fishermen on Upper Klamath Lake in 1909, holding their morning catch of rainbow trout.

Flickr/ Charles Frederick Holder - Holder, Charles Frederick; Jordan, David Starr (1909) Fish Stories : Alleged and Experienced, with a Little History Natural and Unnatural

Do you recognize any of these places? How do you imagine Oregon will look like in another 100 years? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.