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"La Grande, Oregon street scene - before 1911. Looking east on Adams Ave. Advertisement for Selders [manufacturer of candies & ice cream] is on the building on the right." The Foley Hotel is directly on the left.

Two locomotives, #2700 and Union Pacific 5-M-L, have suffered a head-on collision. Automobiles line the highway next to the railroad tracks as employees work to clear away the wreckage.

Two locomotives, #2700 and Union Pacific 5-M-L, have suffered a head-on collision. Automobiles line the highway next to the railroad tracks as employees work to clear away the wreckage.

"This picture is of (left to right) Art Weigle, Frank Bay, Nate Zweifel and Claude Mackey. The man in the background was a Presbyterian minister. The rabbits were for a feast to be held in the Foley Hotel. At the feast they boiled the rabbits until…

"Flora School - 1973 - May have been taken about the time the school was closed." [Although, at the time the picture was taken in 1973, the U.S. flag was flying above the school, and the building still appeared to be in good shape.]

"Moving Wilson Lumber Co. sawmill to Elk Mt. Boiler carried on one truck. O.S. Hamilton perched on top. Another car took the engine. Mill had been SE of Prairie Creek. Abandoned, then bought by Wilson 11-3-17."

Two locomotives, #2700 and Union Pacific 5-M-L, have suffered a head-on collision.

"Sacajawea" Hotel, La Grande, Oregon - Opening Day, December 1929" [Probably designated as the official opening day for specials and celebrations as the Sacajawea Hotel actually opened for business about ten months prior on February 18, 1928. It…

"Street scene in Elgin, Ore. - 1916"

"Fifth Annual Cherry Fair - 1915 - Cove, Oregon. A large crowd is gathered in front of a wooden platform. Automobiles and a building are visible in the background."