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Hart Picture Archives: Compendium

Harold H. Hart, 1976. A collection of 2,200 pictures in the public domain

743.9 c64 1976 Library
Hart Pictures Archives: Dining & Drinking

Pam Pollack, 1977

743.9 D55 1977 Library
Old-Time Circus Cuts: A Pictorial Archive of 202 Illustrations

Charles Philip Fox, 1979

743.9 F69 1979 Library
Evelyn Byrne Williams' Collection of Selected Photos and Documents Regarding McKee Bridge

Organized and reproduced by Laura Ahearn 

PAM 979.582 A 2020 Library
Hart Picture Archives: Goods & Merchandise

Robert Sietsema, 1978

743.9 G65 1978 Library
Children: A Pictorial Archive form Nineteenth-Century Sources

Carol Belanger Grafton, 1978

743.9 G73 1978 Library
Old-Fashioned Mortised Cuts

Carol Belanger Grafton, 1987

743.9 G73 1987 Library
Hart Picture Archives: Holidays

Harold H. Hart, 1977

743.9 H37 1977 Library
Women: A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century Sources

Jim Harter, 1978

742.9 H37 1978 Library
Men: A Pictorial Archive From Nineteenth-Century Sources

Jim Harter, 1980

742.9 H37 1980 Library
The Complete Encyclopedia of Illustration

J.G. Heck, 1979.translated by Spencer F. Baird. Containing all the Original Illustrations from the 1851 edition of The Iconographic…

743.9 H42 1979 Library
An Old-Fashioned Christmas in Illustration & Decoration 2nd Edition (two copies)

Clarence P. Hornung, 1975

743.9 H67 1975 Library
Machinery and Mechanical Devices: A Treasury of Nineteenth-Century Cuts

William Rowe, 1987

743.9 R87 1987 Library
Hart Picture Archives: Attention Getters

Robert Sietsema, 1978

743.9 S53 1978 Library
Trades and Professions

Over 2,000 pictures in the public domain that can be reproduced without fee or permission. A fine resource for artists, advertising agencies, and…

743.9 T73 1977 Library
Art in Architecture: The Modern Architectural Designer

George F. Barber, 1902

728 B37 1902 Library
The Cottage Souvenir No.2: A repository of Artistic Cottage Architecture Miscellaneous Designs

George F. Barber, 1982 

728 B37 1982 Library
Specimen Book of One Hundred Architectural Designs: Showing Plan, Elevations, and Views

Bicknell & Comstock, 1880 ( modern reprint)

728 B52 1880 Library
The Architecture of Country Houses

Andrew Jackson Downing, 1969 (first printed in 1850), including designs for Cottages, and Farm-Houses, and Villas with remarks on Interiors,…

728 D69 1969 Library
Log Structures: Preservation and Problem-Solving

Harrison Goodall and Renee Friedman, 1980

728 G66 1980 Library
Barns Sheds and Outbuildings: Placement, Design and Construction

Byron D. Halsted, 1977 (first printed in 1881)

728 H34 1977 Library
Medford Council: Remove all new tent campsites

The council passed a law that allows police to remove new homeless camps without 72 hour notice.  The ordinace is controversial because it…

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Bernard John Stromberg (obituary)

January 11, 1932 to May 12, 2023  Born in Nebraska, He earned his Business Administration degree in Denver.  He and his wife Dee had…

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Ellis Vernon Wilson (obituary)

December 3, 1931 to May 2, 2023  Ellis and his wife Millis moved to Ashland in 1962 after he earned his Associate's degree in electronics.…

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Man gets 13.5 years for Southern Oregon pot robberies

Shannon Christopher Harrop directed four armed marijuana robberies in 2019 and 2020.  Harrop typically was not at the scene of those…

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Colleen Dorette Eccleston (obituary)

October 5. 1936 to August 7, 2023

Colleen attended school in Eagle Point, was homecoming queen and valedictorian.  She attended…

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Games of Yesteryear entice new players at Hanley Farm

The Southern Oregon Historical Society hosted a Games Children Played event at Hanley Farm.  Youngsters played with wooden cup and ball toyed…

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Games of Yesteryear entice new players at Hanley Farm

The Southern Oregon Historical Society hosted a Games Children Played event at Hanley Farm.  Youngsters played with wooden cup and ball toyed…

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Hanley Farm preserves history, feeds Southern Oregon Families

The 37 acres of Hanley Farm are more than history of local agriculture.  They also provide food for area families that are dealing with…

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Major Expo project moves forward

Jackson County Commissioners approved a contract to build a facility to serve as a multi-use emergency response center such as fires. …

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