Robert Swanson's photos with the keyword: oregon

Quite an engineering achievement. This bridge allows shipping to enter and leave the Columbia River at Astoria. Taken with the phone as I was wandering around the waterfront; processed with GIMP.

These crab pots had very colorful floats. Taken along the waterfront near our cruise ship, Astoria, Oregon. Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.

Along the main street near the pier in Astoria, Oregon. Lots of interesting sights in that area, not always the ones that the Chamber of Commerce promotes. I love the sign and the great "triangle" theme. Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.

At the trolley station near the pier in Astoria, Oregon. The trolley wasn't running, so I had to hoof it. Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.

A kinda "googie" sign on this motel in Astoria, Oregon. I walked around the port area, and saw a lot of interesting places. (Some of the rest of the motel's style could be googie as well, maybe.) Not your typical "tourist" area or center of town. Image taken with phone and processed with GIMP.

This is a snapshot from a collection that was generously shared with me. The photos were taken in Agate Beach, Oregon in 1918, when this fellow was in the Army. He was a "Spruce Soldier", the workers who logged the spruce lumber in the Pacific Northwest for the War effort. To get to the spruce stands, these soldiers created roads and railroads, usually by hand. See: swansongrp.com/spruce Image processed with GIMP.

Taken along the coast highway in Oregon in 2008-09. This was the walk down to a lighthouse, and the area was shrouded in fog when I caught this image.