Historical Preservation

Mike Knight (right) and a colleague examine vintage cameras behind the counter at Blue Moon Camera & Machine in Portland, Oregon.
Camera specialists Mike Knight and Arthur Ruckle evaluate newly arrived equipment at Blue Moon Camera & Machine in Portland, Oregon.
The historic USPS building serves as a cornerstone of civic life in the former coal mining town of Cle Elum, nestled in Washington's Kittitas County.
The current United States Post Office trailer serves the remote community of Antelope, Oregon, beside a decaying storefront that recalls the town's more prosperous past.
The historic U.S. Post Office stands as a colorful beacon in the windswept high desert landscape of Shaniko, Oregon, beneath gathering storm clouds.
Clayton Patterson, the Canadian-born folk historian and photographer, sits surrounded by decades of collected artifacts in his Lower East Side studio on Essex Street.
Cherry blossoms frame a vintage streetlamp at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland's Old Town district during peak spring bloom.