Oregon Historical Society

Jewish immigrant Nessim Menashe arrived in the US in 1909 and traveled to the Pacific Northwest soon after. By 1914, he had established this small shop in NW Portland.

The best (and worst) of rejected Santa photos are on exhibit at Portland's Newspace Center for Photography through Jan. 2.

The discovery of thousands of glass-plate negatives brings new insights into everyday life in Southern Oregon at the turn of the 20th century.