"The Steamer Oregon", from brochure Seattle and the Orient (1900). At the time, the ship was about to begin a trading on a route to Cape Nome, northern Alaska.
There were several steamers in that era known as the Oregon, including one owned by Cunard; I don't know anything more about the history of this particular ship.
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p. 147 of Seattle and the Orient (more properly, Seattle …and the… Orient), a 1900 "souvenir" pamphlet edited and compiled by Alfred D. Bowen and published by The Times Printing Company (that is, the Seattle Times).
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Book edited and compiled by Alfred D. Bowen. The photo is uncredited.
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== Summary == {{Information |Description="The Steamer Oregon", from brochure ''Seattle and the Orient'' (1900). At the time, the ship was about to begin a trading on a route to Cape Nome, northern Alaska. There were several steamers in that era known as