Can you guess what we recently added to our collection, based on the image above? Stay tuned to the end of the newsletter to find out!

Thanks to all who attended this year's Collector Car & Classic Boat Show! We had beautiful weather and beautiful vehicles, and so many people expressed what the event meant to them. The proceeds from this event all go toward preserving local history, and because of the amazing turnout of vehicles, sponsors, and donations, we'll be able to accomplish the following:  The first stages of the Lucy Pollard 1919 wedding dress restoration project Creating and promoting finding aides for our newly indexed collections to make our archives more accessible A new exhibit on voting and civic engagement through Lake Oswego's history, set to open in early October Attending the Oregon Museum Association annual conference to connect to others in the field and bring back best practices And much more!  This event, and the projects we are able to fund because of it, would not be possible without the volunteers, committee members, and participants to make it happen. So if you see someone who helped put on the show, which celebrated twenty-five years this August, say thank you!  Kathryn Sinor Executive Director

LO Review: Lake Oswego's car and boat show
attracts thousands to town

A different kind of car show in Oswego... from the 1930s!

Check out these historic photographs from our collection, depicting another car show in the city from nearly 100 years ago.

We need help locating photographs of
early prominent Oswego women!

Our new exhibit, opening in early October, highlights voting and civic engagement throughout Oswego's history, featuring stories of how women engaged in politics before and after they gained the legal right to vote. We are hoping to find images of the following women:

 Anna Schneller Conway (1872-1936) and Mary C. Smith (c. 1863-?): Conway and Smith were the first two women to run for Oswego City Council in 1913

 Hilma Lindberg (1911-1989): Lindberg ran for City Council in 1952, and the Oswego Review ran a candidate profile

 Ellen Bergis (1898-2003): Bergis was the first woman elected to the Oswego City Council and served from 1955-56

Do you have photographs of any of these women? Please reach out to us today at director@oswegoheritage.org!

Were you able to guess what we recently added to our collection, based on the image above?

American Legion memorabilia, from the Oswego post, was recently won at an auction and donated to the Oswego Heritage Council's collection. The hat and membership cards (dating to the 1940s) belonged to Felix Frederick Fors, pictured below and to the right in 1964 in the LO Review.

Fors was a teacher and has been mentioned in other parts of our collection. To receive this piece, and the history that goes along with it, was an exciting addition! 

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