The spread included photographs of the statues and the car driven on the trip a map of the route and a story, headlined “Memorials Grace City / Notable Works of Art Adorn Parks and Plazas of Portland, as Motorlog Shows.” The photographs were published under their own headline and subheading: “Portland’s Statues Viewed Via Motor / Delightful Drive in Reo Flying Cloud over Route that Includes Locations of Twelve of Portland’s Art Treasures.” The tour began and ended at the Journal Building at Southwest Broadway and Yamhill in downtown Portland. The photographs were part of a “motorlog” describing a car trip around Portland to view public art. A cropped version of this photograph was one of 13 that were published on, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 10, 1929. The statue was dedicated on May 30, 1906. The figure stands atop a pillar that bears the following words in uppercase letters: “Erected by the citizens of Oregon to the dead of the Second Oregon United States Volunteer Infantry / Anno Domini MDCCCCIV.” On the round base below the pillar are the words “First in Guam / First in Philippines.” The sculpture was made by Douglas Tilden and placed in Lownsdale Square in Portland, on Southwest 4th Avenue between Southwest Main Street and Southwest Salmon Street.
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Photograph of a bronze statue of a man holding a rifle. The Jefferson statue was stop number 12 on the trip.
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On the side of the base is the following text, all in uppercase letters: “ ‘Bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.’ / Thomas Jefferson.” A cropped version of this photograph was one of 13 that were published on, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 10, 1929. The figure of Jefferson is sitting in a chair with one arm resting on the chair back.
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Photograph of a bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson on the campus of Jefferson High School in Portland.