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    • Stepping Back to 1940
    • Tour Overview and 1940 Map
    • Astoria to Gearhart
    • Seaside to Bay City
    • Tillamook to Taft
    • Kernville to Newport
    • Yaquina to Florence
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    • Coquille to Elk River
    • Port Orford to California Line
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Composit of 3 photos featuring people sitting near Boiler bay, a car at Otter Crest, 8 people walking to ocean at Cannon Beach
Top to bottom: Boiler Bay (2457); Otter Crest (1235); Cannon Beach (G537).
Welcome to this Oregon State Archives web exhibit that blends the text from a 1940 Federal Writers Project tour guide with Oregon Highway Department tourism photographs from the same era.

Introduction

Stepping Back to 1940 
Tour Overview and 1940 Map

The Journey Begins

Astoria to Gearhart 
Seaside to Bay City 
Tillamook to Taft 
Kernville to Newport 
Yaquina to Florence 
Florence to Coos Bay 
Coquille to Elk River 
Port Orford to California Line 
Learn More

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