The Vanport Flood

Mirk, Sarah

Book - 2011?

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Graphic history of the city of Vanport, Oregon and its destruction in the flood of 1948. Details the origins of Vanport as a federal housing project, and its importance as a racially integrated community.

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Publisher: [Portland, Oregon] : The Dill Pickle Club, [2011?]

Call Number: ZINE 979.549 MIRK 2011

Characteristics: 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 14 cm

Additional Contributors: Georges, Nicole J. - Illustrator

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A small zine that explains the history of Vanport, and the flood that wiped it out.

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Everyone in Portland should know the history of Vanport.

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Part of the Know Your City zine collection on local history, useful for students studying Portland history. https://shop.knowyourcity.org/products/oregon-history-comics-box-set

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Part of the Know Your City zine collection on local history, useful for students studying Portland history. https://shop.knowyourcity.org/products/oregon-history-comics-box-set