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Heritage Museum: Astoria's immigrant heritage (photo diary) [1]

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Date: 2024-06-03  

Astoria, Oregon, situated at the mouth of the Columbia River within a few miles of the Pacific Ocean, began as a trading post known as Fort Astoria, named after John Jacob Astor, the New York financier who sent fur traders into the area. In the late nineteenth century, Astoria attracted many European immigrants. The Heritage Museum in Astoria has an exhibit room filled with artifacts illustrating’s the community’s immigrant heritage.

According to the Museum:

“Immigrant groups came from all over the world for a variety of reasons. Most commonly, people left their home countries to find work, escape famine or drought, join relatives who previously moved to the area, or to start a new life with new opportunities.”

Shown above are doors from the USS Concord which served as a quarantine station from 1914 until 1929.

According to the Museum:

“In 1850, the largest immigrant groups came from the British Isles and Germany; it was not until 20 years later that a significant part of the population came from Sweden. By 1910 Astoria’s population neared 10,000 with immigrants coming from Finland, England, Belgium, Canada, Russia, Greece, and even as far away as Turkey and Bulgaria.”

Shown above is an immigrant’s trunk.

According to the Museum:

“Immigrants to the United States were often limited in how much they could pack for the trip, forcing them to fill their luggage with both their most precious items and the day-to-day necessities they would need for the voyage.”

In Astoria, as in other parts of the country, the newly arrived immigrants tended to settle in their own communities or neighborhoods. According to the Museum:

“Within these communities, early immigrants tended to keep their old customs, and languages; but their children quickly adopted to the new country’s culture, language, and values because they wanted to fit it and move up in the world.”

Shown above is a bone china tea service.

Shown above are German China cups brought from Germany about 1850.

Shown above is a German beer stein.

Shown above is a wooden Norwegian beer bowl made about 1818.

Shown above is a butter churn.

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