City Store Items

Lake Oswego Vignettes
Illiterate Cows to College-Educated Cabbage
$20 Available at the City Store and at the Lake Oswego Preservation Society

For the first time in 54 years, a Lake Oswego resident has written a published history of the town. With tales of a mayor who knew the town’s cows by name and a singing pig drunk on moonshine, Colver captures the quirky anecdotes of Lake Oswego’s past. In the twentieth century, visionary real estate developers touted Oregon’s Lake Oswego as an ideal place to “live where you play,” a reputation the city maintains today. But this playful paradise is a far cry from the small town developed by iron company entrepreneurs in the nineteenth century. Colver chronicles the transition from gritty to pretty by recounting the people and events that shaped Lake Oswego. From bathing suit bans to a robot circus, enjoy the legacy of unusual facts, some recently discovered, that inspired Lake Oswego Vignettes.

All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the Lake Oswego Preservation Society, a non-profit corporation whose mission is to support Lake Oswego’s historic fabric through advocacy and education.

The City is excited to offer a collection of holiday cards and note cards. This new collection of beautifully photographed cards features some of Lake Oswego’s most exciting events, scenic landscapes and popular places.

In the mid-1970s, Lake Oswego Public Library staff and volunteers began collecting oral histories from Lake Oswego “old-timers”. Armed with little more than a typewriter, staff and volunteers worked diligently to transform these collected oral histories into the book In Their Own Words, which describes in vivid detail life in early Lake Oswego.

Also available for purchase at the Lake Oswego Parks and Recreation office in the West End Building and the City Store located in City Hall.

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1003

$20

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1004

$20

Item #1005

$10

Item #1006

$10

Item #1007

$15

Item #1008

$15

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$15

Item #1010

$20

Item #1011

$20

Item #1012

Item #2406
Red striped, 100% cotton butcher apron with green embroidery that reads "Lake Oswego Farmers' Market." Fits all sizes.

$15

Item #1502 

Large, X-Large - $25

Item #1503

Large, X-Large - $25

Item #2001

The new library book bags feature full color artwork by artist and Librarian Todd Feinman, based on a historic Lake Oswego photograph. The attractive canvas bags are large and sturdy, with encircling handle straps and an exterior pocket, complete with the library address, phone number, and web address.

Item #1205

paper without protective plastic coating, $10.
heavier paper with protective plastic coating, $20.

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Item #1604
$4