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Mike Ryerson
Michael Frederick Ryerson (May 7, 1940 – January 6, 2015) was an American historian and Journalism, journalist who is best known for being the photographer of the Expose Yourself to Art poster which portrays Bud Clark, future List of mayors of Portland, Oregon, mayor of Portland, Oregon, Exhibitionism, flashing a Kvinneakt, bronze nude sculpture. Ryerson sold over 250,000 posters by 1984, just six years after the poster was created. Profits were used to support the Northwest Examiner newspaper, then called the Northwest Neighbor, which was started by Ryerson and Clark. Ryerson was a close friend and advisor to Clark and is often credited with being the reason Clark won the mayoral election. Ryerson attended Jefferson High School (Portland, Oregon), Jefferson High School and graduated in 1958 before joining the United States Navy for two years. He married Lee Dunaway and raised a family primarily in Northwest Portland, Oregon, Northwest Portland. Ryerson is credited with bringing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Oregon
Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon, Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. Portland's population was 652,503, making it the List of United States cities by population, 28th most populous city in the United States, the sixth most populous on the West Coast of the United States, West Coast, and the third most populous in the Pacific Northwest after Seattle and Vancouver. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland metropolitan area, Oregon, Portland metropolitan area, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 26th most populous in the United States. Almost half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metro area. Named after Portland, Maine, which is itself named aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
