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City of Portland photographs collection, circa 1925-1945
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Portland (Or.).
- Title
- City of Portland photographs collection
- Dates
- circa 1925-1945 (inclusive)
- Quantity
- 3 cubic feet, (7 document cases)
- Collection Number
- Org. Lot 50
- Summary
- Photographs of Portland, Oregon, taken by photographers employed by the City of Portland. Includes street scenes, neighborhoods, businesses, thoroughfares, the harbor, and maps of the city.
- Repository
-
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
-
The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Portland, Oregon, began as a clearing on the west bank of the Willamette River in 1844. The new city was incorporated in 1851 and prospered because of its advantageous location near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, among other factors. Its growth was spurred by flourishing agriculture in the Willamette Valley, the California gold rush, the Indian wars of the 1850s, and gold discoveries in eastern Oregon and Idaho in the 1860s. By the Civil War, Portland was the principal metropolis of the Pacific Northwest with a population of around 3000. The arrival of the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1883 and 1884 contributed to a new boom in prosperity, and in 1891 the city annexed the municipalities of Albina and East Portland on the east side of the Willamette. Residential growth was most dramatic in the eastern districts after 1900, and expansion was especially rapid after the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905. By 1910 Portland's population was over 207,000, and it continued its rapid growth up to the 1930s.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection consists of images taken throughout Portland, Oregon, with emphasis on the downtown and eastern portions of the city. Included are street scenes, thoroughfares, business establishments, and neighborhood views. The bulk of the images appear to date from the late 1920s and early 1930s. Many may have been created in relation to specific city projects, such as street paving, sewer installation, and improvement of blighted neighborhoods. Visible in many of the photographs from the early 1930s is a man holding a number -- probably a city employee engaged in a particular project. In general, the photographs provide detailed documentation of the city's built environment, much of which is still extant.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
Negatives used to create these prints are housed in the City of Portland Archives and Records Center.
Restrictions on Use
The Oregon Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library prior to any use of reproductions. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use of reproductions may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright holders.
Preferred Citation
City of Portland photographs collection, Org. Lot 50, Oregon Historical Society Research Library
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by subjects, with files numbered to correspond to the Oregon Historical Society's Photograph Files. Neighborhood numbering corresponds to the system used by the Oregon Historical Society (e.g., "SW1, NW4, etc.).
Location of Originals
Original negatives of these photographs are housed in the City of Portland Archives and Records Center.
Acquisition Information
Original negatives were obtained from the City of Portland; prints in this collection were made by the Oregon Historical Society.
Related Materials
Negatives for these images are held by the City of Portland Archives and Records Center, Portland, Oregon.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
City of Portland Photographs CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Folder | ||
| 891-C-7 | Miscellaneous--Transportation--Oregon
Electric
Includes downtown streets and trolley tracks.
|
1921 |
| 1500-A | Urban decay
Images of abandoned houses.
|
1934-1944 |
| 1501 | Cabins, etc.
Includes images from Sullivan's Gulch
|
1941 |
| 1514 | General Views
Aerial photographs of Portland
|
1970 |
| 1534 | Waterfront
Includes images of sea walls and docks
|
1920-1939 |
| 1535 | Waterfront
Includes aerial photograph of the Public Market Building
|
1940 |
| 1544 | Streets-NW/SW Front Ave. |
1920-1939 |
| 1545 | Streets- NW/SW Front Ave.
Images of SW Front Ave widening project
|
1940-1959 |
| 1546 | Streets-NW/SW Front Ave.
Includes images of rowhouses
|
Undated |
| 1565 | Streets-NW/SW 2nd Ave.
Images of public restrooms and sidewalks
|
Undated |
| 1573 | Streets-NW/SW 3rd Ave 1910-1929
Includes images of newspaper vendor stand, trolley tracks and
trolley lines
|
1906-1923 |
| 1582 | Streets-NW/SW 4th Ave. |
1906-1937 |
| 1586 | Streets-NW/SW 5th Ave.
Images of downtown streets at night
|
1928 |
| 1587 | Streets-NW/SW
Includes images of Chapman Square, downtown streetcar in
motion
|
1906-1936 |
| 1592 | Streets-NW/SW 6th Ave.
Includes overhead image of pedestrians at crowsswalk
|
Undated |
| 1597 | Streets-NW/SW Broadway (7th Ave)
Includes images of downtown streets at night
|
1906-1936 |
| 1601 | Streets-NW/SW Park (8th & 9th Ave)
Street signs for Morrison St., Park St., and West Park St.
|
1923 |
| 1602 | Streets-NW/SW Park (8th &9th Ave)
Includes images of roadwork involving trolley tracks, dowtown
apartment building facades
|
1936-1940 |
| 1605 | Streets-NW/SW 10th Ave. |
Undated |
| 1606 | Streets-NW/SW 11th Ave
Includes images of residential basement, residential and
downtown streets
|
1906-1939 |
| 1607 | Streets-NW/SW 12th Ave.
Trolley tracks at NW 12th and Lovejoy
|
Undated |
| 1609 | Streets-NW/SW 14th Ave
Includes images of roadwork; man posing with car by
roadside
|
1928-1937 |
| 1610 | Streets-NW/SW 15th Ave
SW 15th and Salmon
|
Undated |
| 1611 | Streets-NW/SW 16th Ave
Images of man replacing street sign at NW 16th and Glisan
|
1937 |
| 1619 | Streets Miscellaneous-East Side
Includes images of construction on NE Broadway and Larrabee,
images of Prescott Street, 42nd Ave and N. Willamette Boulevard, pedestrian
subway at N. Interstate and Ainsworth, mudslides on Interstate Ave, images of
SE Division, Belmont St and SE 81st Ave
|
Undated |
| 1619 | Streets--Miscellaneous-West Side
Includes mudslides on SW Fairview, Melinda Ave and Barbur
Boulevard, series titled "Entering Portland", Barbur Blvd. construction, images
of St.Helen's Road, railroad yards in Northwest Portland
|
Undated |
| 1620 | Streets-W. Burnside
Includes trolley tracks and overhead lines, mudslide on Hermosa
St., retaining wall construction, residential and downtown streets, images of
horse drawn carts
|
1906-1938 |
| 1620-A | Streets-E. Burnside
Includes residential streets and vacant lots
|
Undated |
| 1623 | Streets-SW Pine St.
SW Broadway and SW Pine
|
1936 |
| 1625 | Streets-SW Stark St. |
1927-1936 |
| 1627 | Streets-SW Washington St.
Includes image of condemned lot
|
1913-1934 |
| 1629 | Streets-SW Alder St.
Includes Alder Street dock, overhead view of pedestrians at
crosswalk
|
Undated |
| 1631 | Streets-SW Morrison St.
Includes image of Meier and Frank Building
|
1927 |
| 1633 | Streets-SW Yamhill St.
Includes empty lot at Yamhill and 3rd Avenue, house at SW
Yamhill and St.Clair
|
Undated |
| 1635 | Streets-SW Salmon St
Street view at SW Salmon near 18th
|
Undated |
| 1636 | Streets-SW Main St.
Street view at SW 6th and Main St
|
1936 |
| 1637 | Streets-SW Madison St
Street view at SW 6th and Madison
|
1936 |
| 1638 | Streets-SW Jefferson
Includes street view at SW Jefferson up Vista Blvd., overhead
view of SW Jefferson St.
|
1906-1934 |
| 1650 | SW Neighborhoods- Miscellaneous [including Fulton (SW
10)]
Includes images of residential houses on SW Madison St.,
condemned lots on SW Madison, ditch digging on SW Taylors Ferry Road
|
1934-1940 |
| 1653 | SW Neighborhoods-Council Crest (SW 8)
Includes road work on Council Crest Park Road, residential house
at SW Beaverton Ave and SW Chehalem Ave.
|
1937-1939 |
| 1656 | SW Neighborhoods-Portland Heights (SW 4, SW 5, SW
6)
Includes Marquam Gulch fill, SW Ford Street Dr., mudslide at SW
15th and Mrytle
|
1938-1939 |
| 1657 | SW Neighborhoods-South Portland (SW 3, SW 7)
Includes houses along Barbur Blvd., images of SW Front Ave.,
railroad bridge near SW 3rd Ave., images of the Marquam Gulch fill, the
Boulevard Tavern, roadwork crews on SW Barbur and Whitaker, garage and tire
shop on SW 3rd and Arthur, pipe lines on SW Seymour and Macadam
|
1933-1941 |
| 1660 | NW Neighborhoods-Miscellaneous |
1940 |
| 1661 | NW Neighborhoods- West Burnside (NW 1, NW 2)
Includes railroad tracks and lines at NW 13th and Lovejoy, train
cars unloading at NW 10th and Yeon, man posing with car at NW 14th and
Lovejoy
|
1928-1942 |
| 1663 | NW Neighborhoods- Kings Heights-Westover (NW
4)
Includes mudslide above Maywood Dr., mudslide on Melinda Ave
|
1933-1938 |
| 1664 | NW Neighborhoods- Linnton (NW 7)
Includes railroad yards, mudslide on NW St.Helen's road, Gasco
building on St.Helen's Road
|
1934-1936 |
| 1665 | NW Neighborhoods-NW Industrial (NW 6)
Includes Guild's Lake Area, trains and railroad tracks
|
1938-1942 |
| 1667 | NW Neighborhoods-Willamette Heights-Forest Park (NW
5)
Includes backyard gazebo on NW Thurman St.
|
1934-1935 |
| 1668 | NW Neighborhoods- Slabtown (NW 3)
Includes aerial view of NW waterfront, Guild's Lake Area,
railroad lines
|
1930 |
| 1670 | SE Neighborhoods- Miscellaneous [including
Buckman]
Includes SE Morrison St., SE 66th and Foster Rd, SE 28th Ave.,
SE Woodstock Ave., radiator store on SE 7th Ave, roadwork on SE 2nd Ave and
Morrison, SE Belmont storefronts and residences
|
1923-1940 |
| 1671 | SE Neighborhoods-Arleta (SE 15)
Includes SE Foster Rd. storefronts and residences,
|
1923-1929 |
| 1673 | SE Neighborhoods-East Portland (SE1, NE1)
SE Grand Ave storefronts and residences, Union Ave,
|
Undated |
| 1673 | SE Neighborhoods-East Portland
Includes trolley tracks and lines, industrial areas, churches,
roadwork on SE Morrison and 10th
|
Undated |
| 1674 | SE Neighborhoods-Lents (SE 16)
Undeveloped land at SE Cora and 92nd
|
1939 |
| 1675 | SE Neighborhoods-Montavilla and Mount Tabor
Includes images of farm land on SE 92nd, construction on SE 55th
and Hawthorne, laborer posing by large stones on SE 55th
|
1938 |
| 1677 | SE Neighborhoods-Sellwood
Includes residential houses on SE 17th Ave
|
1935-1938 |
| 1678 | SE Neighborhoods-Sunnyside including Ladd's
Addition
Includes SE Belmont, SE Grand Ave, SE Powell, SE 20th and Oak,
east side trolley tracks and lines, collapsing house on SE 28th and Clinton,
residential corner markets, streetcar on SE 33rd and Belmont, undeveloped land,
barn and farm land on SE Center St.
|
1913-1941 |
| 1679 | SE/NE Union Ave (now Martin Luther King
Jr.Blvd)
Includes images of streetcar in motion, corner gas stations,
demolished building on NE Union and Burnside, Egyptian Theatre, images of
railroad track laying
|
Undated |
| 1679-A | SE/NE 82nd Ave
Includes images of NE Sandy, barracks on NE 82nd, truck accident
on SE 82nd and Foster, roadwork and laborers
|
1932-1939 |
| 1680 | NE Neighborhoods-Miscellaneous
Includes images of NE 19th and Glisan, NE Siskiyou, future site
of Memorial Colliseum
|
1936 |
| 1681 | NE Neighborhood- Beaumont
Residential houses on NE 39th Ave.
|
1935 |
| 1683 | NE Neighborhoods-Hollywood
Includes corner markets, residential houses, exteriors images of
the Hollywood Theatre
|
1934-1939 |
| 1684 | NE Neighborhoods-Irvington
Includes images of NE Broadway, residential streets, east side
trolley tracks and lines
|
1938 |
| 1685 | NE Neighborhoods-Laurelhurst
Includes images of residential streets, Sullivan's gulch, shanty
town shacks
|
1934-1941 |
| 1687 | NE Neighborhoods-Parkrose
Residential streets
|
1939 |
| 1690 | N. Neighborhoods-Miscellaneous (including Hayden
Island)
Includes images of the Columbia Slough at high and low tide,
work crews clearing the Columbia Slough South Channel, Balch Gulch, North
Interstate Ave., exterior of Grigsby Bros. box manufacture
|
1923-1939 |
| 1691 | N. Neighborhoods- Albina
Includes images of construction on N. Interstate and Thompson,
residential houses on Union Ave., stretches of Interstate Ave., intersection of
Flint and Russell
|
1934-1938 |
| 1694 | N. Neighborhoods-Kenton
Includes images of residential houses, farm land and railroad
lines on N. Lombard St.
|
1931 |
| 1698 | N. Neighborhoods-St. John's
Includes images of residential houses, undeveloped land,
interior and exterior shots of burned building on N. Columbia Blvd.
|
1921-1944 |
| 1699 | N. Neighborhoods-Swan Island
Images of gravel road leading to Swan Island access
|
Undated |
| 1700-A | Bridges-Miscellaneous-Bridges and Viaducts
Includes images of viaduct on NE 12th, Ford St. Bridge spanning
Jefferson St., visualization of the proposed Vista Avenue viaduct, Vista St.
Bridge, series of images of NE 33rd viaduct including construction of,
Alexandra Ave. bridge construction, construction of Vancouver Ave. viaduct,
construction of bridge on NW Italian Way, Incinerator Bridge, damaged column of
NW Lovejoy on-ramp, illustration of proposed SE 17th Ave viaduct, Grand Avenue
bridge construction, Burlingame Bridge construction
|
1923-1938 |
| 1701 | Bridges-St. John's Bridge
Includes image of model for St. John's bridge
|
Undated |
| 1703 | Bridges-Broadway Bridge
Includes image of subway stairs leading from bridge to Union
Station, bridge raised for passage of ship, aerial image showing future site of
Memorial Coliseum
|
1929-1936 |
| 1704 | Bridges- Steel/Railroad Bridge
Includes image of model for bridge
|
1931 |
| 1706 | Bridges-Morrison Bridge |
1924 |
| 1707 | Bridges-Madison/Hawthorne Bridge |
Undated |
| 1709 | Bridges-Ross Island Bridge
Image series of bridge construction on southwest side of
Willamette River
|
1927 |
| 1710 | Bridges-Sellwood Bridge |
1926 |
| 1711 | Bridges-Johnson Creek Bridges
Images of damaged bridge road
|
1926 |
| Business Firms-A | 1720
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1721 | Business Firms- B
Images of Portland area business building exteriors
|
Undated |
| 1723 | Business Firms-Ca-Col
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1723-A | Business Firms- Com-Cz
Images of Portland area business and signs
|
Undated |
| 1724 | Business Firms- D
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
1929-1934 |
| 1725 | Business Firms-E
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1726 | Business Firms-F
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1727 | Business Firms-G
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
1929 |
| 1729 | Business Firms-H
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs, includes
series of images showing inspection of businesses by health inspector
|
Undated |
| 1730 | Business Firms- I
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1731 | Business Firms-J
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1732 | Business Firms- K [except Kaiser Shipyards]
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
1929-1942 |
| 1733 | Business Firms-L
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1734 | Business Firms -M
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1735 | Business Firms-N
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
1927-1929 |
| 1736 | Business Firms-O [Except Oregon Shipbuilding
Corportation]
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1737 | Business Firms-P-Q [Except "Pacific", "Portland" and
Parrish Watkins Real Estate]
Business Firms-P-Q [Except "Pacific", "Portland" and Parrish
Watkins Real Estate]
|
1929-1933 |
| 1737-B | Business Firms- "Portland"
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs, includes
images of city auditor's office and storage files, interior and exterior of
Public Employment Bureau
|
1934-1940 |
| 1742 | Business Firms-R
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
1929-1394 |
| 1744 | Business Firms- S
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
1927-1929 |
| 1745 | Business Firms- Saloons and Bars
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1746 | Business Firms- T
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1747 | Business Firms-U
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1748 | Business Firms-V
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
1923-1938 |
| 1749 | Business Firms-W
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs
|
Undated |
| 1750 | Business Firms- Willamette Iron and Steel
Co. |
Undated |
| 1752 | Business Firms-X-Y-Z and miscellaneous
Images of Portland area business exteriors and signs, includes
images of junk dealers and wares on downtown streets
|
Undated |
| 1755 | Buildings-A
Includes images of motor vehicle inspection station
|
Undated |
| 1756 | Buildings- Apartments unidentified
Images of apartment building facades
|
Undated |
| 1757 | Buildings- Apartments A-M |
1929 |
| 1761 | Buildings- B [except Banks]
Images of barns on SE Bybee Ave
|
Undated |
| 1762 | Buildings-Banks-Miscellaneous
Exterior image of the Geo W. Bates Bank
|
Undated |
| 1768 | Buildings-Churches-Miscellaneous |
1924-1930 |
| 1770 | Buildings-Churches-Catholic |
Undated |
| 1776 | Buildings-Churches-Methodist |
Undated |
| 1777 | Buildings-Churches-Presbyterian |
Undated |
| 1777.7 | Buildings-Churches-Salvation Army |
Undated |
| 1780 | Buildings-City Hall
Contains image of Christmas tree in lobby; image of condemned
electrical plugs
|
1935-1943 |
| 1786 | Buildings-Fraternal Orders and Clubs
Images of sidewalk outside SW Irvington Club
|
1935 |
| 1790 | Buildings- Fraternal Orders and Clubs-Masonic
Temple
Postcard image of the dedication of the hall
|
1872 |
| 1790.1 | Buildings- Fraternal Orders and Clubs- Multnomah
Athletic Club |
Undated |
| 1792 | Buildings- G |
1929-1933 |
| 1794 | Buildings- Hospitals- Miscellaneous
Includes images of Isolation Hospital, interior images of
hospital department, staff and patients, images of patients recieving iron lung
treatment, images of vaccination clinics
|
1937-1938 |
| 1797 | Buildings- Hospitals- St.Vincent
Images of mudslide on hospital grounds
|
1931 |
| 1798-A | Buildings- Hotels A-B |
Undated |
| 1798-B | Buildings-Hotels-C |
|
| 1798-C | Buildings-Hotels-D-H |
Undated |
| 1798-E | Buildings- Hotels-I-L |
1940 |
| 1799-B | Buildings-Hotels-M-P
1800
|
Undated |
| 1800 | Buildings-Hotels-Multnomah Hotel |
Undated |
| 1801-C | Buildings-Hotels-T-Z and unidentified |
Undated |
| 1802 | Buildings-I-K
Includes images of incinerators
|
1933 |
| 1803 | Buildings-L |
1933 |
| 1806 | Buildings-M |
Undated |
| 1810 | Buildings-P-Q
Images of Municipal Paving Plant
|
1928 |
| 1811 | Buildings-Pioneer Post Office and Pioneer Court
House
Includes images of the Public Employment Office, image of a
group of unemployed draftsman, interior of auditor's office
|
1934 |
| 1812 | Buildings-Public Market Building
Includes images of produce and flower stands
|
1937 |
| 1814 Folder 1 | Buildings-Residences-Unidentified
Exterior images of residences on E. Burnside
|
Undated |
| 1814 Folder 2 | Buildings-Residences-Unidentified |
1929-1942 |
| 1830 | Buildings-Residences-S
Residence of Meton Smith
|
1940 |
| 1834 | Buildings-S |
Undated |
| 1835 | Buildings-Schools-A-B
Includes images of Benson High School
|
Undated |
| 1857 | Buildings-Schools-X-Z and Miscellaneous
Image of unidentified public school
|
Undated |
| 1860 | Buildings-Theatres-Miscellaneous
Exterior image of Seller's Theatre
|
Undated |
| 1872 | Buildings-Union Station |
1913 |
| 1873 | Buildings-W
Images of Weatherly Building exterior
|
Undated |
| 1874 | Buildings-X-Z
Images of the YMCA on NE Sandy Blvd.
|
Undated |
| 1875 | Buildings-Unidentified, Miscellaneous and Architectural
Details
Includes interior images of public restrooms
|
1929-1937 |
| 1878 | Miscellaneous-Advertising and Billboards |
Undated |
| 1879-A | Miscellaneous-Amusement Parks-The Oaks
Images of land prior to construction of Oaks Park
|
1931 |
| 1879-B | Miscellaneous-Amusement Parks-Council Crest |
1937 |
| 1880 | Miscellaneous-Cemeteries
Includes images of Lone Fir Cemetery, construction of Mt. Scott
Cemetery
|
1928-1939 |
| 1881 | Miscellaneous-Fire Department-Miscellaneous
Includes images of fire boats in action, firemen performing fire
tower drill, incinerators
|
1930-1938 |
| 1883 | Miscellaneous-Fire Department-Engines
Images of fire department vehicles
|
1939-1945 |
| 1885 | Miscellaneous-Fire Department-Fire Houses
Images of fire alarm boxes
|
1944 |
| 1886 | Miscellaneous-Fire Department-Parades and
Bands
Includes images of "Miss Flame" performing at function
|
1944 |
| 1888-A | Miscellaneous-Fountains
Image of public drinking fountain
|
1938 |
| 1888-B | Miscellaneous-Statues, Monuments &
Memorials |
Undated |
| 1890 | Miscellaneous-Parks-A-M
Includes image of model for a proposed park and Civic Center
|
1932-1933 |
| 1891 | Miscellaneous-Parks-N-Z
Includes images of Parks Department mowing machines, public
swimming pools, gym classes, image of pottery club meeting at Peninsula
Park
|
1935 |
| 1893.5 | Miscellaneous-Parks-Golf Courses |
1934 |
| 1898 | Miscellaneous-Public Works-Miscellaneous
Includes images of Columbia Slough drainage gate
|
1924-1939 |
| 1899 | Miscellaneous-Public Works-Sewers
Includes aerial image of sewage treatment plant, images of sewer
construction and repair on various streets, photographs of sewer expenditure
graphs
|
1926-1941 |
| 1900 | Miscellaneous-Public Works-Street Clearing
Image of snow plow at work
|
1937 |
| 1901 | Miscellaneous-Public Works-Street Repairing
Includes exterior images of the Municipal Paving Plant, downtown
road repair near the Steel Bridge, street repair project in Ladd's Addition,
roadwork on SE Caruther's and SE 8th showing team of horses at work, images of
paving and grading machines, road repair on Union Ave
|
1922-1942 |
| 1902 | Miscellaneous-Public Works-Water Supply
Includes image of Water Department Personnel, water testing
machine, Balch Gulch intake project, images of creek at Wichita Station,
construction on Hermosa St. drain, laying of Bull Run pipeline
|
1927-1939 |
| 1903 | Miscellaneous-Transportation-Miscellaneous
Includes images of railroad crossing at SE 2nd and SE Morrison,
interior and exterior images of the Motor Vehicle Inspection building on SE
Powell Blvd. and Milwaukie Blvd. including aeiral shot, images of vehicle
inspection and inspectors at work, the Titania on the Willamette river, images
of the Portland Flying Service airplanes and preparation for flight
|
1923-1944 |
| 1908 | Miscellaneous-Transportation-Buses
Includes images of Union Pacific Stages buses and depot on SW
Salmon, images of Greyhound station
|
1933-1944 |
1909
Image of men at unidentified station yard
|
1936 | |
| 1917 | Community Activities-Miscellaneous
Includes images of ambulance boat on Columbia River, bomb
shelter siren, images of city and county "Clean Up" project including
advertising billboards, images of community performances, Milk Fund football
team practice, children participating in Milk Fund program
|
1922-1936 |
| 1918 | Community Activities-Parades
Images of the Public Works Rose Festival Float
|
1927 |
| 1919 | Community Activies-Bands, Orchestras
Images of community performances at Powell Park
|
1935 |
| 1924-A | Maps-General
Images of maps, graphs and statistics created by the Department
of Public Works
|
1927 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Architecture--Oregon--Portland--Photographs.
- Automobiles--Oregon--Portland--Photographs.
Corporate Names
- Portland (Or.). (creator)
Geographical Names
- Portland (Or.)--Business enterprises--Photographs.
- Portland (Or.)--Photographs.
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
Finding aid prepared by Margaret
Crable and Geoffrey B. Wexler
2010
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