Busy Christmas shoppers? Bustling lunchtime crowd? This 1939 scene looks north along SW 4th Avenue from Yamhill Street. Signs for the Multnomah Hotel (now Embassy Suites Hotel) and the Board of Trade Building in the distance give some perspective.
(City of Portland Archives)
August 27, 2011 at 5:20 am
The elaborate “Capitol” sign suspended directly over the street suggests that the city fathers had an “anything goes” attitude about advertising. I wonder if the Capitol had to pay for the privilege.
August 10, 2012 at 3:07 pm
The Capitol is playing a Joel McCrea picture, Espionage Agent, released nationally Sept. 30, 1939. So it probably isn’t Christmas shopping season just yet.
April 23, 2013 at 2:05 pm
There is a filthy dirty 1940 Hudson sedan in the photo. Three cars are wearing grill covers suggesting very cold temperature.