http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/china-lantern-beaverton-1957/ A photo blog exploring Portland's past through historical images. Sat, 18 May 2013 05:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/china-lantern-beaverton-1957/#comment-8492 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 03:00:54 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-8492 In fairness to Beaverton, I think this was outside the city limits at that time.

]]> http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/china-lantern-beaverton-1957/#comment-8488 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:43:41 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-8488 That is one of the most inadvertently disturbing depictions of a pointing human hand that I have ever seen.

]]> http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/china-lantern-beaverton-1957/#comment-8480 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:24:24 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=4252#comment-8480 In the early 60s, when Canyon Road was still the highway connection between the Tualitin Valley and Portland, the China Lantern was a popular stop for my group of friends who were all students at Pacific University. White-coated waiters and other gentleman of Asian extraction would gather in the last booth on the right and carry on long animated conversations in a foreign language. We knew nothing of a gambling den having been on the site. I liked their Chinese pork.

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