http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/willamette-park-1941/ A photo blog exploring Portland's past through historical images. Sat, 25 May 2013 18:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/willamette-park-1941/#comment-9024 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:28:59 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=4315#comment-9024 [...] is a great vintage picture of Willamette Park from 1941. This is where we launch the boat for our [...]

]]> http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/willamette-park-1941/#comment-8883 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:37:34 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=4315#comment-8883 nice to see that doing donuts in a field was popular even in 1941!

]]> http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/willamette-park-1941/#comment-8881 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:49:07 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=4315#comment-8881 That’s were the boat ramp is now. http://binged.it/PTZLU1 I don’t think those are the same buildings. They aren’t shaped the same as the originals and they have different windows.

]]> http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/willamette-park-1941/#comment-8872 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:39:21 +0000 http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/?p=4315#comment-8872 Couple of things. You can see th SP and United Railway lines pretty clearly in this photo. The long rectangle shaped building on the left still exsists but is now painted white. Wasn’t that long ago that Portland had a ton of these small shipyards…

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