Comments on: SW 12th & Morrison, 1910

By: tho4tu7ziv

tho4tu7ziv — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:59:00 +0000

“A large crowd of whites gather to see the Portland Fire Bureau responding to a call at SW 12th & Morrison in 1910. That’s quite a well-dressed crowd of white people; could this be Easter Sunday?”

FTFY

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:48:20 +0000

I love the umbrellas blocking these people from the sun. Even back then Oregonians didn’t know what to do with the first showing of the glowing orb in the sky…

By: Dave Brunker (@dbrunker)

Dave Brunker (@dbrunker) — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:05:30 +0000

Way to go, oldoregon!

By: Sifton

Sifton — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:45:59 +0000

Ah, Rose Fest; that makes sense with the attire.

By: oldoregon

oldoregon — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:08:15 +0000

Really a great photo. “Fire Halts Parade” “Dwelling Burns When Streets Are Crowded With People”, “Yesterday’s afternoon’s Rose Festival parade was blocked” … “Fire broke out at 128 Twelfth street, between Alder and Washington” Morning Oregonian, Monday paper, June 10th, 1910, page 15.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:44:08 +0000

Sifton,

I would say it’s 12th and Morrison looking northwest. I believe the house in the foreground is where the old Danmoore hotel was located (now the location of the church park/parking garage). It looks like the dwelling in this photo may have been to house church personnel. I wonder if that house was the subject of the fire and replaced with the hotel sometime after this photo was snapped.

By: Sifton

Sifton — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:19:03 +0000

Not being a stickler at all but is it 12th & Washington or Morrison? Thanks all……….

By: Tad

Tad — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:15:50 +0000

The fire engine makes more smoke than the fire.

By: Dave Brunker (@dbrunker)

Dave Brunker (@dbrunker) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:01:21 +0000

The Google car doesn’t drive on the sidewalk so I can’t get the exact image but this is the general area: http://goo.gl/maps/ghXuk
Their clothing seems to be more light weight and colored so this probably happened during the warm weather. I like the old timey police officer (who was probably fashionable at the time), people in their motor car and boys in knickerbockers and a man wearing a fedora. Talk about ahead of your time. Interesting that the photographer is up high enough that he could be standing on someone’s shoulders.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:27:47 +0000

Fascinating photo, Dan. At first I was skeptical that it was the First Presbyterian Church in the background. The steeple looked all wrong until I realized it wasn't the tower steeple. It is the mini-steeple over the main entrance.