Chown Electric Supply Co., located at 112 SW 2nd Avenue, circa 1969.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, 112 SW 2nd Avenue, A2011-028, circa 1969.
SW 2nd Avenue, circa 1969
Monthly Archives: November 2016
SW Park Avenue, 1972
Embers Lounge located at 737 SW Park Avenue, 1972.29
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, Embers Lounge located at 737 SW Park Avenue, A2012-005, 1972.
Portland Waterfront, circa 1940
The southeast Portland waterfront between the Ross Island and Hawthorne Bridges, circa 1940. Notice the huge piles of sawdust and the power plant that burned it south of the Hawthorne. The site is now occupied by OMSI.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2010-001.169
Thanksgiving Turkey, circa 1944
A woman in a Vanport kitchen holding a Thanksgiving turkey, circa 1944.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2001-025.674
Vanport, circa 1944
Children and teachers in yard outside Child Care Center No. 6 in Vanport, circa 1944.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2001-025.647
SW 1st Avenue, circa 1969
Velte’s Home Furnishing on the corner of SW 1st Avenue and SW Ash Street, circa 1969.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, Velte’s Home Furnishing on the corner of SW 1st Avenue and SW Ash Street, A2011-028, circa 1969.
N Interstate Avenue, 1950
A truck towing a Council Crest streetcar at N Interstate Avenue and N Portland Boulevard, 1950. Portland Boulevard later became Rosa Parks Way.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2011-007.708
Vintage Portland 