Annual Portland Police Reserve Ball at the Odd Fellows Hall, 1929.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2000-026.96.
Odd Fellows Hall, 1929
Vintage Portland
Annual Portland Police Reserve Ball at the Odd Fellows Hall, 1929.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2000-026.96.
Vintage Portland 
Sure didn”t have too many choices for eyeglass frames it seems!
And I’m sure there wasn’t a drop of alcohol in the building… 😉
One month after the October stock market crash. Probably some nervous folks there.
We’re Sargent Pepper’s one and only lonely hearts club band!
The young woman peeking out from behind the second police officer on the left looks like a modern day time-traveler.
From the shape of the windows, it appears this auditorium/ballroom occupies the second and third stories of the Oddfellows Building.
Does anyone know if that room still exists? Or has that floor been filled in like they once did to the Heritage Ballroom at the old Elks Temple (Sentinel Hotel).
Looks like several Klan members there too.
I keep expecting to see Jack Nicholson standing in the front
Regarding the round eyeglasses —
“Frames with rounded edges are the most efficient for correcting myopic prescriptions, with perfectly round frames being the most efficient. Before the advent of eyeglasses as a fashion item, when frames were constructed with only functionality in mind, virtually all eyeglasses were either round, oval, or curved octagons. It was not until glasses began to be seen as an accessory that different shapes were introduced to be more aesthetically pleasing than functional.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasses