Downtown St. Johns from on N Lombard Street near N Philadelphia Avenue and N Burlington Avenue, 1938. This image was previously posted in 2012.
St. Johns, 1938
Vintage Portland
Downtown St. Johns from on N Lombard Street near N Philadelphia Avenue and N Burlington Avenue, 1938. This image was previously posted in 2012.
Vintage Portland 
The Efiles date of this photo is August 31, 1938 — The movies playing at the St. Johns theater on this date were “Mr. Moto’s Gamble” & “Saleslady” — the recorded high temp. was 75 degrees & low temp was 50 degrees.
This photo faces north-northwest, where N Philadelphia terminates into N Lombard, and the triangular section left of the crosswalk signs is now St. John’s Plaza. If you google map it, face the plaza clock tower–the 2022 street view is clearest.
In the 2012 comments, Brian posted a great link and photo of this intersection in 1906 and the fantastic online book…
Portland’s Streetcar Lines
Repeat.
St Johns Hardware building has the current address of 8621 N Lombard but in 1938 the address was 8621 N Jersey.
I lived there since 1934 and started grade school there in 1938. My town!!