Engine 21 and crew on SW 5th Avenue and SW Oak Street, heading to a fire, 1916. The engine is a 1913 Pope Hartford with a right side steering wheel. Captain William Heath is in the passenger seat. The car behind the engine is a chief’s vehicle.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, Engine 21 and crew on SW 5th and Oak heading to a fire, A2001-083, 1916.
Construction at SE 12th Avenue and SE Oak Street, 1973.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, Construction at SE Oak St and SE 12th Ave, A2010-010, 1973.
SW 6th Avenue from Oak Street looking north, circa 1941.
City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2005-001.919.
Flooding on SW 1st Avenue between SW Stark Street and SW Oak Street, 1894.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2004-002.638
SE Union Avenue (SE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) near SE Oak Street, 1929.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2009-009.787
SW Broadway near SW Oak Street, looking southwest, 1960.
SW Broadway looking south, 1960: A2010-003
The Failing Building, on the northwest corner of SW 1st and Oak Street, looks much the same here in the 1950s as it did when constructed in 1886. Besides paint and signage, it’s still largely intact today, a fine example of 19th Century architecture with cast-iron details.
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