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Vintage Portland 
I love Portland, new and old, but I especially love seeing pictures (correctly identified as to place) of old Portland. I hope you would make known that all Multnomah County residents are eligible to see the wonderful exhibits at the Oregon Historical Society FREE. Obviously donations and memberships are more than welcome, but that does not preclude anyone from enjoying and learning from the fantastic displays. The Oregon Black Pioneers just hosted a segment of their history, primarily in Portland, of the 40’s and 50’s, which included the Vanport flood. Vintage Portland is a great view into the past and it is so much fun to spot places. You do a good job. Keep it up.
where do I find more images of east moreland as it looked while being developed? Terry Leighton terryleighton@hotmail,com
Does anyone have any idea what the following message means which is precluding the downloading of efiles? ErrorCode: TrimException
Message:Error connecting to the HPE Content Manager dataset ‘EF’ on HPE Content Manager Workgroup Server ‘CATRIMWG2’. Cannot connect to HPE Content Manager Workgroup Server on ‘CATRIMWG2’. [RCF: Remote call timeout exceeded. No response from peer.]
I’ve never had any problems in all the years I’ve used vintage portland or downloading efiles until the last 2 pictures. I’ve tried a couple different browsers and that doesn’t appear to be the issue.
I was born in 1944 and we lived in University Homes at that time . I have just a few personal photos taken at that place…SO happy to find the photos on here. I was trying to tell my son about University homes . Now I can show him these photos…Thanks!
Do you have any photos of when the sewer system was installed in SW Portland, specifically the Hillsdale area?
Does anyone remember a bar named “The Castaways”. This would be in the 1970’s. Also, might anyone remember a chef named Al Marino. This goes back quite a ways, but would really like to get information around those times.