Vanport Tenant’s League, 1948

Vanport Tenant’s League flyer advertising an open meeting of Vanport citizens and friends to discuss the Vanport Flood disaster, 1948.

_{City of Portland (OR) Archives, Vanport Tenant’s League : Vanport disaster meeting, A2001-074, 1948.}

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Vanport Flood, 1948

Aerial view of the Vanport Flood, 1948.

_{City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2004-002.866.}

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NW 3rd Avenue, 1948

NW 3rd Avenue and NW Hoyt Street, 1948.

_{City of Portland (OR) Archives, A1999-004.1044.}

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Steel Bridge, 1948

Temporary dike at the Steel Bridge, 1948.

_{City of Portland (OR) Archives, A1999-004.1039.}

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Steel Bridge, 1948

A temporary dike for flood control under the west end of the Steel Bridge, 1948.

^{City of Portland (OR) Archives, A1999-004.1041.}

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Willamette River, 1948

Aerial of the Willamette River flood waters near South Portland and Ross Island, 1948.

 

City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2005-005.1403.4.

 

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Vanport Flood, 1948

Aerial of Vanport, the Union Stockyards, and the Exposition Center during the Vanport Flood. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the flood that took place on Memorial Day weekend 1948.

 

City of Portland (OR) Archives, A2004-002.111400.

 

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