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  • Y-551005-07. aerial of SW Portland South Auditorium Urban Renewal area looking west. Ross Island bridge ramps in foreground. October 5, 1955.
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  • 8609-A36. Looking east at the now-gone South Auditorium district. Most of this was cleared between 1960 and 1962. In the lower left is the Ahavai Achim Synagogue at the corner of SW 3rd & Sherman, an intersection that doesn't exist anymore. On the waterfront is the Alaska Junk Company and Zidell scrap yards, where two ships are being dismantled. On the right is the Sound Wrecking Co., 2617 SW 2nd. It was wrecked to make way for a Ross Island bridge approach.
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  • 0405-D02 Auditorium from Central Park, Los Angeles, F. H. Maude photo. Frederic Hamer Maude (1858-1959) was a commercial photographer active in Los Angeles from about 1890-1920.
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  • Y-551005-09. aerial of SW Portland South Auditorium Urban Renewal area looking north.  October 5, 1955.
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  • Y-480603A-3. Red Cross helping feed and house Flood evacuees at  Civic Auditorium. June 3, 1948
    Y-480603A-3.tif
  • Y-600900B-05.looking northeast at SW 2nd & Market Street. South Auditorium District. Downtown Urban renewal. September 1960
    Y-600900B-05.tif
  • Y-590823-05. Urban Renewal office, SW 3rd. map on wall of South Auditorium district. August 23, 1959
    Y-590823-05.tif
  • Ackroyd 10444-1/12"Portland Development Commission. Urban renewal. Downtown Portland. August 9, 1961", vertical. South Auditorium district. Looking north from Ross Island Bridge towards downtown.
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  • Ackroyd 02730-12. "Portland aerials. Snow over city. March 9, 1951" 5x7", "Ross Island bridge approaches" South Auditorium district.
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  • Ackroyd 02692-08. "Misc. aerials. Feb 22, 1951", "West end of Ross Island bridge" South Auditorium district, waterfront area, looking north.
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  • Y-710126B-07.  Portland Center Apartments, 200 SW Harrison, Portland, Oregon. View looking north. January 26, 1971
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  • Y-510222-05. slum area. SW Portland. Street sign at end of block says SW 2nd, house in foreground address is 119. February 22, 1951 (published in Oregonian March 4, 1959 pg. 29. Caption: "Portland's city planning commission makes clear what is recognized by city planners everywhere – that most blighted areas of the average city once were the best residential districts. For this reason, they say, districts in which older homes like these pictured right , in Portand's southeast district, are ideal as sites for new development programs financed by private investors. Homes like these can be easily removed, thus lowering cost of acquiring sites.")
    Y-510222-05.tif
  • 9119-2368-B20-9. Ahavai Achim Synagogue after being demolished August 23, 1962.
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  • 9119-2368-B18-5. Ahavai Achim Synagogue being demolished August 23, 1962.
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  • 9119-2368-B18-1.  While moving Ahavai Achim Synagogue, about July 3, 1962, the structure fell apart. The building sat in the middle of the road for awhile, and was then demolished on August 23, 1962. Photo similar to B17-1 published in the July 4, 1962 Oregonian with caption: "Serious damage to structural supports in Temple Ahavath Achim have delayed moving the 31-year-old structure, according to a report Tuesday from the movers, LeBeck & Son of Portland, The building, at 2400 SW Sherman St., is to be moved to SW Barbur Boulevard and Gibbs Street to make way for Urban Renewal project." In the accompanying article it states "The temple has been moved aout 100 feet west of its original foundations and now sits near the intersection of SW Third Avenue and Sherman Street, both of which are closed."<br />
The building was demolished on Thursday, August 23, 1962.
    9119-2368-B18-1.tif
  • Ackroyd_18973-1."LeBeck & Son. Aerials moving warehouse onto barge. August 2, 1974" (south Waterfront area south of the Hawthorne bridge. They are barging the entire 45,000 square feet Multnomah Plywood factory to its new home in St Helens.)
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  • Ackroyd_18973-4. Lebeck and Son, Aerials warehouse on barge. August 2, 1974. (south Waterfront area south of the Hawthorne bridge. They are barging the entire 45,000 square feet Multnomah Plywood factory to its new home in St Helens.)
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  • Ackroyd_18973-3. "LeBeck & Son. Aerials moving warehouse onto barge. August 2, 1974" (south Waterfront area south of the Hawthorne bridge. They are barging the entire 45,000 square feet Multnomah Plywood factory to its new home in St Helens.)
    Ackroyd-18973-3.tif
  • Ackroyd-18973-2. "LeBeck & Son. Aerials moving warehouse onto barge. August 2, 1974" (south Waterfront area south of the Hawthorne bridge. They are barging the entire 45,000 square feet Multnomah Plywood factory to its new home in St Helens.)
    Ackroyd-18973-2.tif
  • Ackroyd 02442-3. aerials. September 28, 1950. houses near SW 5th & Caruthers. (upper left is Pete's Garden Shop, 2324 SW 6th,  on right is Chet's Bar-B-Q 2319 SW 4th. Area shown, from left to right, is SW 6th, 5th & 4th. From top to bottom, SW Grant, Sherman & Caruthers. View looking northwest.)
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  • Ackroyd 03656-1. Glendale Cafe. exterior. interiors & exterior. June 11, 1952" (2319 SW 4th, between Sherman St. and Caruthers St. This intersection was excavated and the land is now the I-405 freeway)
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  • 0001-600731. July 31 1960. Minor White teaching his Advanced workshop. Looking south on SW 2nd from about Madison. On the left is Boyd's coffee at the intersection of Jefferson, 1336 SW 2nd.  South Auditorium neighborhood.
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  • 8609-A20. John F. Kennedy clicks a coed's pen to autograph her copy of his book Profiles In Courage at his lecture in the Portland State College auditorium, (Now Portland State University) May 19, 1958.
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  • 3426 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Johnson look on as the Indians dance. April 23, 1938. Warm Springs Indian Reservation Auditorium.
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  • Y-480302-1.This photo, titled “Haymaker Coming Up,” won first place in the 1948 Associated Press annual photography awards in the sports category. Bobby Zander, of Los Angeles, tosses a haymaker at Joe Kahut before a sellout crowd of 4700, with 3000 turned away, at Portland’s Civic Auditorium on March 2, 1948. In the 4th round Kahut began to land left hand blows to Zander’s body, followed up by rights to the head, while Zander responded with headshots of his own, while doubling up Kahut with a blow to the mid-section. Thirty seconds into the fifth round, a left hook to the jaw from Kahut floored Zander for the ten-count.
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  • 3425 "Warm Springs Indian war dance. April 23, 1938." Warm Springs Indian Reservation Auditorium
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  • 3424 "Warm Springs Indian war dance. April 23, 1938." Warm Springs Indian Reservation Auditorium
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  • Y-480803C-01. Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title fight at Auditorium. Roy Hawkins vs. Bill Petersen (winner). "Good one of Petersen through ropes, ran AP". August 3, 1948. referee: Ralph Gruman. "The crowd stood and screamed at the stoppage by the referee, and threw paper into the ring. Hawkins attempted to get at Gruman until his arms were pinioned by his handlers. He then tried to attack Peterson. Firemen and police restored order. Hawkins was knocked down in the 1st, and Petersen in the 5th round."(caption from Tacoma News Tribune)
    Y-480803C-01.tif
  • Y-640421.  NAACP convention at Hilton. Governor Mark Hatfield, Mr. & Mrs. Webb.  Ticket for “NAACP Freedon TV Spectacular. Closed circuit direct from New York and Hollywood. Thursday, May 14, 1964 Municipal Auditorium.” Caption on one published versison pg. 114 The History Of Portland’s African American Community. “Attorney Mayfield K. Webb and his wife, Juretta Webb, present the former Governor Mark Hatfield with two tickets to the NAACP Freedom TV Spectacular” photo taken April 21, 1964.
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  • 0001-600731. July 31 1960. Minor White teaching his Advanced workshop. Looking south on SW 2nd from about Madison. On the left is Boyd's coffee at the intersection of Jefferson, 1336 SW 2nd.  South Auditorium neighborhood.
    0001-600731.jpg
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