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  • 1003-23. Looking north on N. Mississippi from Fremont, September 1991
    1003-23.tif
  • Y-680111C-15. Albina Branch Public Library. January 11, 1968 Portland, Oregon.
    Y-680111C-15.tif
  • 1003-23.  Looking north on N. Mississippi from Fremont, September 1991
    1003-23a.tif
  • 1003-09. Mississippi & Shaver, SE corner, Portland, Oregon, September 1991
    1003-09.tif
  • Ackroyd 02242-1. Riot at N. Williams & Russell Ave. Oregonian. June 5, 1950
    ackroyd-02242-1.tif
  • Ackroyd 02242-2. Riot at N. Williams & Russell Ave. Oregonian. June 5, 1950
    ackroyd-02242-2.tif
  • 1003-08. 4000 N. Mississippi building, at Shaver, September 1991
    1003-08.tif
  • African American Oregon Fraternal Association, commonly known as “Frat Hall”, at 1412 N. Williams. May 26, 1940.  This was demolished around March, 1958 to make room for the Memorial Coliseum.  The Rose Garden Arena was built on the site. James Wasson, photographer
    0405-M05.tif
  • 1003-22. Looking south on N. Mississippi from Fremont, September 1991
    1003-22.tif
  • ackroyd_02064-5. "Oregon Sports Service. Night shots of buildings for score card ads. March 7, 1950" (Benny's Olympic Room, 3530 N. Vancouver, currently LV's restaurant and sports bar, in the same building.)
    ackroyd-02064-5.tif
  • Ackroyd 10471-3. "Gerbers'. Nicolai Door Manufacturing Co. Commonwealth. August 24, 1961" (1812 N. Columbia Blvd.)
    ackroyd-10471-3.tif
  • Ackroyd 02442-4  new highway overpass on N. Interstate at Broadway Bridge (looking south up Interstate, construction of 99W.) September 28, 1950
    ackroyd-02442-04.tif
  • Ackroyd 02104-1. aerial of North Portland looking east and south to Mt. Hood. Albina rail yards and area north of Broadway Bridge in foreground. (scratches). March 29, 1950
    ackroyd-02104-01.tif
  • Y-711108A-11.  Portland Development Commission board meeting. November 8, 1971. Includes scale model of downtown on table. Map of Albina and Model Cities criteria. Frame 11 chart: “Memorandum of Agreement Key Points … Negotiated by mayor and H. U. D. area/regional reps. Reflects local needs & local priority action. Lists projects and activities for one year. Includes H. U. D. commitment of earmarked funds. Needs related commitment of H. U. D. housing dollars. Must be linked to Local future year planning. Planning must involve residents of affected area and city as a whole. Must reflect National  (illegible) Environmental preservation (illegible. Most show local structure for (illegible) manage, coordinate evaluate (illegible). Should reflect maximum utilization of current individual staffs and procedures. H. U. D. encourages local approach to format.”
    Y-711108A-11.tif
  • Ackroyd 00149-1. "Portland Speedway & Amphitheatre. Aerials. September 16, 1947."
    ackroyd-00149-1.tif
  • Ackroyd 16605-1. "City of Portland. Aerials. February 20, 1970"  (see color C2788 Memorial Coliseum, Willamette River, looking south-east.)
    ackroyd-16605-1.tif
  • Ackroyd 05567-02. "Aerials of Portland October 1, 1954", "Union Pacific Yards looking up river" (N Portland yards & Willamette river. N & NW waterfront above Terminal 2)
    ackroyd-05567-02.tif
  • Ackroyd 02095-2 looking west on N. Broadway showing intersection of Vancouver. March 28, 1950. The large building on the left with the Plymouth billboard was the Dude Ranch. Portland, Oregon.
    ackroyd-02095-2.tif
  • Y-680228B-06.  Aerial view of Emanuel Hospital and the heart of the Black business district in inner N and NE Portland, Oregon. Most of this was demolished for a proposed hospital expansion, which lost its funding. February 28, 1968.
    Y-680228B-06.tif
  • Y-680228B-07.  Aerial view of Emanuel Hospital and the heart of the Black business district in inner N and NE Portland, Oregon. Most of this was demolished for a proposed hospital expansion, which lost its funding. February 28, 1968. Fremont Bridge exit ramp lower left.
    Y-680228B-07.tif
  • ackroyd 10742-2  looking south at construction of Minnesota Freeway. Inner N. Portland area. January 30, 1962 N. Vancouver and N. Weidler Bridges.
    ackroyd-10742-2.tif
  • 1003-07.  Rejuvenation Hardware in the Gurlington Building, corner of N. Mississippi & Skidmore, Palmer House in background, September 1991.
    1003-07.tif
  • Ackroyd 02095-5. looking south–west from corner of Vancouver showing Broadway, and curve in road to bridge. March 28, 1950. The large building on the left with the Plymouth billboard was the Dude Ranch. Portland, Oregon.
    ackroyd-02095-5.tif
  • Y-551005-04. Aerial of the future home of the Memorial Coliseum. Looking northeast from NW Portland. Northwest Natural Gas storage tank is in the foreground.  Coliseum site is between the Broadway & Steel Bridges beyond Interstate Ave, beyond the grain elevator. This was a predominantly Black neighborhood before demolition. October 5, 1955
    Y-551005-04.tif
  • Y-481010-09.  Nance’s Bar B-Q Pit, 31 NE Cherry Court, between NE Williams Court and NE Halsey, Portland Oct 10, 1948 These streets do not exist anymore because this area of land was converted to the site of the Memorial Coliseum in 1957.
    Y-481010-09.tif
  • 0503-01.  Wilson Chambers funeral home,  shortly after construction in 1933, later known as the Little Chapel of the Chimes, and now McMenamins Chapel Pub. 430 N Killingsworth, on the SE corner of Killingsworth & Commercial. This photo shows the side of the building facing N. Commercial street.
    0503-01.tif
  • Coalition of Black Men, march on N. Killigsworth, Portand, Oregon, at the corner of Mississippi. 1988
    arthur01.tif
  • Y-620608B-02. Aerials of Coliseum and area of NE between Broadway & Steel Bridges. Portland, Oregon. June 8, 1962
    Y-620608B-02.tif
  • Y-481010-08. Nance’s Bar B-Q Pit, 31 NE Cherry Court, between NE Williams Court and NE Halsey, Portland Oct 10, 1948 These streets do not exist anymore because this area of land was converted to the site of the Memorial Coliseum in 1957.
    Y-481010-08.tif
  • Ackroyd 12099-14 "Port of Portland. Aerials to show proposed new roads to Swan Island via Mocks Bottom. November 27, 1963" (N. Going street)
    ackroyd-12099-14.tif
  • Ackroyd 12099-11 "Port of Portland. Aerials to show proposed new roads to Swan Island via Mocks Bottom. November 27, 1963" (N. Going street)
    ackroyd-12099-11.tif
  • Ackroyd 02429-6  Highway overpass construction on Interstate near east end of Broadway Bridge.September 20, 1950
    ackroyd-02429-06.tif
  • "Aerial of Triangle Mills. February 7, 1967” (665 N. Tillamook St., Area around N. Tillamook street, N. Interstate, below school, near Crown Mills)
    ackroyd-14433-1-fz.tif
  • "Aerial of Triangle Mills. February 7, 1967” (665 N. Tillamook St., Area around N. Tillamook street, N. Interstate, below school, near Crown Mills)
    ackroyd-14433-1-fz.tif
  • Y-481011B. Housing Authority visits Swan Island. October 11, 1948
    Y-481011B-01.tif
  • 0613-2A128. Albina Engine & Machine Works office, about 1920, N. Portland, Oregon
    0613-2A128.tif
  • Y-610803B-16. Black kids on N. Vancouver & Stanton. Believed to be Walter Johnson on scooter. August 3, 1961
    Y-610803B-16.tif
  • Y-480530-08. Survivors on N. Denver Avenue escape the Vanport Flood. May 30, 1948.
    Y-480530-08.tif
  • Y-680111-B01. N. Williams looking north at the corner of Russell. January 11, 1968
    Y-680111-B01.tif
  • Ackroyd P308-20 "Aerials of N. Portland Harbor, May 18, 1967"
    ackroyd-P308-20.tif
  • Y-601220-08. N. Stanton & Commercial looking north – west. Area about to be demolished. Emanuel hospital building site. December 20, 1960
    Y-601220-08.tif
  • Ackroyd P308-02 "Aerials of N. Portland Harbor. May 18, 1967"
    ackroyd-P308-02.tif
  • Ackroyd 09604-8 Thunderbird Motel site. February 24, 1960. Memorial Coliseum under construction.
    ackroyd-09604-8.tif
  • Y-481010-10.  Nance’s Bar B-Q Pit, 31 NE Cherry Court, between NE Williams Court and NE Halsey, Portland Oct 10, 1948 These streets do not exist anymore because this area of land was converted to the site of the Memorial Coliseum in 1957.
    Y-481010-10.tif
  • Y-481010-11.  Nance’s Bar B-Q Pit, 31 NE Cherry Court, between NE Williams Court and NE Halsey, Portland Oct 10, 1948 These streets do not exist anymore because this area of land was converted to the site of the Memorial Coliseum in 1957.
    Y-481010-11.tif
  • Ackroyd C08854-1. "Rose Garden Arena. stock." (East waterfront at Steel Bridge) "September 30, 1995"
    ackroyd-C08854-1.tif
  • ackroyd-P308-19. May 18, 1967. "Aerials of N. Portland Harbor, Continental Grain. May 18, 1967" (Terminal 4, Terminal 5, Terminal 6, Rivergate, ground and aerials, Smith & Bybee lakes, Swan Island, Continental Grain)
    ackroyd-P308-19.tif
  • Ackroyd 10984-1. Minnesota Freeway. June 15, 1962. Shows freeway construction from the Memorial Colesium toward N. Interstate. view looking south. Overlook Park on extreme right.
    ackroyd-10984-1.tif
  • Ackroyd C08854-6. "Rose Garden Arena. stock." (East waterfront at Steel Bridge) "October 5, 1995"
    ackroyd-C08854-6.tif
  • Ackroyd 10985-6. June 15, 1962. General views of area, including Banfield Freeway, I-5 Minnesota Freeway construction, inner NE neighborhood and Lloyd Center.
    ackroyd-10985-6.tif
  • Ackroyd 02774-2. "Portland Union Stockyards Co. & Swift & Co. aerials. April 3, 1951" (W Delta Park & N. Marine Dr. N Swift Hwy. On Columbia Slough, across from Jantzen Beach. 5x7")
    ackroyd-02774-2.tif
  • ackroyd-02750-10. "Swift and Co. Stockyards." (5x7" original negative, Expo center, N. Marine Drive, North Portland, Pacific International Livestock Exposition building, Portland Union Stockyards, Swift Meat Packing Co.)
    ackroyd-02750-10.tif
  • Y-520409-01 “Decrepit. Once an imposing spot, this house shows disrepair which makes the area undesirable.“ Caption published Oregonian April 13, 1952 pg. 30. A very old North Portland house built before water and sewer connections were available in the area.  The tower on the side of the building is a combination windmill and water tower.  The windmill operated a pump that brought underground water up to the tank.  Next to it is the outhouse. Two addresses are visible on the front of the house, resulting from the 1933 Portland street renumbering. The house is on N. Clackamas on the nw corner of Crosby. The photo was taken April 9, 1952.
    Y-520409-01.tif
  • 9969-510206. Bloop Bleep Tavern, 4228 N. Williams Ave., near Skidmore, Portland, Oregon. February 6, 1951
    9969-510206.tif
  • Ackroyd 00787-1. "Harbor Motor Co. grand opening June 18, 1948" (night exterior with neon. 7810 N. Lombard, St. Johns. Building is still there, presently a motorcycle store 8x10 negative)
    ackroyd-00787-01.tif
  • 9345-51.  East Burnside looking west showing corner of Grand, with MLK and Burnside bridge in the background. Arcadia Hotel (389 East Burnside), Postill grill and fountain (20 Grand N). Night view. Grand Ave. is decorated for Halloween with pumpkins and cats hanging from the overhead street wires. ca. 1926-1930.
    9345-51.tif
  • ackroyd_01443-2. "Moore Dry Kiln Co. aerial April 26, 1949" (5x7". North Portland Rd & Suttle, west of Expo center)
    ackroyd-01443-2-2.tif
  • ackroyd-08537-5. "Portland Union Stockyards. 4-H Club Tour. September 5, 1958"
    ackroyd-08537-5.tif
  • ackroyd-00148-1. "North Portland Stockyards. September 16, 1947"
    ackroyd-00148-1.tif
  • Ackroyd 02774-1. "Portland Union Stockyards Co. & Swift & Co. aerials. April 3, 1951"
    ackroyd-02774-1.tif
  • Y-520409-05.  “Outdated. Apartments over these abandoned stores near Steel Bridge still have tenants.” Caption published Oregonian April 13, 1952 pg. 30.  Address on right building is 211 N Holladay. Note trolly tracks in street These remain from the old Electric Trolley that ran on the original Steel Bridge, until it was replaced with the new Steel Bridge in 1912. This street is the approach to the steel bridge.  Entire building and street are curved. The photo was taken April 9, 1952.
    Y-520409-05.tif
  • "Balfour, Guthrie & Co. grain elevator. Irving dock. Site for new Elevator. February 18, 1953." published in Oregonian February 19, 1953. Headline: "Dock Board, Grain Firm Bare Plans For Erection of $2,500,000 Elevator" caption: This is the site for a $2,500,000 grain elevator which the dock commission and Balfour, Guthrie & company, Ltd,, propose to erect during next year. It will adjoin the Irving Dock and elevator, shown here, and main part will be between railroad cars in foreground and the river, just north of Broadway bridge. Test borings now are being made on site as engineering start." (Balfour, Guthrie & Co., Bunge Grain, Permanente Cement dock, Cargill Irving grain elevator, ECSI # 5561, 800 N. River St.)
    9904-B09A.tif
  • Y-620608C-01.  Aerials of Coliseum and area of NE between Broadway & Steel Bridges. June 8, 1962
    Y-620608C-01.tif
  • Y-510925A-1.  Looking southwest from North Broadway to North Interstate. Construction of Broadway Bridge ramp. Shows duplexes and homes on East bank waterfront west of Interstate. Kisgans Merchandise Service on North Broadway. Intended to be part of a panorama of Broadway Bridge approach. September 25, 1951
    Y-510925A-1.tif
  • Y-560400A-08.  Williams Avenue District, where Memorial Coliseum was built between Broadway and Steel bridges.W
    Y-560400A-08.tif
  • Y-510324.  Little Chapel of the Chimes Flower Car. March 24, 1951.
    Y-510324-01.tif
  • Y-620608A-01. Aerial of Coliseum area, Willamette river, looking east. June 8, 1962
    Y-620608A-01.tif
  • 9904-B04B. "Albina Engine & Machine Works Inc. barge launching and other pix, ran November 5, 1950" caption published in Oregonian November 5, 1950 pg. 25: "Shipbuilding workers at Albine Engine & Machine Works took time out Friday to launch this steel 138-foot hog fuel barge for Western Transportation company. Keel was laid October 5. The bin, 10 feet high, has capacity for 275 units. Work was started immediately on another barge of similar size and capacity." (A/C similar shots, A was published. D is barge in river. E/F is Albina shipyard.)
    9904-B04B.tif
  • 9904-B01C. "NW Electrical Co. cable being laid across harbor. Ed Hargrave’s tug. September 30, 1948" caption published in Oregonian September 30, 1948 pg. 11 "High Voltage Cable Laid Across Harbor Floor. Barge carrying reel and 1,000-volt submarine cable which Pacific Power & Light company laid across the Willamette River between the Albina Fireboat Station and crown Mills Wednesday to supplement its connections between Albina and Pittock stations." (A was published)
    9904-B01C.tif
  • Y-541125-01. Murder at the Mysterious Billy Smith Tavern, 1500 North Wheeler, November 25th, 1954.
    Y-541125-01.tif
  • 9904-B04D. "Albina Engine & Machine Works Inc. barge launching and other pix, ran November 5, 1950" caption published in Oregonian November 5, 1950 pg. 25: "Shipbuilding workers at Albine Engine & Machine Works took time out Friday to launch this steel 138-foot hog fuel barge for Western Transportation company. Keel was laid October 5. The bin, 10 feet high, has capacity for 275 units. Work was started immediately on another barge of similar size and capacity." (A/C similar shots, A was published. D is barge in river. E/F is Albina shipyard.)
    9904-B04D.tif
  • 9904-B02-10. “Dredge pipe & pontoons holding up electric cable at Crown Mills, March 26, 1957“ caption published in the Oregonian March 26, 1957 pg. 15 “Tug Plucks Power Cables to aid River Dredging.“ (Cable went from Crown Mills to the Permanente Cement plant. 120mm negatives. View looking west, showing the east bank of the Willamette River.)
    9904-B02-10.tif
  • 9904-B02-8. "Dredge pipe & pontoons holding up electric cable at Crown Mills, March 26, 1957" caption published in the Oregonian March 26, 1957 pg. 15. "Tug Plucks Power Cables to aid River Dredging." (Cable went from Crown Mills to the Permanente Cement plant. 120mm negatives. View looking west, showing the east bank of the Willamette River.)
    9904-B02-8.tif
  • 9904-B01B. "NW Electrical Co. cable being laid across harbor. Ed Hargrave’s tug. September 30, 1948" caption published in Oregonian September 30, 1948 pg. 11 "High Voltage Cable Laid Across Harbor Floor. Barge carrying reel and 1,000-volt submarine cable which Pacific Power & Light company laid across the Willamette River between the Albina Fireboat Station and crown Mills Wednesday to supplement its connections between Albina and Pittock stations." (A was published)
    9904-B01B.tif
  • 9904-B02-4. "Dredge pipe & pontoons holding up electric cable at Crown Mills, March 26, 1957" caption published in the Oregonian March 26, 1957 pg. 15 "Tug Plucks Power Cables to aid River Dredging." (Cable went from Crown Mills to the Permanente Cement plant. 120mm negatives. View looking west, showing the east bank of the Willamette River.)
    9904-B02-4.tif
  • 9904-B01A.  "NW Electrical Co. cable being laid across harbor. Ed Hargrave’s tug. September 30, 1948" caption published in Oregonian September 30, 1948 pg. 11 "High Voltage Cable Laid Across Harbor Floor. Barge carrying reel and 1,000-volt submarine cable which Pacific Power & Light company laid across the Willamette River between the Albina Fireboat Station and crown Mills Wednesday to supplement its connections between Albina and Pittock stations." (A was published)
    9904-B01A.tif
  • 9904-B04F. "Albina Engine & Machine Works Inc. barge launching and other pix, ran November 5, 1950" caption published in Oregonian November 5, 1950 pg. 25: "Shipbuilding workers at Albina Engine & Machine Works took time out Friday to launch this steel 138-foot hog fuel barge for Western Transportation company. Keel was laid October 5. The bin, 10 feet high, has capacity for 275 units. Work was started immediately on another barge of similar size and capacity." (A/C similar shots, A was published. D is barge in river. E/F is Albina shipyard.)
    9904-B04F.tif
  • 9904-B03C. "Albina Shipyard site. Electrical station. September 15, 1950" (no story in Oregonian newspaper)
    9904-B03C.tif
  • 9904-B02-7. "Dredge pipe & pontoons holding up electric cable at Crown Mills, March 26, 1957" caption published in the Oregonian March 26, 1957 pg. 15 "Tug Plucks Power Cables to aid River Dredging." (Cable went from Crown Mills to the Permanente Cement plant. 120mm negatives. View looking west, showing the east bank of the Willamette River.)
    9904-B02-7.tif
  • 9904-B02-5.  Dredge pipe & pontoons holding up electric cable at Crown Mills, March 26, 1957" caption published in the Oregonian March 26, 1957 pg. 15 "Tug Plucks Power Cables to aid River Dredging." (Cable went from Crown Mills to the Permanente Cement plant. 120mm negatives. View looking west, showing the east bank of the Willamette River.)
    9904-B02-5.tif
  • 9904-B03B. "Albina Shipyard site. Electrical station. September 15, 1950" (no story in Oregonian newspaper)
    9904-B03B.tif
  • Y-621003OPS-01.  Aerial of Willamette River near Albina Engine & Machine, October 3, 1962
    Y-621003OPS-01.tif
  • Y-580502-B07. aerial view of future Memorial Coliseum site after removal of houses. Looking north east from top of Steel Bridge. May 2, 1958.
    Y-580502-B07.tif
  • Y-480707-02.  Vanport refugees at Guilds Lake leave on caravan to Salem to protest conditions. Most of the African American flood victims were given temporary housing in dilapidated war surplus mobile buildings trucked to vacant land at Guilds Lake. After a little over a month of living in these circumstances, the residents organized a caravan to Salem and protest their conditions at the State Capitol. Signs on cars read: “We Want Permanent Homes – Not Kennels on Wheels” and “Vanport Dead Cry Out for Justice”. July 7, 1948
    Y-480707.tif
  • 9904-B03A. "Albina Shipyard site. Electrical station. September 15, 1950" (no story in Oregonian newspaper)
    9904-B03A.tif
  • 9702-51-08. Thara Memory, a Portland trumpeter and band leader, at the Peninsula Park band shell in N Portland. June 25, 1983.
    9702-51-08.tif
  • Y-551005-01.  aerial view of the proposed Exposition site (now Memorial Coliseum) between Broadway & Steel Bridges. Looking south. October 5, 1955.
    Y-551005-01.tif
  • Y-551005-03.  Aerial of future site  of Memorial Coliseum, looking NW from NE Broadway. October 5, 1955.
    Y-551005-03.tif
  • Y-551005-02.  aerial view of the proposed Exposition site (now Memorial Coliseum) between Broadway & Steel Bridges. Looking north. October 5, 1955.
    Y-551005-02.tif
  • Y-560400A-10. Piedmont area looking south. Killingsworth St. near center in front of Jefferson High School football field. Public Library & Chapel of the Chimes. Note gas tank behind Jefferson. March 1956.
    Y-560400A-10.tif
  • Y-620930. Memorial Coliseum. Dedication of War Memorial. September 30, 1962.
    Y-620930A08.tif
  • Y-610214-04. Emanuel Hospital construction progress. Empty lot. North Commercial Avenue between Graham & Stanton. February 14, 1961
    Y-610214-04.tif
  • ackroyd_10075-3.tif. "Balfour - Guthrie. Aerial Irving Dock. December 2, 1960" (Willamette river from the Broadway Bridge north to Albina Engine & Machine.)
    ackroyd-10075-3.tif
  • Y-760723B-10. Emanuel Hospital. Fremont Bridge ramps. July 23, 1976
    Y-760723B-10.tif
  • Y-541125-05.  Murder at the Mysterious Billy Smith Tavern, 1500 North Wheeler, November 25th, 1954.
    Y-541125-05.tif
  • Ackroyd 02769-1. Albina Freight Terminal aerial. April 2, 1951 (Albina Dock on left)
    ackroyd-02769-1.tif
  • Y-700605A-02. Emanuel Hospital, Model Cities Committee luncheon. June 5, 1970
    Y-700605A-02.tif
  • Ackroyd 11342-10. "Aerials. November 1, 1962", "Albina Engine & DeLong Corporation."
    ackroyd-11342-10.tif
  • Y-700605A-05 Emanuel Hospital, Model Citys Committee luncheon. June 5, 1970. Neighborhood opposes hospital expansion plans.
    Y-700605A-05.tif
  • Y-480530-02.  “A man in a suit and hat carries a baby girl. His wife walks just behind him to his right. They are David Kizer, 32, and Ruth Kizer, 19. He carries their daughter, Barbara, 11 days shy of 1 year. They and others walk with a determined stride on North Denver Avenue.” (excerpt of caption published in the Oregonian, May 24, 1998, page M2.) May 30, 1948.
    Y-480530-02.tif
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