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  • CS00636-03. Ships on West bank of Willamette during Portland Rose Festival, June 1959. Oregon Journal building in background.
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  • 0805-B01. 16th St. Trolley, Portland. Portland Railway Company's streetcar 317 is shown heading north on NW 19th Avenue. Known as the Portland Railway Co. 'Standards', No. 317 and sister cars were all designed and built in the Portland Railway's own shops at 23rd & West Burnside. As this photo was taken, No. 317 is field-testing one of many experimental safety fender designs. (caption written by Art Greisser July 19, 2010)
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  • Ackroyd 18814-1 "Schnitzer Industries, aerials Oregon Shipyard site at 4500 feet. April 17, 1974" (St. Johns, north of Terminal 4, former Oregon Shipbuilding corp site.)
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  • 0613-2B007. Battleship Oregon in Portland harbor, Oregon.
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  • 0001-E123B Portland, Oregon. Last days of the Portland Hotel, early August 1951
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  • CS00013-11 Portland from SW Hills, June 1961. The big round tanks on the left are the Crown Mills in NW Portland, to the right is Union Station, above them is Grant High School in NE Portland, the bridge is the Steel Bridge, The Sears store is on NE Grand and is now the TriMet offices, directly in front of Mt. Hood is Mt. Tabor and on the right is the Burnside Bridge.
    CS00013-11.tif
  • Y-561221B.  Tik Tok Restaurant sold. 1230 E. Burnside, Portland, Oregon. December 21, 1956
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  • Y-491121A-01. “Portland Traction Co. 800 series for sale” Car #800 with sign for NW 23rd.  Nov 21, 1949
    Y-491121A-02.tif
  • ackroyd_C07105-09. "Port of Portland. stock. July 22, 1988" (old Oregon Shipyard site, St. Johns, DEQ Site ID 2355, International Terminals, North Burgard Industrial Park, Old Oregon Shipyard, Schnitzer Burgard Industrial Park)
    ackroyd-C07105-09.tif
  • 0001-E123A Portland, Oregon. Final days of the Portland Hotel. Early August 1951.
    0001-E123A.tif
  • CS00958-04. Portland waterfront. Harbor Drive ramps taking 99W across the Steel Bridge. View looking north on the west bank of the Willamette. Camera on the Burnside Bridge. These ramps are still in use connecting Naito Parkway with the Steel Bridge, however they have been substantially altered to accommodate the Max light rail. photo ca. 1952-55.
    CS00958-04.tif
  • 0610-05. William Howard Taft, former US President, in Portland. The Newspaper Men held a reception at the Benson Hotel to honor him. August 22, 1915. In the background is the Hotel Buckman, 652 1/2 Washington. This location is on West Burnside between 21st & 22nd. (in 1933 Portland streets were renamed and renumbered)
    0610-05.tif
  • Y-680111C-15. Albina Branch Public Library. January 11, 1968 Portland, Oregon.
    Y-680111C-15.tif
  • CH0004. Central Fire Station fire house, 905 SW 4th, corner of Taylor. Photographed before this station moved to a new location in 1950. Portland, Oregon
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  • 0805-A02.  Art Museum. SW 5th & Taylor, from the SW. 1912, Portland, Oregon
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  • Ackroyd 15540-11 "Port of Portland. Aerials at Rivergate. August 30, 1968" Oregon Steel Mills.
    ackroyd-15540-11.tif
  • 0502-03 Portland, Oregon waterfront at night. About 1993.
    0502-03.tif
  • Y-710126B-07.  Portland Center Apartments, 200 SW Harrison, Portland, Oregon. View looking north. January 26, 1971
    Y-710126B-07.tif
  • CS00019-14 Portland Bird's-eye view from King's Heights. September 1973.
    CS00019-14.tif
  • Ackroyd 00064-6. "Portland Baseball Club – Boys class. August 19, 1947." Vaughn St. Stadium, Portland Beavers,
    ackroyd-00064-6.tif
  • Simon 060. Oregon Casket Co., NW 21st & Savier. August 14, 1950
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  • National Guard mobilization. The first test in the nation of state guards’ preparedness was held in Oregon. Officers gave a surprise call to 6500 men of the Oregon National Guard in locations around the state and found 63% of them were ready and had reported to their designated location within an hour. Company H of the 162nd Infantry had assembled at the Portland Armory and were dispatched to take defensive positions on the Portland Harbor seawall on Harbor Drive. The buildings on the left are between Pine and Ash on what is now SW Naito Parkway, the electric store on the left is now a parking lot. The larger building next to it is Smith’s Block, built in 1872. Harbor Drive is the first freeway in the nation to be demolished and converted to be public park space, which is now Waterfront Park. April 20, 1955.
    Y-550420C-1.tif
  • Ackroyd 00064-4. "Portland Baseball Club – Boys class. August 19, 1947." Vaughn St. Stadium, Portland Beavers,
    ackroyd-00064-4.tif
  • 0501-01 Nick Gales, barber, 314 SW 9th Ave, Portland, Oregon. January 1952
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  • Portland Art Museum Oregon Photography show, February 25, 1951. Ray Atkeson prints.
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  • Y-551013-01. Aerial of SW Portland, Willamette River, SE Portland and Mt. Hood. October 13, 1955
    Y-551013-01.tif
  • ackroyd-P380-07 "Rivergate. Crown Zellerbach. Dredge Oregon, drydocks. February 9, 1968"
    ackroyd-P380-07.tif
  • Ackroyd 17666-1. "Oregon Steel. aerial plant. February 1, 1972" (NW Portland Guilds Lake area)
    ackroyd-17666-1.tif
  • Ackroyd 00064-5. "Portland Baseball Club – Boys class. August 19, 1947." Vaughn St. Stadium, Portland Beavers,
    ackroyd-00064-5.tif
  • Ackroyd 00064-3. "Portland Baseball Club – Boys class. August 19, 1947." Vaughn St. Stadium, Portland Beavers,
    ackroyd-00064-3.tif
  • Ackroyd 05441-16 "Aerials. August 1, 1954" “Lower harbor“ (NW Portland waterfront. old Shaver site on extreme right)
    ackroyd-05441-16.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
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  • Ackroyd 01907-2. "aerials of northwest business district including Broadway and Burnside bridges. December 14, 1949" (NW Portland, Pearl District, Old Town)
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  • Ackroyd 01907-1. "aerials of northwest business district including Broadway and Burnside bridges. December 14, 1949" (NW Portland, Pearl District, Old Town)
    ackroyd-01907-1.tif
  • Portland Art Museum Oregon Photography show, February 25, 1951
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  • Y-580311-D08.  Portland bridges & Waterfront March 11, 1958
    Y-580311-D08.tif
  • 9969-2276. Skidmore fountain at First and Ankeny Streets, Portland, Oregon. January 31, 1936.
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  • CS01116-03. Portland Shipyards, Swan Island, Launching the 'George Luckenbach'. June 1953
    CS01116-03.tif
  • CS01116-02. Portland Waterfront, west side, looking North from Hawthorne Bridge. USS Algol KA-54, June 1953 POVA Visitor's Information Center on left, old Morrison Bridge on right.
    CS01116-02.tif
  • Y-480700-1The Morrison street trolley going to Mt. Tabor is picking up passengers in front of the Pioneer Courthouse. The Portland Hotel is in the background. 1948 license plates on all cars in photo. Trolley 591. Published August 1, 1948 pg. 29 "Dangerous. Center of street loading requirements of streetcars is a constant danger to passengers, traffic engineers point out. This photograph demonstrates possibility of cars striking passengers."
    Y-480700-1.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 02104-15. March 29, 1950. NW Portland UP rail yards north of Broadway Bridge.
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  • Ackroyd 02104-5. March 29, 1950. NW Portland UP rail yards north of Broadway Bridge.
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  • Ackroyd 00149-1. "Portland Speedway & Amphitheatre. Aerials. September 16, 1947."
    ackroyd-00149-1.tif
  • CS00331-08. Corley Sawmill Machinery, the building facing Skidmore Fountain, 106 SW 1st St., Portland.  This is known as the Ladd & Tilton Bank, built in 1868, demolished in 1954. This was one of the finest cast iron buildings in Portland.
    CS00331-08.tif
  • 0610-04. ship Christel and tug Alexandria in Portland harbor before the sea wall was constructed. The German ship visited Portland several times between 1902 and 1905.
    0610-04.tif
  • Y-540105-02. Night view of Mt. Hood & Portland from Oregonian composing room. Color transparency January 5, 1954
    Y-540105-02.tif
  • Y-540105-01.  Night view of Mt. Hood & Portland from Oregonian composing room. Color transparency January 5, 1954
    Y-540105-01.tif
  • Ackroyd 01907-3. "aerials of northwest business district including Broadway and Burnside bridges. December 14, 1949" (NW Portland, Pearl District, Old Town)
    ackroyd-01907-3.tif
  • Y-540105-02b. Night view of Mt. Hood & Portland from Oregonian composing room. Color transparency January 5, 1954
    Y-540105-02b.tif
  • Y-491121A-03.  “Portland Traction Co. 800 series for sale” Car #800 with sign for NW 23rd.  Nov 21, 1949
    Y-491121A-03.tif
  • 9969-car. Elevated parking garage, Portland, Oregon
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  • Ackroyd 02199-1. aerial NE 12th, Sandy and East Burnside. Portland Oregon. May 15, 1950. Motor City 3-Minit Car Wash, Rawlinson's Cleaners, Tik-Tok drive-in. view looking northwest.
    ackroyd-02199-1.tif
  • ackroyd-02142-2. April 19, 1950 "Aerial Sullivans Gulch, Lloyd Corp. buildings, Bonneville Power Admin., Sears Roebuck & Co." (NE Portland Oregon, view looking east from Willamette River. Sullivans Gulch before the Banfield Freeway was built. The Union and Grand Bridges are in the foreground. The Sears store is now the Metro building. Lloyd Center construction has not begun. both Union and Grand are still two-way traffic streets. The curved street used to be NE Glisan and is now Lloyd Way.)
    ackroyd-02142-2.tif
  • 0001-E131-08. Razing of the Portland Hotel. Late October 1951. Photos by Gladys Smith. Taken from 14th floor of American Bank Building.
    0001-E131-08.tif
  • 0001-E130 Razing of the Portland Hotel. Late October 1951. Photo by Gladys Smith. Taken from 14th floor of American Bank Building.
    0001-E130.tif
  • Y-540105-01. Night view of Mt. Hood & Portland from Oregonian composing room. Color transparency January 5, 1954
    Y-540105-01a.tif
  • Y-530325-01. City Hall, corner of 5th & Jefferson, Portland. March 25, 1953
    Y-530325-01.tif
  • Ackroyd 00589-1. "Aerials of 82nd St. Drive-in Theater. March 10, 1948". Happy Valley, Portland, Oregon. The north side of the drive-in was bordered by Con Battin Road; the east, or right side, by Price Fuller Road; and the main arterial that runs on the left is 82nd Avenue.  the area is now dominated by box stores, malls, and fast food outlets, and I-205. The drive-in theater is currently site of G I Joe's Sports & Outdoors
    ackroyd-00589-1.tif
  • 0904-A11.  "Policeman’s Excursion 1913" Police excursion to Estacada, Portland trolley car 1307 July 27, 1913. See Oregonian July 28, 1913.
    0904-A11.tif
  • Y-590824B-15. "trip in Harbor Patrol boat on Portland Waterfront". Albina Engine & Machine Works, Permanente Cement Dock. August 24, 1959
    Y-590824B-15.tif
  • 8609-A41. Students from Portland State College held a noise parade on Broadway in downtown Portland on the evening of October  23, 1952, in celebration of their homecoming weekend. The parade ‘floats’ consisted of two flatbed trucks and many cars. This photo shows one of the trucks with students using two pneumatic jack hammers bouncing against a steel boiler plate. Other students are hammering an iron pipe with sledgehammers and crowbars. Three steam whistles were responsible for the most ear-splitting shrieks.
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  • CS00025-12. Moon over Portland at twilight, August 1960
    CS00025-12.tif
  • Y-490513D. Portland Beavers baseball team publicity shots. Vaughn St. Stadium. May 13, 1949
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  • Y-490513C. Portland Beavers baseball team publicity shots. Vaughn St. Stadium. May 13, 1949
    Y-490513C.tif
  • Y-490513B. Portland Beavers baseball team publicity shots. Vaughn St. Stadium. May 13, 1949
    Y-490513B.tif
  • 9114-11528-12. logging on Portland waterfront. Inman Poulson Lumber Co, at the base of East Sherman St. 1931.
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  • 9969-7354. Portland from Ross Island Bridge, with log raft in foreground. October 11, 1948.
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  • Y-500106-03. one of the oldest buildings in Portland, January 6, 1950 caption published 1/22/1950 pg. 9 "Erected in 1860, this home at 936. S. E. Pine street is regarded as Portland's oldest. It was once owned by W. S. Ladd." Southeast corner of SE Pine at Sandy.
    Y-500106-03.tif
  • Y-490513A. Portland Beavers baseball team publicity shots. Vaughn St. Stadium. May 13, 1949
    Y-490513A.tif
  • C-10098. The Chinese Village neon sign once located on SE 82nd Ave. in Portland, Oregon. The building was demolished in 2018 and the sign placed in storage.
    C-10098_11x14.tif
  • CS00634-09. The Roosevelt Equestrian Statue on the Park Blocks and the Congregational Church, SW Park & Madison, Portland, Feb 23, 1959.
    CS00634-09.tif
  • A man walking down the street in downtown Portland, Oregon. 1958
    Y-580319-03.tif
  • Portland twilight from Washington Park looking toward Mt. Hood.
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  • CS00938-18. Portland at night. Lair Hill neighborhood about 1958
    CS00938-18.tif
  • Y-480818A-01. Trolley buses on SW Stark, Portland, between 4th and 5th. August 18, 1948
    Y-480818A-01.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 02997-22. "Portland July 10, 1951" looking downstream on the Willamette River & Portland waterfront from the Broadway bridge.
    ackroyd-02997-22.tif
  • 0805-N02A.  Portland Radio Clinic, 637 NW 23rd,, corner 23rd & Irving. 1937
    0805-N02A.tif
  • CS00971-10. Portland and Mt. Hood at dawn, from Kings Heights. Ca. 1940.
    CS00971-10.tif
  • Y-491121A-01.  “Portland Traction Co. 800 series for sale” Car #800 with sign for NW 23rd.  Nov 21, 1949
    Y-491121-01.tif
  • Y-480818A-03. Trolley bus on SW Stark, Portland, between 4th and 5th. August 18, 1948
    Y-480818A-02.tif
  • Y-490728-01. Portland Beavers in their Vaughn Stadium locker room. July 28, 1949. Caption published in the Oregonian July 31, 1949 pg. 34: "Discordant notes are foreign to the Portland Baseball club, with the Beavers all pulling together in their spirited drive for the first division. The above picture gives an idea of the existing harmony. Eddie Basinski, the Yehudi Menuhin of the diamond, provides the music on his violin while, from left, Art Pennington, Frankie Austin and Luis Marquez, Beaver Negro stars, give out with with vocal tune befitting present league standing."
    Y-490728-01.tif
  • ackroyd_20415-16. "City of Portland. aerials. Old Portland Lumber Mill. March 2, 1978" (St. Johns south of bridge)
    ackroyd-20415-16-2.tif
  • Ackroyd 18931-1. "Port of Portland. aerials. Swan Island. June 29, 1974" "Swan Island and Portland Harbor with Chilean 'Esmeralda".
    ackroyd-18931-1.tif
  • Ackroyd 14303-15 "Schnitzer Industires Inc. launching piggy-back barge ‘SSI Portland’. December 5, 1966" (Swan Island)
    ackroyd-14303-15.tif
  • “Multnomah College and Pacific First Federal Savings” July 1, 1950 (SW 6th looking north from Yamhill, Portland Hotel in background)
    ackroyd-02303-05-fz.tif
  • Kick off rally for 1950 Community Chest drive. Cow milking contest. SW 6th at Yamhill. October 9, 1950. (Looking south on 6th, Pioneer courthouse on left, Portland Hotel on right)
    Y-501009-1-fz.tif
  • Y-480130-01. Night view of fog at SW 5th & Oak, January 30 1948. Published the next day as "Homeward bound Portland traffic Friday night was slowed by the fog blanket which the weather bureau reported extending from Kelso, Wash., on the north to Salem on the south. Photographer’s camera points south along S. W. 5th avenue at Oak in this picture, made at about 6:30 P. M." page 4.
    Y-480130-01.tif
  • POP_323-08 "Aerials of Portland Center fill area. July 25, 1967" (Swan Island)
    ackroyd-P323-08.tif
  • Ackroyd C04372-1 "Portland Terminal Railroad. Aerial. Willbridge. July 21, 1977" (Gunderson on left)
    ackroyd-C04372-1.tif
  • Ackroyd 21134-2. aerial of Portland. July 8, 1980. caption published in Daily Journal of Commerce 7/11/1980 pg. 1 "Bird's Eye View of Rose City shows construction progressing on Madison Tower, foreground. W. C. Sivers Co. of Portland, general contractor, is 50 percent complete; building is topped out, with finish work remaining. Completion of 22-story, $12 million structure is set for Jan. 1, 1981. Eric Wieser is owner of structure, which will provide 201,500 square feet of condominium space. ... Note that Portlanders haven't been quite so industrious sweeping ash off city roof-tops." (referring to ash from St. Helens eruption of May 18)
    ackroyd-21134-2.tif
  • Ackroyd 16463. "Commission of Public Docks. Harbor aerial. December 1, 1969" (Directory of business and industrial sites in Portland Harbor)
    Ackroyd-16463_OPS.tif
  • Ackroyd C04372-2 "Portland Terminal Railroad. Aerial. Willbridge. July 21, 1977" (Gunderson on left)
    ackroyd-C04372-2.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.
    ackroyd-10444-12.tif
  • Ackroyd 00069-35. "Vic Schulman. Car accident. June 8, 1945" Portland trolley collision, car 555 MT Hall. Bus turning on to Morrison bridge at the corner of SW Front & Morrison.
    ackroyd-00069-35.tif
  • Y-540607A-1. Oregon Press Photographers. Donna Lee Johnson, Miss Oregon Press Photographer, at airport. June 7, 1954.
    Y-540607A-1.tif
  • 470709.  Broadway & Washington, Portland, looking north in the rain. July 9, 1947.
    Y-470709.tif
  • ackroyd-P323-11. "Aerials of Portland Center fill area. July 25, 1967" (Swan Island)
    ackroyd-P323-11.tif
  • ackroyd-P094-11 "Drydock repaint. June 11, 1965" (repainting the Port of Portland drydock on Swan Island)
    ackroyd-P094-11.tif
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