Photograph showing three Churn Maid Products Co. delivery trucks parked on the street. An unidentified man is standing next to each truck. On the buildings in the background are signs for Churn Maid; Dairy’s Supply Co. Inc., and Portland Stove & Furnace Repair Works. This photograph was probably taken in Portland in the 300 block of Southeast Union Avenue (now Southeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard). Image note: Light leak on negative.
Photograph showing trucks outside part of the General Grocery Company Inc. building at 45 SE Ash Street in Portland. It housed offices, warehouse space, and manufacturing areas. See related image No. 372A1150. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Photograph showing the White King Soap Company office at Southeast Water Avenue and Southeast Madison street in Portland. A White King truck is parked outside the building, and several unidentified men are standing on the street corner. See related image No. 372A1169.
Photograph showing a three-story brick building, possibly at 405 Northwest Couch in Portland. On the building are two signs reading “New Home of R. E. Douglas Inc. / Acme Beer Distributors.” Lower on the building are two signs in Chinese.
Photograph showing a Portland Bottling Co. truck parked outside the company’s building at 1271 North Williams Avenue in Portland. Signs on the building read (from left): “For the 7 Hang Overs”; “Home of 7UP”; “Takes the Ouch out of Grouch”; “Portland Bottling Co.” Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Photograph showing an unidentified man, possibly the proprietor, posing outside the door of Fay Drugs at Northeast 30th Avenue and Northeast Killingsworth Street in Portland. The store is in a single-story brick building.
Photograph showing two young men in white jackets loading a large box into the back of a Vern L. Wenger Radio Service truck. A third man is standing next to the truck, watching. On the side of the box are the words “Another RCA Victor Radio / Model 9-K / RCA Manufacturing Co. Inc. / Camden, New Jersey.” The number 2 is written on the negative and is visible in the lower left corner of the image. Vern L. Wenger was located in Portland.
Photograph showing two delivery trucks parked outside the Western Packing Company in Portland. An unidentified man is standing next to the truck on the right. A sign at over the open doors of the loading area reads “Western Packing Co. / Fresh and cured meats.” A sign on the right side of the doors reads “Manufacturers of … High Grade Sausage / Luncheon Meats.”
Photograph showing two unidentified men standing outside the open loading door of a brick building with a sign reading “Italian Wine Company.” The Italian Wine Company was located at 1018 SE 8th Avenue in Portland.
Photograph showing unidentified men standing next to delivery trucks parked outside Ballif Distributing Co. facility on Southeast Second Avenue at Southeast Madison Street, Portland. On the building are signs reading (from left to right): “Mar-Vista Wines”; “Ballif Distributing Co.”; and “Schlitz and Old Milwaukee Beer.” See related image No. 372A1165.
Photograph showing a warehouse at Southeast Third Avenue and Southeast Belmont Street in Portland. Trucks are parked outside three of the loading areas. On the side of each truck are the words “Wadhams wholesale grocers.” Above the entrance to the building is a sign reading “Wadhams & Co.” Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Photograph showing the exterior of The Home Plate restaurant at Southeast 49th Avenue and Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard in Portland. An unidentified man in an apron is standing in front of the building. The view is to the north. Across the top of the building are the words “ICES / ALES / CANDY / TOBACCO.” Below that are the words “THE HOME PLATE / ‘HAMBURGERS AND OTHERS.’ “ Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Photograph showing the exterior of the National Biscuit Company building at Northwest 12th Avenue and Northwest Davis Street in Portland. Cars and a freight truck are parked outside the building. A sign on the building reads “National Biscuit Company / Uneeda Bakers.” The view is to the east.
Photograph showing the exterior of a warehouse. A sign on the front of the building reads “Ballif Distributing Company.” The street number over the door is 522.
Photograph showing a small corner building with signs for a lunch counter and a barber shop. The street numbers 536 and 534 are visible above the businesses’ doors. Signs for the Rowe Plumbing Company (center) and a theater (right) are visible on buildings in the background.
Photograph showing a vacant grocery store at the corner of Southeast Grand Avenue and Southeast Washington Street in Portland. Painted in the window are the words “MOVED ONE BLOCK SOUTH.”
Photograph showing a two-story building at the corner of Southeast Union Avenue (now Southeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) and Southeast Alder Street in Portland. On the corner of the building are signs reading “ORE-WA Packing Co.” and “W. W. Swank Co. / 401 / Brokers / 401.” At far left is the building depicted in image No. 372A1217. See related image No. 372A1223. Image note: Light leak on negative.
Photograph showing an empty lot covered in grass at the corner of Southeast 6th Avenue and Southeast Salmon Street in Portland. The photograph was taken from the southwest corner of the intersection, and the view is to the northeast. At left is the Sande Court apartment building.
Photograph showing part of the General Grocery Company Inc. building at 45 SE Ash Street in Portland. It housed offices, warehouse space, and manufacturing areas. See related image No. 372A1149.
Photograph showing two vehicles parked outside the Frank Fink Company warehouse at 1310 Southeast Union Avenue (now Southeast Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard) in Portland. On the side of the building are signs reading “Best Foods,” “Frank Fink Company / Food Distributors; and Nucoa. Next to a loading bay is a sign reading “Frank Fink Company / Distributors of Best Foods Products / Borden’s Cheese / Blue Moon Spreads.” This building is also shown in image No. 372A1215, when it was the Hickman Products Company Ltd. warehouse. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Photograph showing the exterior of the Empire Drugs store on West Burnside Street at Northwest 23rd Avenue in Portland. A sign on the corner of the building reads “Empire Drugs / Fountain / No. 1.”
Photograph showing an empty corner lot in Portland. The lot is covered with grass and debris. In the background is an industrial building with a sign reading: “Hesse-Ersted Iron Works / Engineers, Founders, Machinsts.”
Photograph showing a two-story building on a corner of Southeast Seventh Avenue in Portland, possibly near Southeast Morrison Street. On the ground floor of the building is an auto-glass shop. At left center are directional signs pointing to the Morrison Bridge and City Center. At far left are billboards advertising paint and Camel cigarettes.