Photograph showing an unidentified worker spraying trees at the Jantzen Beach Amusement Park in Portland. The worker is standing at the top of a tall wooden scaffold erected on the back of a truck. Two other men are standing on the ground next to the truck. At the bottom of the scaffold is a sign that reads “UNIVERSITY 1439 / SINGER’S SPRAYING SERVICE.” See related image Nos. 371N5648, 371N5650, 371N5652, and 371N5653.
Photograph showing the Neighbors of Woodcraft building at 14th and Morrison streets (now Southwest 14th Avenue and Southwest Morrison Street) in Portland. The photograph may have been taken in 1928 or 1929, while the building was under construction; the main entrance on Morrison appears incomplete, and sandbags and other materials are piled next to the building on 14th. The building is now known as the Tiffany Center.
Aerial photograph showing part of Hayden Island at bottom; the Columbia River at center; and the Smith and Bybee Wetlands at upper right. The view is to the west. At bottom, on Hayden Island, is the Jantzen Beach amusement park. The wings of the plane from which the photograph was taken are partially visible at left.
Photograph showing one of the doors to the Temple Beth Israel synagogue, located in Portland at Northwest 19th Avenue between Northwest Glisan and Northwest Flanders streets.
Photograph showing an unidentified worker spraying trees at the Jantzen Beach Amusement Park in Portland. The worker is standing at the top of a tall wooden scaffold. See related image Nos. 371N5648, 371N5652, 371N5653, and 371N5654.
Full-length portrait of three women posing with elephants at the Jantzen Beach Amusement Park in Portland. One of the elephants is lying on the ground, and the women are standing in a row on the elephant’s side. The other two elephants are standing on their hind legs on either side of the women. The women are dressed in swimming suits and heels. The woman at left may be Jerry Chenoweth, who is pictured in image Nos. 371N3050, 371N3053, 371N3056, and 371N3057. The other two women are unidentified. See related image Nos. 371N5647 and 371N5651. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Photograph showing the exterior of the Temple Beth Israel synagogue, located in Portland at Northwest 19th Avenue between Northwest Glisan and Northwest Flanders streets. The photograph shows the entrance on the west side of the building. Signs reading “KEEP OUT” and “KEEP OUT / DANGEROUS” are propped on the steps leading to the entrance.
Photograph showing the exterior of the Temple Beth Israel synagogue, located in Portland at Northwest 19th Avenue between Northwest Glisan and Northwest Flanders streets. The photograph shows the entrance at the west side of the building.
Photograph showing an unidentified worker spraying trees at the Jantzen Beach Amusement Park in Portland. The worker is standing at the top of a tall wooden scaffold erected on the back of a truck. In the background is a carousel. See related image Nos. 371N5650, 371N5652, 371N5653, and 371N5650.
Photograph showing the terminal at the Swan Island airport in Portland. On the front of the building are the words “Portland Airport Administration Building.” Also see image No. 371N5563.
Photograph of George L. Baker (second from left) and two unidentified men with a car parked outside Portland City Hall. Baker and the man at right are each standing with one foot on the car’s front bumper and looking at the man on the left. That man, who may be Oscar F. Willing, is facing them and looking downward. The photograph was probably taken during Baker’s tenure as mayor of Portland.
Photograph of Ann Bohrer, a student at the Rankin School of Flying in Portland, in the cockpit of an airplane. She is wearing a jumpsuit and an aviator’s cap and goggles.
Photograph, taken from a high angle, showing the 16-story Public Service building in downtown Portland at Sixth and Salmon Streets (now Southwest Sixth Avenue and Southwest Salmon Street). The street at lower right, in front of the building, is Sixth.
Photograph showing the terminal at the Swan Island airport in Portland. On the front of the building are the words “Portland Airport Administration Building.” Also see image No. 371N5561.
Photograph of George L. Baker (left) and three unidentified men with a car outside Portland City Hall. Baker is shaking hands with the second man from left, who may be Oscar F. Willing. The other men are watching, one sitting in the driver’s seat and one standing at right. The photograph was probably taken during Baker’s tenure as mayor of Portland. Image note: Photograph is out of focus.
Photograph, taken from a high angle and looking toward the southeast, showing part of downtown Portland. At top is the Willamette River; the Hawthorne Bridge is at upper left and the Ross Island Bridge is visible in the background at upper right. The street at on the lower left side of the image Salmon Street (now Southwest Salmon Street). At center left is the Hotel Geneva at 2nd and Salmon, and in the foreground at right is the Multnomah County Courthouse at 4th and Salmon. The photograph may have been taken from the top of the Public Service Building. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Photograph showing a Pacific Air Transport plane and a Buhl Bull-Pup in front of the terminal at the Swan Island airport in Portland. An unidentified man is seated in the cockpit of the Bull-Pup. See related image No. 371N6157.
Photograph showing cars passing a Red Crown gas station and a sign marking the Peninsula Golf Course in North Portland. The golf course was located between the Denver and Union Avenue approaches to the Interstate bridge (now North Interstate Avenue and Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Photograph showing a crowd of people in coats and hats, walking along a sidewalk. Some are carrying parcels. Garlands and other decorations are hanging from buildings and streetlights in the background. The photograph may have been taken at the corner of Southwest 5th Avenue and Southwest Alder Street in Portland, outside the Meier & Frank building.
Photograph showing the six-story Mayer Building at 12th and Morrison streets (now Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest Morrison Street) in Portland. The view is of the northwest corner of the building. On the ground floor is the Robinson-Hays Co. pharmacy.
Photograph, taken from below, of the Ross Island Bridge in Portland. The photograph may have been taken in December 1926, when the bridge was completed; the streetlights on the bridge appear to be decorated as they were for dedication ceremonies on December 21, 1926.
Photograph of the Ross Island Bridge in Portland, possibly taken in December 1926. A similar photograph was published on Page 1 of the Oregon Journal on December 21, 1926, the day the bridge was dedicated.
Photograph, looking north on Sixth Street (now NW 6th Avenue), showing Union Station at center. At left and right are buildings and parked cars along Sixth. On the buildings at left are signs for the Boyd Hotel and the Newport Restaurant. On the building in the foreground at right are signs for William Volker & Co. and the Washington Cycle & Supply Co. An unidentified man in uniform, possibly a Portland police uniform is standing on the corner at right. A mark that could be the letter “p” or “d” is written on the negative and is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
