Photograph showing two unidentified employees from Tarola Motor Cars, one sitting on a three-wheeled motorcycle and one in the driver’s seat of a truck. They are parked on Northwest Couch Street outside St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.
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 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 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 an addition under construction at the Montgomery Ward warehouse in Portland in March 1936. A cropped version of this photograph was published on Page 5, Section 2, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, March 29, 1936, under the headline “Pouring Third Floor Block at Ward’s.” The photograph had the following caption: “Building activity is at high gear on this $750,000 project at Montgomery Ward & Co. mail order and retail center at N. W. 27th avenue and Vaughn Street, as 150 men push the nine-story addition into the air.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Montgomery Ward Project On Schedule.” Image note: The text “Mont - Ward 3/26/36” is written on the negative and is faintly visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Photograph showing two unidentified men at the Blumauer-Frank Drug Company store in Portland, probably during the Christmas season. They are facing each other and the man on the left appears to be showing merchandise to the man on the right. Lamps are displayed on the wall behind them and the shelves are lined with tinsel. A partially visible sign at the top of the image reads “Blumauer-Frank's Gift-Department” and features illustrations of holly.
Photograph showing two unidentified men standing outside Brehm & Douglas wholesale grocers in Portland. The man at left is showing a bottled beverage to the man at right, who is holding a bottle opener. See related image No. 372A1182.
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 two unidentified men standing outside Brehm & Douglas wholesale grocers in Portland. Each man is holding a bottled beverage. See related image No. 372A1183.
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.
Full-length portrait of four unidentified men standing on the sidewalk next to a delivery truck and stacked boxes of Horluck's Vienna-Style Beer. The photograph was taken outside the Columbia Beverage Company at Southeast 13th Avenue and Southeast Division Street in Portland.. The man at left is holding a box and is wearing an apron and a hat with the words “Columbia Beverage Co.” on the front. The other three men, wearing overcoats and suits, are standing in a row behind him. On the side of the truck are the words “Star Vaggi's Mixers” and “Columbia Beverage Co.”
Photograph showing the exterior of Strellman’s Food Store, a brick building at the corner of Southeast Stark Street and Southeast 45th Avenue in Portland.
Three-quarters portrait of two unidentified men outside the White King Soap Co. office at Southeast Water Avenue and Southeast Madison Street in Portland. They are facing front and wearing suits and ties.
Half-length portrait of an unidentified woman holding three loaves of Keller’s Baking Company bread. She is standing next to shelves filled with loaves.
Full-length portrait of four unidentified men standing in a row next to a truck outside the White King Soap Company at Southeast Water Avenue and Southeast Madison Street in Portland. The White King name and logo are visible on the side of the truck. See related image No. 372A1170.
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 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 a group of employees at Sugar Crest Doughnuts in Portland. They are gathered around a table, looking at several ledgers and booklets.
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.
Full-length portrait showing six unidentified men posing in a row next to a parked truck outside the Ballif Distributing Co. facility on Southeast Second Avenue at Southeast Madison Street, Portland. See related image No. 372A1164.
Full-length portrait showing a group of nine people posing next to the La France Wine Company at 1431 Southeast 23rd Avenue in Portland. Parked on the street is a truck with the words “La France Wine Co.” on the back window and the words “Domestic and Imported Wines / Champagne” on the side. See related image No. 372A1160.
Full-length portrait showing a group of nine people posing next to a truck parked outside the La France Wine Company at 1431 Southeast 23rd Avenue in Portland. See related image No. 372A1161.
Photograph showing Kellogg’s employees standing in a row outdoors, each holding a box of cereal samples. Each box is labeled “Case No. 210-S / 144-1 ¼ oz. Packages / Kellogg’s Pep Bran Flakes Samples / Kellogg Company / Battle Creek, Michigan, U. S. A.” The photograph was taken in Portland’s South Park Blocks. In the background is the Masonic Temple (now the Mark Building at the Portland Art Museum). See related image No. 372A1157.
Photograph showing Kellogg’s employees standing in a row outdoors, each holding a box of cereal samples. Each box is labeled “Case No. 210-S / 144-1 ¼ oz. Packages / Kellogg’s Pep Bran Flakes Samples / Kellogg Company / Battle Creek, Michigan, U. S. A.” The photograph was taken in Portland’s South Park Blocks. In the background is the Masonic Temple (now the Mark Building at the Portland Art Museum). See related image No. 372A1159.