Negatives documenting company activities, including electrical infrastructure, employees, power generation and distribution throughout Portland, the Willamette Valley and the Oregon Cascade Range. Additional general images include streetcars and trains, street lighting, power line installation, Rose Festival floats, office buildings, car barns and bridges. Of particular note are dam building projects at Bull Run and along the Clackamas River (1910-1930), and early electric stations in Oregon City at Willamette Falls.
Streetcar rails reach the end of the line on a wooden dock on the Willamette River. Ropes hang down from wooden beams. Across the river is the Union Pacific Railroad Dock.
The Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, constructed in 1890, looking west from Yamhill Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. People wait on the sidewalk at a streetcar stop. Taken March 8, 1939.
The Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, constructed in 1890, looking west from Yamhill Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. People wait on the sidewalk at a streetcar stop. Taken March 8, 1939.
The Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, constructed in 1890, looking west from Yamhill Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. People wait on the sidewalk at a streetcar stop. Taken March 8, 1939.
A row of buildings on Front Avenue, looking south from the Burnside Bridge. Demolition of Dekum and Reed block, at right, has begun. Automobiles are parked on the street and the trolley tracks are visible. Taken March 4, 1939.
Cast-iron buildings line Front Avenue, looking south from the Burnside Bridge. An automobile is parked on the street. Freight rails in the middle of Front Avenue. Taken February 12, 1939.
Night time view of the Madison Hotel on Madison Street with the Hawthorne Bridge in the background. A sign on the hotel building reads, “Portland Statuary Co.”
The Portland Hotel, also known as the Hotel Portland, looking west from Yamhill Street. People wait on the sidewalk at a streetcar stop. Taken October 18, 1938.
Street view of Piedmont car barn building at North Killingsworth Street and North Mississippi Avenue, showing two individuals in suits standing in front. A packed dirt street runs in front of the building, with a white wooden building seen on the right side. Numerous wooden poles and power lines can be seen throughout the image, as well as a wooden water tower in the distance.
Photograph of train car #1359, Standard Gauge Paye Motor Car, partway under a building facade. Multiple electric lines pass overhead. “Sellwood” is displayed at front of train.
Exterior photograph of two-story brick building and brick garage structure. Several train cars can be seen in the garage, as well as a train track on right side. In background is a white house.
Photograph of a picture of a city street, possibly 5th Street (now Southwest Fifth Avenue) in Portland. The picture, taken from a high vantage, shows buildings and streetcars. The building at left may be the Meier & Frank building at 5th and Morrison. At bottom center is a sign for Moore’s Cafeteria.
Photograph showing train car #309 in front of a multi-story wooden building, with numerous tracks seen on the road in front of the car. Gated entrances are on the front and back of the car.
Photograph showing a women getting on a twin car train. The woman is wearing a hat with a veil and a striped dress. To either side of the woman, two other attached cars are separated by safety gates. (Image note: top left corner of glass negative is broken).
Photograph showing work train #927 in front of a two-story wooden building. On the left side of the image, a brick drugstore can be seen. What appears to be a rope and pulley system are visible on the train car.
Photograph showing the interior of train car #78. A doorway separates passenger seating from the drivers area, and advertisements can be seen along the ceiling. Electric lights line the center of the car.
Photograph showing train car #78 for the Portland Consolidated Railway Company, seen in in front of several wooden houses on a residential street. Numerous tracks can be seen on the road in front of the car, and the attached electric lines are visible above. One half of the car is enclosed, while the other is open-air.
Photograph showing train car #149 seen in in front of several wooden houses on a residential street. Numerous tracks can be seen on the road in front of the car, and the attached electric lines are visible above. One half of the car is enclosed, while the other is open-air. The sign on the front of the car reads “East Ankeny St.”
Photograph of street car #603, seen in in front of the Piedmont bar. Written on a sign at the front of the train is “No Stops, Steel Bridge to Piedmont.” The back car is open-air seating.
Photograph of a sightseeing car seen on a city street. On the car is written “Observation car ‘Seeing Portland’” and “Daily Washington and Fifth Streets.” On the right side of the image, a lighted sign for Hotel Del Majo can be seen.
Photograph showing train car #921 of the Portland Railway Company, seen in front of a two-story wooden building. On the right side of the image, another car can be seen on a side street. The front and back of the car is open platform, with a covered area in the middle.
Photograph of street cars #196 and #351, seen in in front of a wooden building. Written on a sign at the front of the train is “No Stops, Steel Bridge to Piedmont.”
Photograph showing the interior of train car #1134. At the front of the car, a wheel and lever can be seen. Advertisements line the ceiling above the windows.