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Entrance of Men’s Resort of First Presbyterian Church, 4th and Burnside, Portland

Photograph showing the front steps and door of the Men’s Resort of the First Presbyterian Church, located at Fourth and Burnside streets (now Southwest 4th Avenue and West Burnside street). Just above the door is a bas-relief sign that reads “MENS RESORT.” In the window above the door is a second sign that reads “MENS RESORT / FREE / READING ROOM.”

Men’s Resort of First Presbyterian Church, 4th and Burnside, Portland

Photograph showing the exterior and entrance of the Men’s Resort of the First Presbyterian Church, located at Fourth and Burnside streets (now Southwest 4th Avenue and West Burnside street). Just above the door is a bas-relief sign that reads “MENS RESORT.” In the window above the door is a second sign that reads “MENS RESORT / FREE / READING ROOM.”

First Presbyterian Church, Portland

Photograph, possibly from a copy negative, showing First Presbyterian Church at 3rd and Washington in Portland. At the front of a church is a three-story square tower. Visible in the upper left corner is the handwritten text “First Presbyterian Church. / N. W. cor. 3rd & Washington sts.” Below that is a date that could be either “July, 1881” or “July, 1887.” Image note: Light leak on negative.

First Presbyterian Church, Portland, with steeple damaged by lightning

Photograph showing First Presbyterian Church at 11th and Alder streets (now Southwest 11th Avenue and Southwest Alder Street) in Portland on Saturday, July 17, 1920, after lightning damaged the steeple. A cropped version of this photograph was published on the front page of the Oregon Journal’s July 17 city edition under the headline “Bolt Strikes.” The photograph had the following caption: “Steeple of First Presbyterian church, Eleventh and Alder streets, showing where lightning ripped slate off the roof in a jagged streak. Below, the street is roped off to prevent injury to pedestrians.” The photograph accompanied a story with the headline “Steeple Is Shattered by Electric Bolt” and the subheading “Patrolman C. C. Martin, Seeking Shelter From Storm, Knocked Senseless When Shock Hits Edifice; Rain Puts Out Fire.” See related image No. 376G0316.

First Presbyterian Church, Portland, with steeple damaged by lightning

Photograph showing the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church at 11th and Alder streets (now Southwest 11th Avenue and Southwest Alder Street) in Portland on Saturday, July 17, 1920, after it was damaged by lightning. The Oregon Journal published a related photograph, image No. 376G0315, and a story about the damage on the front page of Its July 17 city edition. The story had the headline “Steeple Is Shattered By Electric Bolt” and the subheading “Patrolman C. C. Martin, Seeking Shelter From Storm, Knocked Senseless When Shock Hits Edifice; Rain Puts Out Fire.”