The program for the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church annual observance of the Annual Women's Day (36th) was handed out to congregants on May 20, 1990.
Photograph showing the Beech Street Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church in Portland. Outside the church are two boys playing on a tricycle. The church was located at the corner of Beech and Borthwick streets, now North Beech Street and North Borthwick Avenue. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Unidentified members of the congregation standing in front of the east side of the Bethel AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church. The Bethel AME Church once stood on the corner of N. Larrabee Ave. and N. McMillen Street. It was torn down in the 1950s when the city built the Memorial Coliseum.
Photograph showing the exterior of the First Presbyterian Church’s brick hall at 13th and Alder streets (now Southwest 13th Avenue and Southwest Alder Street). The building was completed in September 1912. The text “Presbyterian church house” is written on the negative sleeve.
Photograph a crowd of people gathered outside a building under construction. The photograph was probably taken on December 11, 1927, during a ceremony to lay the cornerstone of a new building for education and recreation at Centenary-Wilbur Methodist Church in Portland.
Photograph of young people standing in a V formation outside a building under construction. The photograph was probably taken on December 11, 1927, at a ceremony to lay the cornerstone of a new building for education and recreation at Centenary-Wilbur Methodist Church in Portland.
Photograph showing the entrance to First Baptist Church in Portland, located at 12th and Taylor streets (now Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest Taylor Street). The entryway consists of a large central arch with pillars, flanked by two smaller arches.
The Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church began as the First Baptist Church of Burton Homes, a federal wartime housing project managed by the Vancouver Housing Authority (Washington state). Most of the people in this 1945 photo of an early service were employees of the Kaiser Shipyards. The church moved to the Bagley Downs housing project later that year, then to Vanport City in 1946, and finally to the Albina neighborhood in Portland after Vanport was flooded in 1948. The current building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance to the history of civil rights in Oregon.
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.
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.
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.”
Photograph, taken from the side, showing the entrance to the First Unitarian Church at Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest Salmon Street in Portland. The text “Unitarian Church” is written on the negative and is partially visible in the lower right corner of the image. Also see related image Nos. 372A1261 and 372A1262.
Photograph showing the First Unitarian Church at Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest Salmon Street in Portland. Cars are parked on the street outside the church. The photograph was taken from Southwest 12th Avenue and the view is to the north. The text “Unitarian Church” is written on the negative and is partially visible in the lower right corner of the image. Also see related image Nos. 372A1260 and 372A1262.
Photograph, taken from the side, showing the entrance to the First Unitarian Church at Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest Salmon Street in Portland. The text “Unitarian Church” is written on the negative and is partially visible in the lower right corner of the image. Also see related image Nos. 372A1260 and 372A1261.
Photograph showing the exterior of the Foursquare Gospel church at the corner of East Ankeny and East 13th streets in Portland, now Southeast Ankeny Street and Southeast 13th Avenue. See related image No. 371N5374.
Photograph showing the exterior of the Foursquare Gospel church at the corner of East Ankeny and East 13th streets in Portland, now Southeast Ankeny Street and Southeast 13th Avenue. See related image No. 371N5375.
Photograph showing the front exterior of St. Andrew Catholic Church at Northeast Ninth Avenue and Northeast Alberta Street in Portland. The photograph shows the steps leading to the entrance, the arched doors, and the stained glass windows above the doors.
Photograph of the exterior of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, taken from the southeast corner. The church is located at what is now North Williams Avenue and North Rosa Parks Way.
Photograph showing the exterior of Immanuel Lutheran Church at 19th and Irving streets (now Northwest 19th Avenue and Northwest Irving Street) in Portland. The text “Emanuel [sic] Lutheran Church” is written on the negative and is visible at the top of the image.
Photograph of the exterior of Laurelwood Methodist Episcopal Church at what is now SE 62nd Avenue and SE Holgate Boulevard in Portland. The building is now the Mount Scott Learning Center.
Collection includes: Correspondence, sermons, awards and certificates, files from his activity in the Urban League of Portland and other civil and philanthropic associations, minutes of meetings for Men's Club of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church, missionaries' quarterly reports, etc.
Photograph of the exterior of Mount Olivet Baptist Church at the corner of NE 1st Avenue and NE Schuyler Avenue in Portland. The building is now occupied by The Well Community Church.
Photograph, taken from across the street, showing the exterior of the Rose City Park Methodist Episcopal Church at Northeast Alameda Street and Northeast 58th Avenue in Portland. The church is now known as the Rose City Park United Methodist Church.
Photograph showing the exterior of St. Agatha Catholic Church at East Fifteenth and Nehalem streets (now Southeast 15th Avenue and Southeast Nehalem Street) in Portland. A cropped version of either this photograph or image No. 376G0175, which is nearly identical, was published on Page 5 of the Oregon Journal city edition on Saturday, October 9, 1920, under the headline “St. Agathas Church In Sellwood Dedicated.” The photograph had the following caption: “St. Agathas Catholic church, corner Fifteenth and Nehalem streets, Sellwood, which was dedicated Sunday morning with impressive ceremonies.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Pontifical Mass Blesses Church.” Image note: Scratch at bottom of negative.
Photograph showing the exterior of St. Agatha Catholic Church at East Fifteenth and Nehalem streets (now Southeast 15th Avenue and Southeast Nehalem Street) in Portland. A cropped version of either this photograph or image No. 376G0174, which is nearly identical, was published on Page 5 of the Oregon Journal city edition on Saturday, October 9, 1920, under the headline “St. Agathas Church In Sellwood Dedicated.” The photograph had the following caption: “St. Agathas Catholic church, corner Fifteenth and Nehalem streets, Sellwood, which was dedicated Sunday morning with impressive ceremonies.” The photograph accompanied a story headlined “Pontifical Mass Blesses Church.” Image note: Scratch at bottom of negative.