Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County. It is located in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
The city covers 145 square miles (380 square kilometers) and is the 26th most populous city in the United States.
Here, below is a rare collection of 44 vintage photos capturing street scenes of Portland from between the 1900s and 1910s.
(Photos from jackonflickr)
The city covers 145 square miles (380 square kilometers) and is the 26th most populous city in the United States.
Here, below is a rare collection of 44 vintage photos capturing street scenes of Portland from between the 1900s and 1910s.
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| 5th and Morrison, 1912 |
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| A red electric pulls the liberty bell past the Circle Theater, 1915 |
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| Baker Stock Company in the late 1900s |
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| Broadway in the late 1910s |
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| Children (near political signs) in front of the Portland and OK coffee houses, circa 1900 |
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| Children walking in Portland’s historic Chinatown, ca. 1900s |
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| Crossing the Willamette from Sellwood, ca. 1900s |
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| East 15th and Burnside, 1919 |
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| First traffic signal in Portland SW 3rd Ave and Morrison St., 1915 |
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| Fourth street, 1907 |
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| Grand parade on Broadway, 1910 |
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| Jackson Tower, 1918 |
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| Lewis Clark Exposition, Summer 1905 |
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| Looking east on Sandy at 37th street, 1915 |
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| Motorcycle club at 4th and Taylor, 1912 |
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| Multnomah County Courthouse, circa 1900 |
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| Northeast Weidler Street during ice storm in 1917 |
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| Park School, 1904 |
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| Portland railway light & power streetcar special car, 1908 |
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| Portland Rose Parade, 1908 |
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| Ramapo Hotel at 1337 S.W. Washington street, 1918 |
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| S.E. Morrison & Water, 1915 |
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| S.W. 3rd Ave & Washington, 1905 |
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| S.W. 3rd avenue, looking North from Morrison, 1910 |
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| S.W. 5th and Morrison Street, 1912 |
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| S.W. 5th from Washington, 1907 |
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| S.W. Sixth and Yamhill, 1915 |
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| S.W. Washington and Broadway, 1914 |
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| Sixth and Taylor streets, 1910 |
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| Sixth street, looking North, 1912 |
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| Skidmore fountain, ca. 1910s |
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| Streetcars at Third and Morrison, 1905 |
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| The 23rd Avenue steetcar, ca. 1910s |
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| The corner of 23rd and Burnside in 1913 |
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| The Heilig theatre, 1912 |
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| The Oregonian Building at S.W. 6th and Alder, 1904 |
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| The Quimby House on 4th and Couch, ca. 1910s |
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| Third Street on the Road of a Thousand Wonders in Portland, ca. 1910s |
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| Train station, 1913 |
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| Union Oil Fire on June 26, 1911 |
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| Wagons and businesses along Front Avenue, 1910 |
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| Waterfront - foot of Yamhill and Salmon Sts., 1914 |
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| West Burnside and SW Washington at 19th, 1910 |
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| Women at fountain, ca. 1910s |
(Photos from jackonflickr)
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