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Historic Photos
Portland Timeline Images
Images from the timeline and more
- 1851 Minutes of first council meeting
- 1851 Minutes page on jail construction
- 1853 Bill for fire equipment
- 1855 Dog licenses print order
- 1856 Petition to install water main
- 1868 Invitation to railroad groundbreaking
- 1871 Ordinance 917 authorizing Washington Park purchase
- 1873 Fire relief petition
- 1879 Request to install telephone lines
- 1880 Petition against electric street lights
- 1880 Request to install awnings after storm
- 1887 Palatine Hill pumping station
- 1888 Letter from Skidmore Fountain Committee
- 1890 City Hall Bond
- 1891 Cover of Charter for Consolidated Cities
- 1891 Cyanotype of Bull Run exploration
- 1892 Morrison St. Bridge
- 1894 Downtown street in during flood
- 1895 Reservoir 4
- 1904 Forestry Building construction
- 1904 Parks Board report cover
- 1905 Group at Lewis & Clark Exposition fire station
- 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition Lake and Buildings
- 1907 Forestry Building exterior
- 1907 Forestry building interior
- 1908 Fire engine decorated for Rose Parade
- 1908 Hose company 20: first prize in Rose Parade
- 1910 Construction crew on Hawthorne (Madison St.) Bridge
- 1912 Bennet Plan proposal for Park Blocks and Burnside
- 1913 Proposed 1913 Charter cover
- 1915 First traffic signal 3rd and Morrison
- 1915 Linnton merger ballot
- 1915 Lola Greene Baldwin
- 1915 St. Johns merger ballot
- 1917 Public Auditorium dedication pamphlet
- 1921 Cheney Plan map
- 1921 Cheney Plan proposals for Burnside Bridge, boulevard, park
- 1922 Proposed Vista Bridge
- 1926 New Burnside Bridge decked out for opening
- 1928 Construction of Bull Run Dam 1
- 1928 Construction of Bull Run Dam 1
- 1929 Aerial of completed Harbor Wall
- 1929 Forms for Harbor Wall 2nd concrete pour
- 1929 Swan Island Airport
- 1929 Waterfront Conditions before Harbor Wall
- 1930 St. Johns Bridge under construction
- 1930 W. Burnside before widening
- 1931 W. Burnside after widening
- 1932 Bartholomew Report frontispiece: river, bridges, downtown
- 1933 Mayor George Baker at City Hall
- 1933 Public Market ground floor plan
- 1933 Relief crew working on 4th Avenue extension (Barbur Blvd.)
- 1935 c Council Crest Street Car in service
- 1935 St. Johns Bridge lighted at night
- 1940 Airport under construction
- 1943 Aerial of Vanport
- 1943 Moses Report on Harbor Drive development
- 1943 Vanport street scene
- 1948 Aerial of Vanport flooded
- 1948 Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee
- 1948 Vanport flood aftermath building debris
- 1948 Vanport flood aftermath mud flats
- 1948 Vanport flood aftermath upturned cars
- 1948 Vanport relief checks distribution
- 1952 Columbia Blvd. Wastewater plant dedication
- 1957 Filming for Civil Defense film "A Day Called X" based on 1955 Operation Green Light evacuation drill
- 1960 Lloyd Center, NE Halsey looking east from 10th toward Lloyd Center
- 1960 Memorial Coliseum completed
- 1960 Memorial Coliseum construction
- 1962 Columbus Day Storm damage - crushed car
- 1962 Columbus Day Storm damage in Washington Park
- 1964 Forestry Building burning
- 1964 Marquam Bridge under construction
- 1968 Civic Auditorium souvenir program
- 1969 Journal building (old public market)
- 1970 Liberty Bell bombing - City Hall exterior
- 1970 Liberty Bell bombing - City Hall interior
- 1972 Fremont Bridge early construction
- 1973 Council Crest Street Car on display
- 1973 Fremont Bridge construction
- 1974 Harbor Drive aerial
- 1974 Harbor Drive aerial
- 1976 Commissioner Charles Jordan
- 1977 Parade gathering for Blazers
- 1980 Mayor Connie McCready
- 1980 Report cover showing Mt. St. Helens
- 1983 Portland Building - 4th Avenue side
- 1985 Police Chief Penny Harrington
- 1985 Portlandia installed
- 1986 Portland Building -5th Avenue side
Slide Show Images
Images from slide show
- View of bridge near Lewis and Clark exposition grounds circa 1905 (A2004-002.797)
- Washington Park Bear Pit circa 1935 (A2004-002.857)
- Streetcar with Traffic Safety Sign along Alberta Line on March 25, 1944 (A2009-009.4152)
- Rose Court float with Rosarians in Rose Festival parade in June 1948 (A2004-002.7151)
- Interior City Shops at SE 12th and Powell circa 1942 (A2009-009.3556)
- Helen Bernhard Cakes at 1725 NE Broadway circa 1932 (A2009-009.3312)
- Exterior view of H.H. Romine Sheet Metal Works at 5927 NE Glisan and 60th in 1931 (A2008.001.37)
- Employees Loading Files into Elevator in Auditor's Office on August 9, 1940 (A2009-009.420)
- Children's performance at Powell Park on August 22,1935 (A2009-009.1239)
- Bridge Repair on SE 21st and Nehalem from April 10, 1931 (A2009-009.2780)
- Aerial view of downtown Portland looking towards Mt Hood, with Civic Stadium in foreground circa 1965 (A2001-007.479)
- Aerial of intersection at 12th, Burnside and Sandy in 1958 (A2005-001.131)
- Davidson Panorama Central and East Portland in 1883 (A2004-002.3564)
- Aerial view of Downtown and Harbor Dr on September 12, 1974
- Commissioner Jordan swearing in ceremony on March 13, 1974
- Aerial of Fremont Bridge construction on February 6, 1973
- Terry Schrunk, Lloyd Anderson, Connie McCready, Frank Ivancie & Robert Hyle with Water Bureau report on October 5, 1972
- Fred G. Meyer and another man at the Sunshine Div warehouse in 1964 (A2002-009)
- Jay W. Stevens Disaster Service Unit rededicated as the Emergency Car in front of City Hall in 1953
- Greeting Rosy the Elephant at City Hall in 1953 (A2005-005.1236.9)
- Conduit 1 work crew circa 1893
- Main break city repair crew at 70th & Prescott on May 29, 1962
- Kelly Butte Civil Defense command room in 1960
- Guilds Lake housing clean up week circa 1944 (A2001-025.227)
- NW Lovejoy Ramp looking east toward Broadway Bridge in 1938 (A2005-001.388)
- 1938 Aerial view of downtown Portland and the eastside from south of the Hawthorne Bridge
- Completed road construction on SE Hawthorne & SE 50th from November 6, 1936 (A2000-025)
- Sellwood Park pool on August 21, 1935 (A2000-025)
- Road construction on SE Martin Luther King [Union] & SE Washington in 1931 (A2000-025)
- Crew organization at Stanton Yard in 1931 (A2000-025)
- Crew organization at Stanton Yard in 1931 (A2000-025)
- Mayor Baker in 1930 at City Hall (A2000-003.83)
- Looking East at SW Front between Ankeny & Ash in 1929 (A2009-009.2495)
- Lents VFD women's hose team in 1913 (A2001-083)
- Willamette River Conduit Crossing with barges and pipe assembly in 1910
- Fireboat George Williams circa 1910 (A2001-083)