This 1899 photograph shows steam-powered sternwheelers and sailing ships in Portland’s Willamette River harbor. The photograph, which was also made into a postcard, was taken …

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Cable cars appeared in Portland in January of 1890.  The first line ran from Irving Street, near Union Station, along 5th to Jefferson Street and …

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Photographer Edwin D. Jorgensen captured this image of Portland High School circa 1899. Constructed between 1883 and 1885, the building stood on the corner of …

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The Portland Hotel (originally called the Hotel Portland), a project initiated by Henry Villard and the Northern Pacific Railroad, was designed in 1882-1883 and …

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The Portland Hotel opened in 1890.   It had eight floors, 326 bedrooms, and extensive dining facilities, and the design suggested substance and elegance rather than …

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Portlandia, a statue designed and sculpted by Washington, D.C., artist Raymond Kaskey, was installed over the west entrance of the Portland Building in downtown …

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Portland has used two locations for its major commercial airport—Swan Island from 1927 to 1940 and the floodplain of the Columbia River since 1940. …

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For more than forty-five years, the Portland Japanese Garden has offered a personal encounter with Japanese culture and a tranquil experience that celebrates the natural …

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This photograph from 1927 shows the three-year-old Portland Junior Symphony.  When it started, the young musicians practiced in the attic of music teacher Mary V. …

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The pair of Italianate mansions on the right of the lithograph belonged to two brothers, Ralph and Isaac Jacobs, and their families.  In 1882, when …

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