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Front Avenue cast-iron buildings
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View south down Front Avenue from Dekum & Reed block. A car turns onto Ankeny Street in the foreground. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3994.
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Details of Miles Building, constructed in 1857, SW corner of Front Avenue and Pine Street. Foundry mark on pilaster reads, “California Foundry SF.” Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3979. Same subject as Negative No. 381020-5.
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Cast-iron details from the Miles Building, constructed in 1857, SW corner of Front Avenue and Pine Street. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3981. Same subject as Negative No. 381020-5.
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Demolition of Opitz Building, SE corner of First Avenue and Pine Street. Two workers on the roof work on demolition. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3985. Same subject as Negative No. 390131-2.
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Demolition of Opitz Building, SE corner of First Avenue and Pine Street. Two workers on the roof work on demolition. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3987. Same subject as Negative No. 390205-1.
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Front Avenue cast-iron buildings
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Dodd Building and Cook’s block from Dekum & Reed Block at Front and Ankeny Streets. Photo taken through the window of an abandoned building. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3993.
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Demolition of what is likely the Miles building, Pine Street facade. A man lowers a piece of lumber to the street using rope. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3977. Same subject as Negative No. 390120-4.
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Miles Building demolition, Front and Pine Streets. Bricks are stacked on the sidewalk. Attached to the same strip of film as Negative No. 3989.
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Men unload poultry, likely turkeys, from a truck and hang them onto hooks at Oregon-Savinar, on Front Avenue. View north on Front Avenue between Washington and Stark Streets. Taken December 14, 1939.
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The D. Nemerovsky Furniture & Hardware Company on Front Avenue south of Madison Street. Photographed through an archway across the street. Taken December 14, 1939.
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Men unload poultry, likely turkeys, from a truck and hang them onto hooks at Oregon-Savinar, on Front Avenue. View north on Front Avenue between Washington and Stark Streets. Taken December 14, 1939.
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Furniture and hardware shop on Front Avenue
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A man walks past the D. Nemerovsky Furniture & Hardware Company on the west side of Front Avenue south of Madison. Taken December 4, 1939.
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Two men sit outside a junk shop. White identified this as SW Harrison Street, but this is more likely the St. George Hotel at SW First Avenue and Columbia Street. The shop sells ice skates, hammers, boots, and other items. A sign advertises, “Elk Rifles for Sale.” Taken December 4, 1939.
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Men on sidewalk outside Spear Linoleum Company
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A group of men smoke and eat food on the sidewalk in front of the Spear Linoleum Company on SW Front and Madison Streets. A cast-iron balcony is on the second floor of the building. Taken December 4, 1939.
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View of steam plant from First Avenue. A McCracken Brothers truck is in the roadway.
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Wooden blocks on a dock.
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A crane sits on the dock over the Willamette River. Sign reads, “Fire Boat Connection.” Distant hills in the background.
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Harbor view showing the Willamette River, the Morrison Bridge, and the Public Market Building Towers from the east. Taken September 20, 1939.
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Steel Bridge from the Broadway Bridge
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A view of the Steel Bridge between the beams of the Broadway Bridge. A sign shows the speed limit is 25 mph.
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Portland rail yards and Steel Bridge
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Rows of railroad cars sit on the tracks at a railroad yard at McCormick Dock. Looking south toward the Steel Bridge. Several trucks are parked at a neighboring steamship company.
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A tugboat and small ship in the Willamette River as viewed from above. A rope extends from one vessel to the other, then into the water where it hauls lumber (not visible in this photo).
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Portland rail yards and Front Avenue
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Rows of railroad cars sit on the tracks of a railroad yard at McCormick Dock, on Front Avenue. Looking south toward the Steel Bridge. Automobiles line Front Avenue next to another railroad yard. Taken September 14, 1939.
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A tugboat pulls logs down the Willamette River, as viewed from above. Both sides of the waterfront are visible.
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Sternwheeler passing through the Steel Bridge
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A sternwheeler tugboat pushes cargo through an opening in the Steel Bridge on the Willamette River. The drawbridge is up. Piles of lumber sit on a dock in the foreground. The Burnside Bridge is visible in the background.
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Dock south of Hawthorne Bridge
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Two pieces of lumber sit on a large wooden dock south of the Hawthorne Bridge. The City of Portland and the Hawthorne Bridge are visible in the distance across the Willamette River. A Holman Fuel Co. cart is stacked with wood.
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A Portland Railway, Light and Power Company railroad car, no. 906.
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A wooden walkway leads to a warehouse. A smokestack rises in the background.
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A dredger drops its load of sediment near the waterfront. A second dredger is visible in the background.
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