A boat on the Willamette River. In the foreground, several men stand on a ship docked in the river. A smaller boat is also docked there. Black smoke rises from the other side of the river. The Northwestern Ice & Cold Storage Co. building is also visible on the other side of the river.
A man unloads a stack of lumber from a crane attached to a ship. Stacks of lumber are piled high on the dock. The ship’s funnel rises into the air behind the dock. Willamette River is visible in the background.
Negative of a photographic postcard showing the Portland Waterfront on the Willamette River. Taken from the east side of the river and looking west at downtown Portland. A large ship is docked in the river. Handwriting on negative reads, "Harbor Portland, Oregon. Christian 600." Top of negative is damaged.
Negative of a photographic postcard showing the USS Topeka docked in the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. An aircraft carrier with planes on deck is docked behind it. A thick plume of black smoke rises in the background. The Steel Bridge is visible in the distance. Handwriting on negative reads, "Harbor - Portland, Oregon."
Negative of a photographic postcard showing a view of the city of Portland, Oregon, taken from Council Crest. View looks northeast towards the east side of Portland, and the Columbia River in the distance. In the foreground, several bridges cross the Willamette River in the downtown Portland area. Handwriting on negative reads, "Portland from Council Crest. Christian 11-854." The left side of the negative is damaged.
Negative of a photographic postcard looking west across the Burnside Bridge as it crosses the Willamette River into downtown Portland. Much of downtown and the west hills are visible. There is an industrial area with railroad tracks in the foreground. Handwriting on negative reads, "Looking West from Burnside Bridge - Portland, Oregon. Christian 11-603."
Negative of a photographic postcard showing the Portland Waterfront. Crowds of people are lined along the Willamette River looking at a submarine (lower right) and an aircraft carrier with planes on deck, both docked in the river. Looking south and likely taken from the Burnside Bridge. The Morrison Bridge and the Hawthorne Bridge are both visible. Sunlight reflects off the Willamette River. Handwriting on negative reads, "Evening Portland Harbor. Christian 11-601."
Negative of a photographic postcard showing the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon. Taken from the west side of the Willamette River, and looking east across the river to the St. Johns neighborhood. Black smoke rises into the air from an area in St. Johns behind the bridge. The Portland Tug and Barge Co. is visible in the foreground. The image is framed by tree leaves on the left and right. Handwriting on negative reads, "Willamette River - St. John's (sic) Bridge - Oregon. Christian 586."
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).
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.
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.
View from above of the Portland Lumber Mills in St. Johns. Piles of lumber are scattered across the grounds. Some logs are in the Willamette River. A ship is docked nearby. Taken August 4, 1939.
View from above of the Portland Lumber Mills in St. Johns. Piles of lumber are scattered across the grounds. A boat passes on the Willamette River, pushing cargo belonging to the Western Transportation Co. Taken August 4, 1939.
View from above of the Portland Lumber Mills in St. Johns. Piles of lumber are scattered across the grounds. Some logs are in the Willamette River. Taken August 4, 1939.
View from above of the Portland Lumber Mills in St. Johns. Piles of lumber are stacked across the grounds. In the background, a swing bridge is turned on its axis.
View of the Portland waterfront. There are logs and debris in the Willamette River. The Broadway Bridge is in the background, with the Steel Bridge visible behind it. Taken July 13, 1939.
A large piece of driftwood sits on the bank of the Willamette River. The Athina Livanos ship is docked in the river, but only the front of the ship is visible.
The Hanley ship, part of the Weyerhaeuser Line, in the Willamette River. Taken from a nearby bridge. Portland Waterfront and west hills are visible in the background.
Streetcar rails reach the end of the line on a wooden dock on the Willamette River. Ropes hang down from wooden beams. Across the river is the Union Pacific Railroad Dock.
An industrial elevator and building of the Municipal Paving Plant, a cement plant, sit on the banks of the Willamette River, with a view of the Portland Waterfront. Taken from the east bank of the river.
The Crown Flour Mill is seen across the Willamette River on the industrial Portland Waterfront. Smoke rises into the air from smokestacks. In the foreground there is wood debris in the water.
An industrial elevator of the Municipal Paving Plant, a cement plant, sits on the banks of the Willamette River, with a view of the Portland Waterfront. Taken from the east bank of the river, looking west. The American-Hawaiian Steamship Company is also visible across the river.