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Unidentified man posing with car and travel trailer, Southeast 6th and Alder, Portland

Photograph showing an unidentified man posing in the street next to a car with a travel trailer. The vehicle is parked outside a building at Southeast 6th Avenue and Southeast Alder streets in Portland, which housed the East Side Commercial Club and Roosevelt Masonic lodge No. 187. The car has a California license plate. See related image Nos. 372A0851 and 372A0852.

Unidentified man marking Portland Gas & Coke Co. car with civilian defense insignia

Photograph showing an unidentified man crouching next to a Portland Gas & Coke Company vehicle. He is facing to the left and is placing a sign bearing the civilian defense insignia for utility repair on the side of the car. He is also wearing an armband with the same insignia and a pouch for carrying a gas mask. The number 2317 is written on the negative and is visible in the upper right corner of the image. The text “Repair car insignia” is written on the negative sleeve. See related image No. 375A0820.

Crowd and Ford car outside Oregon Journal building

Photograph showing an unidentified man sitting in the passenger seat of a Ford car in the street outside the Oregon Journal building (now the Jackson Tower) on Southwest Broadway in Portland. Standing to the left of the car are George L. Baker and two unidentified men. A crowd of people are watching in the background. A variety of text is painted on the car. On the side are the words: “Open challenge / Ford / Endurance & economy run / 10 days - 10 nights / without stopping motor.” To the right of those words is the text “A FOUR that Out-Performs the SIX.” Above the front wheel are the words; “Morris Tavlinsky & his driving ac [letter obscured] / Alternating at the wheel.”

Unidentified man greeting Elks goodwill ambassadors in Portland

Full-length portrait of an unidentified man greeting Al Rasmussen (center) and Richard T. Flood Jr. of Sacramento after their arrival in Portland on June 4, 1935. Rasmussen is sitting in the passenger seat of the ambassadors’ car and is shaking hands with the unidentified man. Flood is leaning against the car next to them. Rasmussen and Flood’s visit was part of an Elks goodwill tour in which fleets of ambassadors stopped in a variety of cities around the United States on their way to the national Elks convention in Columbus, Ohio, in July 1935. The text “Elks” is written on the negative and is faintly visible on the left side of the image. See related image Nos. 372A0834, 372A0835, and 372A0836.

Car on lift at Fred Meyer Hollywood Market Oil Station, Portland?

Photograph showing a car on a raised lift, probably at the Fred Meyer Hollywood Market Oil Station, located behind the Fred Meyer store at East 41st Street North and Sandy Boulevard (now Northeast 41st Avenue and Northeast Sandy Boulevard) in Portland. An unidentified person is standing below the lift and working on the vehicle. This photograph is probably related to image No. 371N5600.

Two unidentified men with Buckeye Malt car

Full-length portrait of two unidentified men standing in the street next to a parked car. They are facing front and wearing hats, suits, and ties. On the side of the car are the words “Buckeye Malt / Choice of the Nation / Duo-malted / Vacuum packed” and “’It’s Wonderful Stuff.’” On the door is a logo that may depict a camel with a can of Buckeye malt syrup on its back. The photograph may have been taken on Southwest Broadway in Portland.

Two vehicles parked outside Holman and Lutz mortuary, 14th and Sandy, Portland

Photograph showing two vehicles parked outside the Holman and Lutz mortuary at Northeast Sandy Boulevard and Northeast 14th Avenue in Portland. On the driver’s-side door of the vehicle at right, a hearse, is a plate that reads “HOLMAN AND LUTZ.” See related image Nos. 371N5634 and 371N5635. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

Montavilla, Portland, Oregon

Negative of a photographic postcard showing a street in the Montavilla neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. Taken from the middle of the street, and looking west toward Mount Tabor. Parked automobiles line the street and there are signs for Safeway, Fred Meyer, and other businesses. Handwriting on negative reads, "Montavilla Portland, Oregon. Christian 11-201."

Christian (Photographer)

Car Collision at Canyon Road and Sylvan

A car collision in front of a service station at Canyon Road and Sylvan in Portland, Oregon. A car has rear-ended a truck, and the hood of the car is wrecked. Three men look at the accident. The service station has a sign that reads, "Rex Jones" and an advertisement for Coca-Cola. The caption on negative sleeve reads, "Seven car rear end collision at Canyon Road and Sylvan" (negative 1 of 4).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Meter maids writing parking tickets

Gerry Fox (front) and Bonnie Barber (rear) writing parking tickets for automobiles parked in front of a "No Parking at Any Time" sign near Waterfront Park (negative 1 of 1).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Hawthorne Bridge ramp construction barriers

The Hawthorne bridge during construction of new access ramps on the bridge's west end. The far lane of the roadway has been removed and there is a steep drop-off to the ground below. A wooden picket barrier separates motorists driving on the remaining lanes from the edge of the construction area. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on July 2, 1958 with an article about citizens concerns about the safety of the barriers at the construction site (negative 4 of 4).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Labrador dog trials, Sauvie Island

Four women gathered on Sauvie Island for a Labrador retriever field event. Two women are seated in chairs behind an open automobile, while two other stand, pouring from insulated thermoses (negative 6 of 10).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Ed Sullivan and Portland Rose Festival Queen Jan Markstaller

Ed Sullivan and Portland Rose Festival Queen Jan Markstaller, riding together in an automobile for an event put on by the Hollywood Boosters for the 1954 Portland Rose Festival. Sullivan and Markstaller both wave from a vehicle with a sign attached to a door reading “Queen Jan” (negative 1 of 11).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Automobile accident

A small group of people gathered around a wrecked car at the intersection of Interstate Ave. and Portland Blvd. following an accident. A fire truck is parked behind the damaged vehicle (negative 1 of 6).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Oliver K. Smith vehicle after car bombing

The remnants of a vehicle in the parking lot of the Columbia-Edgewater Golf Club following the detonation of a car bomb that killed Portland attorney Oliver K. (Kermit) Smith (negative 2 of 14).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Scrap metal drive at Lincoln High School

Students at Lincoln High School, posing with pieces of an automobile during a scrap metal drive in Portland. Several of the students are on top of the car, while others can be seen standing in the background. Another wrecked vehicle is next to the sidewalk (negative 4 of 6).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Landslide across Southwest Fairview Boulevard at Southwest Bennington Drive, Portland

Photograph looking east, showing a landslide across Fairview Boulevard at Southwest Bennington Drive in Portland. An automobile is parked next to the landslide, behind which three people can be seen, two standing on the slide dirt. Across the road is a tudor style home (2911 S.W. Fairview Boulevard) (negative 1 of 2).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

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